===== THE ARTICLE =====

[i]Definite article[/i] [b]lo[/b]: the. [b]Lo patro[/b] the father; [b]lo patros[/b] the fathers; [b]lo matro[/b] the mother; [b]lo matros[/b] the mothers; [b]lo garden[/b], [b]lo gardenos[/b] the garden, the gardens.

Ending [b]o[/b] may be dropped before a word beginning with a vowel: [b]l’abro[/b], [b]l’abros[/b] the tree, the trees; [b]l’ideo[/b], [b]-s[/b]; the idea, -s; [b]l’ok[/b], -[b]os[/b] the eye, -s; [b]l’uk[/b], [b]-os[/b] the corner, -s; [b]l’aventur[/b], [b]-os[/b] the adventure, -s; [b]l’olda vir[/b], [b]-os[/b] the old man, men.

In the plural, when preceding an invariable word, [b]s[/b] may be added: [b]los Nelson exir[/b], [b]los Johnson entrir[/b] the Nelsons went out, the Johnsons came in; [b]los sencesa kur d’et infan me lasir[/b] this boy’s ceaseless “whys” tired me.

Ending [b]s[/b] may also be added to give extra weight and when suggested by a want of clearness or euphony.


There are no graphical (written) accents nor any diacritical signs in Neo.

To mark the stress of foreign or universal words ending with a stress-carrying vowel, an accent is put on this vowel: [b]pashà[/b], [b]papà[/b]. This does not contradict the principle of accents’ absence in Neo, as it only concerns “foreign” words.

This accent may optionally be replaced by an apostrophe: [b]pasha’[/b], [b]papa’[/b].


[i]Indefinite article[/i] [b]un[/b]: a, an. [b]Un vir e un fem[/b] a man and a woman; [b]no un sol boy[/b] not a single boy.

Both definite and indefinite article may optionally be omitted, as is normal practice in Russian, in Latin and in several oriental languages.


=====THE ADJECTIVE and THE ADVERB=====

The Adjective ends with the letter [b]a[/b]: [b]grana[/b] large; [b]leta[/b] small; [b]forta[/b] strong; [b]debla[/b] weak; [b]iza[/b] easy; [b]dufa[/b] difficult; [b]komoda[/b] convenient; [b]decenta[/b] decent; [b]blonda[/b] blond; [b]bruna[/b] brown.

[i]When the adjective is used as a noun, ending[/i] [b]s[/b] [i]must be added in the plural[/i]: [b]lo granas[/b] the large ones; [b]lo letas[/b] the small ones; [b]lo blondas[/b] the blond ones; [b]lo brunas[/b] the brown ones; [b]l’albas[/b] the white ones; [b]lo skuras[/b] the dark ones.

[i]Ending[/i] [b]a[/b] [i]may OPTIONALLY be dropped when adjective PRECEDES the noun to which it relates (NEVER WHEN IT FOLLOWS IT)[/i], so long as this elision does not create confusion, and so long as after the elision the adjective has no more than ONE syllable or at most TWO:

| [b]et dom[/b] | ([b]eta dom[/b]) | this house |
| [b]yen dom[/b] | ([b]yena dom[/b]) | that dom |
| [b]bel floros[/b] | ([b]bela floros[/b]) | beautiful flowers |
| [b]un nus felet[/b] | ([b]un nusa felet[/b]) | a pretty little girl |
| [b]mi ricir va bon brif[/b] | ([b]va bona brif[/b]) | I received your good letter |
| [b]un gentil dam venir[/b] | ([b]un gentila dam[/b]) | a nice lady came |
| [b]let domos e klezos grana[/b] | ([b]leta domos[/b]) | small houses and big churches |
| [b]il un gentil boy[/b] | ([b]gentila boy[/b]) | he is a nice boy |

The ADVERB deriving from an adjective ends with the letter [b]e[/b]: [b]forta[/b] strong, [b]forte[/b] strongly; [b]energa[/b] energetic, [b]energe[/b] energetically; [b]ekonoma, -ome[/b] economic, -ically.


===== THE NOUN =====

[i]The Noun[/i] ends with [b]o[/b] (plural [b]os[/b]): [b]frato[/b], [b]fratos[/b] brother, brothers; [b]soro[/b], [b]soros[/b] sister, sisters; [b]gardeno[/b], [b]gardenos[/b] garden, gardens; [b]tablo[/b], [b]tablos[/b] table, tables; [b]libro[/b], [b]libros[/b] book, books.

Ending [b]o[/b] is frequently dropped IN THE SINGULAR, so long as the pronunciation remains very easy: [b]frat[/b], [b]sor[/b], [b]garden[/b]. One may not say [b]tabl[/b], [b]libr[/b], because the pronunciation would be difficult. THE PLURAL ENDING [b]os[/b] NEVER DROPPED.

Ending [b]–in[/b] is used to design feminine nouns: [b]doktor[/b], [b]doktorin[/b] doctor, lady doctor; [b]roy[/b], [b]royin[/b] (usual contraction: [b]roin[/b]) king, queen; [b]leon[/b], [b]-in[/b] lion, lioness; [b]vender[/b], [b]venderin[/b] seller ([i]m[/i], [i]f[/i]); [b]amik[/b], [b]amikin[/b] friend ([i]m[/i], [i]f[/i]); [b]librer[/b], [b]librerin[/b] bookseller ([i]m[/i], [i]f[/i]); [b]biblioteker[/b], [b]bibliotekerin[/b] (usual contraction: [b]bibliotekin[/b]) librarian ([i]m[/i], [i]f[/i]).


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