Ido Grammatical Words

On this page is a list of the grammatical words in Ido, including prepositions, adverbs and conjunctions.

a(d) - to
aden - into
alonge - along (alongside)
an - at, on (contiguity, juxtaposition)
anke - also, too
ankore - still, yet
ankorfoye - once again
ante - before, by, earlier than
ante nun - ago
apud - beside, at
apuda - adjacent
avan - in front of
balde - soon
(i)ca - this
che - at (with) (French "chez")
(i)ci - these
(i)co - this (thing)
da - by, done by (agent)
de - from, of (starting from, origin, derivation, quantity)
di - of
do - so therefore
dop - behind
du - two
dum - during, through
dum ke - while
e(d) - and
ek - from, of (out of, made of)
en - in
exter - outside (of), besides
fore - away
forsan - perhaps, maybe
hike - here
hodie (cadie) - today
ibe - there
irga - any (at all)
infra - bottom (lowest (of several levels))
inter - between, among
interne di - inside
irgakande - whenever
irge qua - whichever
irgube - wherever
(i)ti - those, those ones
(i)to - that, that thing
ja - already, yet
ka(d) - whether, if (interrogative)
kam - than, as (comparative)
kand - when
ke - that [conj.]
kom - [prep.] as (being), in the capacity of
konseque - therefore
kontre - against
kun - with [together]
la - the
lor - on (at the time of)
lore - then (at that time)
ma - but
malgre - in spite of, despite
min - less
ne - [placed before the verb] not
no - no (as an answer)
nula - no (before a noun)
nun - now
nur - only [prep.]
o(d) - or; o(d)...o(d) - either...or
per - with, by means of, through
plu - [with adjective or adverb] more
po - at (the price of), for, per; in exchange for
por - for, to (in order to + inf.)
por ke - in order that
pos - after
pose - then (after that)
pri - concerning, about, on
pro - because of, due to, on account of, owing to
pro ke - because
pro quo - why
proxim - near, by, close to (in time or space)
qua - which
quale - how
quankam - while, although, though
quo - what
retro - [adv.] back, backwards
se - if
segun - according to
sen - without
singla - each [adj.]
singlu - each [pron.]
sub - under
sur - on, upon, on top of; [arith.] divided by
(i)ta - that (not this)
tam...kam - as...as
tamen - nevertheless, however
til - until [prep.]
til ke - until [conj.]
til nun - yet, until now
tra - through
trans - across (the other side of)
tre - very
tro - too (+ adj.)
tri - three
ube - where
un - one
unfoye - once, one time
ya - indeed, truly (emphatic)
ye - [indefinite prep.] at, by (used when no other fits the meaning)
yes - yes

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James Chandler 20-Jan-98.