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CLASS II.

(1) NOUNS and ADJECTIVES are formed from the stems in the Latin genitive plurals—thus:

A, O, AND E STEMS-1ST, 2nd, and 5th DECLENSIONS. Gen. Plural. Nom. Sing.

4. INTERJECTIONS are not of much use in a language which is purely for utility. As they are only suggested sentences, the sentences should be expressed clearly in full if they are worth giving at all. However, if exclamations are required, suitable Adjectives can be used. [See p. 88.

CLASS IV.

ADVERBS derived from Adjectives take final é in place of the terminal adjectival vowel.

Examples: Clar-é, complet é, splendid-é, nov-é.

Although all Adverbs can be derived from Adjectives according to this rule, it is advisable, owing to their being familiar to most people, to use the few irregular Latin Adjectival Adverbs, such as bene, plus, minus, magis, &c. [See p. 83.

CLASS V.

PRONOUNS and the NUMERALS are taken from Latin as regularly as is convenient, but not according to any one rule.

The Lingua system of Numeration, though irregular in this way, is in another way far more simple and regular than that of the Romans. It takes some of its terms from Latin, but rejects the Roman system of counting. No rule can be given for either of these groups of words; they must be learnt by themselves. The full list of Lingua Pronouns is given on Pagès 73, 74, and 75, and the system of Numeration on Page 72.

INFLECTIONS used to denote Number, Mood, Tense, &c., are in some cases derived from Latin, but in others they are, like the Numerals, arbitrary, having been chosen with a view to simplicity. They are few in number, and can soon be learnt. The following is a list of them:

Several words, when taken according to the above rules from different Latin words, become identical in Lingua. It will be found that these are not numerous, and they can be easily distinguished from one another by taking the whole word in the nominative case, when necessary, or by dropping the final vowel in the words least used.

1 These Latin words, when used as Particles, have only the meaning assigned to them in Lingua-not the precise Latin sig. nificance.

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II.-How Lingua Words are Made from Words in Modern Languages.

Class I.-The internationally-understood terms used in botany, zoology, mathematics, and other sciences, in theology, law, and medicine, being either Latin or Latinized Greek, are of course already spelt exactly according to the Lingua rules of spelling. The Latin case-endings can be cut off, if required, and the stems used-as with all other Latin words introduced into Lingua. Perhaps, however, it is better to leave them intact. Examples: