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Preface; Essentials of the history of the international language in general; of Volapûk and Esperanto; causes of their failure; origin, development, and definition of Ido; aim of this text book. . . . 1

Summary of the Ido Grammar. . . . 9

Comparative Texts of Esperanto and Ido. . . . 12

Principle of Translation. . . . 17

Prayer on the Acropolis, by Ernest Renan. . . . 17

PART I—ACCIDENCE

Alphabet and Pronunciation—§§ 1-7. . . . 19

Parts of Speech

Article—§§ 8-9. . . . 21

Substantives—§§ 10-11. . . . 22

Adjective—§§ 12-15. . . . 22

Pronoun—§§ 16-31. . . . 23

Adverb—§§ 32-34. . . . 28

Verb—§§ 35-40. . . . 28

Numeral—§§ 41-47. . . . 30

Preposition—§ 48. . . . 32

Conjunction—§§ 49-51. . . . 33

Interjection—§ 52. . . . 33

PART II—DERIVATION AND WORD FORMATION

Introduction: Origin of the Ido vocabulary; principles of reversibility. . . . 34

Immediate Derivation—§§ 53-58. . . . 36

Mediate Derivation—§§ 59-68. . . . 40

Formation of Words by Composition—§§ 69-74. . . . 51

PART III—SYNTAX

Order of the Parts of a Sentence: Normal order; logical posi- tion of the particle ne; facultative accusative; inversion; interrogation—§§ 75-77. . . . 54

Punctuation: Period; comma; comma in rudimental clauses; other punctuation marks—§ 78. . . . 57 iii