Rapid method of Neo

nilosun nobody else

(thing : -o)

kao (usи : ко) what (complement : ke) eto this yeno that

oso another thing somo something shako each thing to to (usu : to)

serto a certain thing

kelo anything talo such a thing

nilo nothing etoso this other

thing somoso something else

niloso nothing else

(mode : -e) kae (usu : kom) how ete thus

yene in that way

ose otherwise some someway shake in each way tote quite, wholly

serte in a certain

way kele anyhow tale thus, in such

a way nile no wise

somose in some

other way nilose in no other way

(locative : -ye)

kaye (usu : vo)

where etye (usu : ik) here yenye (usu : ye)

there osye elsewhere somye somewhere shakye in each place totye (usu : toye) everywhere

sertye in a certain

place kelye anywhere talye in such a place

nilye nowhere

somosye somewhere else nilosye nowhere else

feminine : kain, etin, yenin, osin, somin, shakin, totinos, sertin, kelin, talin, nilin, etosin, etc.

the adjectives osa, etosa, somosa, nilosa can never be elided.

CORRELATIVES are often used as PREFIXES : kaore ? at what time (hour) ?; kaintente exir il ? with what intent did he go out ? kaskope venir il ? for what purpose did he come ? ; nilkaze in no case ; kelkaze in any case; etoxe in this occasion; talkondise in such conditions ; kelvede whatever the weather.

(1) Neo very often contracts the preposition with the definite article as given in brackets above) : al to the; antel before the; apsel next to the; dal from the; del of the; dol after the; eskel except for the; grel in spite of the; Intel between, among the; intrel inside the; inyel within the; kauzel because of the; jel to, in, for, by, near the; kol with the; kontrel against the; nel in the; ol on, over the; pel by the; prel before the; pril concerning the ; subel under the; trul through the; ul at the in possession of the; untel down the :

He gave his money to the poor man. Before my brother’s marriage. A table (is) before the window. My brother married before the war. After the war business flourished. She went to the garden with the

teacher’s daughter. They are talking about the earthquake.

The terminal 1 of the contraction does not shift the stress from the first syllable : Antel, Apsel, Eskel, kOntrel, kAuzel, etc.

je has all sorts of meanings and is used whenever doubt is felt regarding use of other prepositions.

the preposition u (replaced in Latin with the dative) corresponds to the Russian u : u mi libro I have, I possess a book (Latin : est mihi liber; Russian : и тепу д. kniga).

PREPOSITIONS AND ADVERBS are frequently used as PREFIXES, as well for adjective as for adverbial use :

preguera pre-war; preguere before the war; prenasa prenatal; prenase before the birth; preexista preexistent; preexiste before the existence; doskola after-school; doskole after school; doguera afterwar; doguere after the war; semviva always living; nokviva still living; semliba always beloved; ma semlibat my always beloved (man, son, lover); ma semlibin my always beloved (wife, daughter, girl); niudat never heard; nivinkat never vanquished; maname e name ma frat in my name and in my brother’s name.

EXERCISE.

Vo lo dom de ta profesor ? Lo dom del profesor drel klezo.

Mi ju venar dal klezo. Perdinde lo klil del pordo, il entrir trul fenso del kuk.

El skribir un libro pril guer. Mi exor au kon tu au kon nilun.

Nilosun venir etmatin. Vur tu i somoso ?

Dank, mi nesar niloso.

Et labor endenda inyel vek.

Sar lo libro ol tablo ? U il du filyos e un filin. No fexu kontre destin! Nel mensocar vu par edi kelore.

Vidir vu somun nel dom del librer ?

Ye sir sa filin kon la spozo.

L’ensener parlar al alevos. II parlar kon un alevin. II parlar pril libro de la patro.

II parlar pri sa libro.

Lo vir jel griza gantos.

Tos venir kune kol nuv vestos.

Kelo il dicar, no pavul Mi prenar etun; totosunos po vu.

Eto me plar, yeno no.

Mi fonir al doktor; somosun rispir.

Venu kon mi shel doktor, ose mi no gor.

Rispe va brif, nos glada v’informi nos ar lo libro vu kirar.

Es vu par atendi us kras, mi vole exor kon vu.

The teacher talks to the pupils.

He is talking with a (girl) pupil.

He is talking about her father’s book.

He is talking about his (own) book.

The man with the grey gloves.

All came together with the new garments.

Whatever he says, don’t be afraid.

I take this one; all others are for you.

This pleases me, that does not.

I called the doctor; somebody else answered.

Come with me to the doctor’s; otherwise I will not go.

In reply to your letter, we are glad to inform you that we have the book you are looking for.

If you can wait until tomorrow, I’ll willingly go out with you.

THE NAME

Ka ta nam ? - Ma nam Jan.

Skolye tos me namar Net. Sar it un surnam ? Eto nur lo minifa de Jan. Somyes zi me surnamar Nux.

Те nugar eto ? No, mi no ize arga. Tu raga; tu bonkarakta. Ete tu sor sem ixa.

Mi me dicar : ridelu, osunos te

ridelor. Ka ta fanam (familnam) ?

Pli, Madam, ka va felnam ?

Ar vu un plumnam ? MI adoptir lo pseudonim “Sen-vikun”.

Konar vu et pinter ? Mi le konar pel nam; il parar i bon fam.

Mi sur glada le koneli.

MI inkontrir ye mul ma konelos.