Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, An Attempt Towards An International Language… (1889)
“ All that is written in the International tongue can be understood by this Vocabulary. If several words together express one idea they must be written in one, but disjoined from each other by a hyphen; for instance, frat-in-o, being one idea, is composed of three words, which must be separately looked for in the Vocabulary. A a expresses an adjective ”
Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, An Attempt Towards An International Language… (1889)
“ U u indicates the imperative (in verbs) uj beating, containing (such as a thing containing or bearing something, as a tree bearing fruits, a country with inhabitants) ; f. in. cigar — a cigar, cigar-uj — a cigar-box; pom — an apple, pom-ujo — apple-tree; Turk — a Turk, Turk-ujo — Turkey ul a man possessing some quality; f. in. rich — rich, rich-ul — a rich man um a prefix without stable signification; can be translated by different words ung nail unu one urb town, city urs a bear us indicates the conditional util useful uz to make use of ”
Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, An Attempt Towards An International Language… (1889)
“ M mach to chew magazen a magazine, a shop makul a spot, a speck mal indicates contrasts; f. in. bon — good, mal-bon — bad. estim — to esteem, mal-estim — to despise, to disdain malgraŭ in spite of, notwithstanding man hand mangh to eat mar the sea mard Tuesday mastr master maten the morning matur ripe, mature mem self memor to remember, to keep in mind merit to merit, to deserve merkred Wednesday met to put ”
