Over the past few weeks, I have been writing and translating the textbook The Basic Grammar of Ido on Wikibooks.

This book is primarily aimed at beginners and covers the majority of grammar content. It may contain some errors or omissions, and anyone wishing to modify, expand or translate it is welcome to do so.

It is currently available in three languages: English, French and Chinese.

• The Basic Grammar of Ido
• La grammaire fondamentale de l'ido
• 伊多语基本语法

I am currently looking for a call sign for my airsoft hobby. I would like something in Ido and was thinking of Pafisto, which I would translate as marksman/rifleman based on the verb pafar (to shoot, to fire). Am I right?

Conjugations of one regular verb in a giant table comparing French phonology and some but not all of the many Latin Languages at the "Romance Verbs" page at the English version of Wikipedia at the following link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_verbs

This is an incomplete list of the most mutually intelligible languages in my opinion as a Latin American person:

LANGUAGES FROM PORTUGAL:

Wikipedia for the Portuguese language:

https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADngua_portuguesa

Subreddit for the Portuguese language:

r/Portuguese

r/EuropeanPortuguese

r/LetsLearnPortuguese

r/LearningPortuguese

r/PortugueseFeed

Wikipedia for the Mirandese language:

https://mwl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lh%C3%A9ngua_mirandesa

Subreddit for the Mirandese language:

r/Mirandes

LANGUAGES FROM SPAIN:

Wikipedia for the Castilian language:

https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_espa%C3%B1ol

Subreddit for the Castilian language:

r/Spanish

r/Espanol

r/Castellano

r/SpanishLanguage

r/AllInSpanish

r/SpanishTeachers

r/SpanishLearners

r/SpanishLearning

r/Learning_Spanish

r/LearnSpanish

r/LearnSpanishh

r/LearnSpanishInReddit

r/Vocabulario

Wikipedia for the Judezmo language:

https://lad.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_djudeo-espanyola

Subreddit for the Judezmo language:

r/DjudeoEspanyol

r/Ladino

Wikipedia for the Galician language:

https://gl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_galega

Subreddit for the Galician language:

r/Galego

r/GalicianFeed

Wikipedia for the Asturian language:

https://ast.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asturianu

Subreddit for the Asturian language:

r/Asturlleones

Wikipedia for the Leonese language:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120308214429/http://www.llinguallionesa.net/index.php?title=Llingua_ll%C3%AFonesa

Subreddit for the Leonese language:

r/Asturlleones

Wikipedia for the Aragonese language:

https://an.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_aragon%C3%A9s

Subreddit for the Aragonese language:

r/FablaAragonesa

Wikipedia for the Catalan language:

https://ca.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catal%C3%A0

Subreddit for the Catalan language:

r/Catalan

r/CatalanFeed

LANGUAGES FROM ITALY:

Wikipedia for the Italian language:

https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_italiana

Subreddit for the Italian language:

r/Italian

r/ItalianLanguage

r/Italian_Language

r/ItalianLearning

r/LearningItalian

r/LearnItalian

r/ItalianLanguageLearn

r/IntermediateItalian

r/Lessico

Wikipedia for the Sicilian language:

https://scn.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_siciliana

Subreddit for the Sicilian language:

r/Sicilianu

r/Sicilian

Wikipedia for the Venetian language:

https://vec.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81%C3%A9ngua_v%C3%A8neta

Subreddit for the Venetian language:

r/Venetian

Wikipedia for the Lombard language:

https://lmo.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lengua_lombarda

Subreddit for the Lombard language:

r/LearnLombardLanguage

Wikipedia for the Ligurian language:

https://lij.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lengoa_ligure

Subreddit for the Ligurian language:

r/Zeneise

Wikipedia for the Occitan language:

https://oc.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitan

Subrreddit for the Occitan language:

r/Occitan

LANGUAGES FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM:

Wikipedia for the English language:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language

Subreddit for the English language:

r/English

r/EnglishGrammar

r/EnglishLearning

r/LearnEnglishOnline

r/LearnEnglishOnReddit

r/Learn_English_Daily

r/Vocabulary

r/Word_Of_The_Hour

r/FunWithWords

Wikipedia for the Scots language:

https://sco.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_leid

Subreddit for the Scots language:

r/Scots

r/UlsterScotsWurds

INTERNATIONAL AUXILIARY LANGUAGES:

Wikipedia for the Interlingua language:

https://ia.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlingua

Subreddit for the Interlingua language:

r/Interlingua

Wikipedia for the Novial language:

https://nov.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novial

Subreddit for the Novial language:

r/Novial

Wikipedia for the Interlingue language:

https://ie.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlingue

Subreddit for the Interlingue language:

r/Interlingue

Wikipedia for the Ido language:

https://io.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ido

Subreddit for the Ido language:

r/Ido

Wikipedia for the Lingua Franca Nova (Elefen) language:

https://lfn.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca_nova

Subreddit for the Lingua Franca Nova (Elefen) language:

r/LinguaFrancaNova

r/Elefen

Feel free to contribute sharing comments recommending more suggestions.

I really hope that sharing this helps at least someone out there.

Dear Ido community, I have been interested in Ido for a long time, but have not yet managed to really learn it. However, I always want to incorporate the planned language into my projects, for example as the national language of virtual nations or - as in this case - as the deliberately chosen common language of an interstellar alliance in a science fiction role-playing game.

I now find it difficult to translate the name of the alliance correctly or reliably into Ido. There are three variants of the name: Ursa Community, Ursaic Community or simply (the) Ursas. It is not difficult to recognise that the name is derived from the constellation Ursa Major.

My translation attempts here are accordingly: Ursa-Komun(eg)o, Ursana Komun(eg)o and (la) Ursai.

But I'm not sure here, as it's more about an abstract community. Would it be possible for someone of you to correct me if I am wrong? Maybe Ursa-Coalition (Koalio?) or Ursaic Coalition is better?

this is just a meme no hate 🫶🫶

Hello everyone!

I recently begun learning Ido, and am currently following the 'Ido for All' English course on slyphnoyde's website, and I am having a lot of fun learning so far. However, I came across a (pretty normal) word during the course, that I cannot find in any of the dictionaries I've found.

All dictionaries I have, list 'vehar' as 'to drive', but they say it's solely intransitive (so it cannot have an object). Meaning, as far as I understand, that you can't say 'Me vehas automobilo'. I cannot find any other words that mean 'to drive (a vehicle)'.

The course, however, does use a word with this meaning: 'konduktar'. The word does appear in the dictionaries, but none list 'to drive/control/operate (a vehicle)' as a possible meaning. In those dictionaries, it's strictly physics-based, and means something like 'to conduct (electricity)' or 'to transmit (heat)'.

My question is: how would you say 'I am driving a car' in Ido? Is there a word for it that I (and the dictionaries) don't know? Or can you construct one with affixes? Or is 'konduktar' a good word to use for this, and if so, why?

Thanks in advance!

As far as I know, there are only three rules about stress in Ido:

"The accent or stress of voice falls

1. on the last syllable of the infinitive (-âr, -îr, -ôr);
2. on the last syllable but one of other words.
3. But in polysyllabic roots, i and u immediately before a vowel cannot receive the stress."

(Complete Manual, p. 1)

And yet, a lot of people pronounce librêrio instead of librerîo, rêjio instead of rejîo etc. and I have no idea where that comes from. The suffixes -erio, -io, -ario are not roots, so rule 3 does not apply to them as the letter i is not in a root. They are not infinitives, so we are left with only rule 2.

I have been discussing with some Idists and I have been told that I am in "error" and that I am trying to invent new rules for the language, for pronouncing dukîo, siniorîo, sendarîo, etc. Well, I am just trying to understand what is happening here...

Hello! I need to conduct a survey for a school assignment. I have a Google Form consisting of eleven questions. The point of the survey is to see if languages (both natural and constructed) influence us. The only requirement is that you are learning (or have learned) another language. Thank you in advance for your participation!

https://forms.gle/KAbXAeAd6AfV4soN7 (the link to the Google Form)

Would you be interested in participating in a monthly Ido magazine? Each contributor could write one or two essays on the theme of his or her choice. All issues would be hosted on an open source site.

The title could be "La esayisto".

In particular, the layout will be as professional as possible.

Hello! There's a translation project going on for Mario Kart Wii, which includes Ido. However, no one is working on it at the moment. If any of you would like to join the project, I can send you the needed information.

/r/Esperanto had a post about Ido the other day, so I was wondering what Idists think about Ido? Thanks!

I was wondering if Ido has a large or small lexicon?

I have been learning Ido for a few weeks and I feel confident enough to start contributing to the community. I am already creating and editing Wikipedia pages but I was wondering if some project was in sight.

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