Rapid method of Neo

The NOUN ends with о (plural os) : frato, fraios brother, brothers; soro, soros sister, sisters; gardeno, gardenos garden, gardens; tablo, tablos table, tables; libro, libros book, books.

Ending о is frequently dropped IN THE SINGULAR, so long as the pronunciation remains very easy : frat, sor, garden. One may not say tabl, libr, because the pronunciation would be difficult. THE PLURAL ENDING os IS NEVER DROPPED.

NUMBERS :

un du tre qar qin sit sep ot non is ek mil milyon

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 100 1000 million

All other numbers by compounding these 13 elements : isun isdu istre isqar isqin issit issep isot isnon duis duisun

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 duisdu treis treisot qaris qarisqin qinis siiis sepis otis 22 30 38 40 45 50 60 70 80

otisun nonis nonisnon ek un ek sepisot duek treek qarek 81 90 99 101 178 200 300 400

qinek sitmil otmil qarek sepmil nonisqin

500 6000 8400 7095

ORDINAL NUMBERS : prima, una first; dua second; irea third; qara fourth; ota eighth; isa tenth; eka hundredth.

PRONOUNS

SUBJECT (1) OBJECT (1) POSSESSIVE

mi I me me ma my; mine

tu you te you ta your; yours

il he le him la his

el she le (-y) her la her; hers

it it le, it it la its

so oneself; one se oneself sa his; one’s

nos we ne us na our; ours

vu you ve you va your; yours

zi they ze them za their; theirs

zel they (fem.) ze (-y) them(fem.)

IMPORTANT : After a preposition the pronoun takes always the “subject” form : mi gar kon il I go with him; Venar vu kon nos ? are you coming with us ?

Example for possessive adjective : ma dom, ma domos my house, my houses; possessive pronouns end with s in the plural : lo ma, lo mas mine.

The VERB. Conjugation of the verb i (to have) (same form for all persons)

Present ar mi, tu, il, nos, vu, zi ar I have, you

have, he has

Past tense, Imperfect .. ir mi, tu, il, nos, vu, zi ir I had, you had,

he had, we had

Future or mi, tu, il, nos, vu, zi or I shall have,

you will have

Conditional (3) ur mi, tu, il, nos, vu, zi ur I should have,

you would have

Imperative, Subjunctive iu Iu duldo! have patience! (pron i-u)

Past participle at had (mi ar at I have had)

Present participle ande having (adjective: anda)

Compound participle .. inde having had (adjective inda)

(3) The “conditional” tense may be ignored by beginners and by persons who don’t use this tense in their mother tongue.

This verb i is the pattern and the ending of ALL OTHER VERBS :

si to be; mi sar I am; il sir he was; el sur she would be; sat been; fl to do; tu far you do; nos fir we did; vu ar fat you have done; vidi to see; nos vidar we see; el vidor she will see; vidinde having seen; promeni to walk; zi promenir they walked; el ar promenat she has walked.

VOCABULARY : ya yes; no no, not; forse perhaps; sem always; ni never; of often; vo where; ik here; ye there; toye everywhere; de of; da from ; e and; о or; kon with; sen without; an also ; nur only ; parli to speak; angla English ; Anglal English (language); xena foreign ; kompreni to understand; pli to please; pi to be able; par vu ? can you ? po for; somo something; epe a little; dezi to wish; lente slowly; vit quickly; speri to hope; kras tomorrow : oje to-day; yer yesterday; fas almost; mul much, many; muy very.

Parlar vu Anglal ? No, mi xena. Do you speak English ? No, I am

a foreigner.

Mi komprenar epe, mo no par I understand it a little, but I cannot

parli. speak it.

Mi dezur apreni an Neo. I should like to learn Neo too.

Neo un linguo iza e plaza. Neo is an easy and pleasant language.

Par mi fl somo po vu ? Can I do something for you ?

Pli, parlu lente, mi no kompre-Please, speak slowly, I don’t under—

nar. stand.

Mi sperar ve vidi kras. I hope to see you tomorrow.

Sar vu of ik ? Fas sem. Are you often here ? Almost

always.

Bonid, Sir. Bonser, Madam. Good morning, Sir. Good evening,

Madam.

Alvid, Darnel Janin. Bonnox. Good-bye, Miss Jane. Good night.

After reading these two pages, you know all essential rules of Neo.

FIRST PART

GRAMMAR

The ALPHABET comprises 26 letters : 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 21 consonants :

For letter с pronunciation ts like tsar is acceptable.

Letter q needs no following u to convey its kw sound, just as the sound of x is really ks. Rather than proper letters, q and x are convenient signs to replace respectively ku (or kw) and ks; both ku (or kw) and ks are available if preferred. Letter q is always followed by a, e, i or o.

Letter combinations sh and kh are pronounced same as in English.

PRONUNCIATION

Neo, like Spanish and Italian, is pronounced exactly as it is spelt. No letter is mute.

Every letter has one sound, always the same.

Therefore, if a text is dictated correctly, writing is simple and spelling mistakes are practically excluded.

VARIABILITY OF WORDS

An ending s is added to nouns and pronouns in the plural. Verbs are conjugated according to the list on page 17. All other words are invariable.

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