Idiom Neutral & Idiom Neutral Reformed
This text was sent with a letter from Rosenberger to Peano on 4th July 1909 as part of his project to reform Idiom Neutral. This reformed version is not yet the Reform-Neutral of 1912 as there are still slight differences, especially in verb conjugation.
Idiom Neutral
Univers
Sol (splend?) lum e kalidifik.
Nokt seku po diurn.
Lun don lum noktue.
Frigotemp port nev e frost.
Florotemp seku po frigotemp.
Vespr es po diurn e ante noktu.
Matin es po noktu e ante diurn.
Vent sufl.
Nub okult sol.
Animal
Hom pens.
Kani seku po hom.
Anat flot.
Pisk flot in mar.
Kaval kurs.
Lup rapin.
Urs es feros.
Verm viv sub hum.
Muton ed herb e don lan.
Ornit met ov in nid.
Mus, musk e vesp damnifik.
Anguil serpent.
Gus, anat, kukul, grus, turd,[1] merl e sturn es orniti.
Hom av un lang e du ori, un nas e du okuli, un kord e du genui.
Bov av du kornui e kuatr pedi.
Bov and lente.
Okul vis, dent ed.
Patr e matr gener fratr e soror.
Vidua es sine marit(o).
Noi ed a vivar, noi no viv a edar.
Arti
Prometeo rapinav fok da Yov.
Monu es patr (?) de noi.
Monu pasturav besti; il donav yug a bov; il arav agr; il seminav aven; il falsiav ors; il molinav gran; il kultivav fasol in hort; il mortifikav lup e urs.
Vesta kukav frukti e farin su (superioru) fok.
Minerva filav lan de muton; ila teksav e sutav vestsi.
Monu konstruav dom; il forgav protometal; il andav (flotav) mediu nav eks port.
Kaval vehikl Monu su[perioru] aks e du roti in (su) via.
Studi
Mi skrib.
SItempe mi lekt libr, kel vo skribav.
Noi and a skol a studiar filosofi et fisik.
Presidiurne preseptor, in leksion, instruav [a] noi libr nov, da kel noi studiero literatur.
Mi preg vo ekspediar, a bibliotek de ist universitet, katalog de libri di matematik, keli vo vend, — ko prisi (ko indikasion de prisi).
Idiom Neutral reformed
Univers
Sol (splende) lucie et calidifique.
Noct seque po jurn.
Lun done luce nocte (in noct).
Frig-témpor porte nev et frost.
Flor-témpor seque po frig-témpor.
Vespr es jurn et ante noct.
Matin es po noct et ante jurn.
Vent sufle.
Nub occulte sol.
Animal
Hom pense.
Can seque po hom.
Anat flotte.
Pisc flotte in mar.
Cavall curre.
Lup rapine.
Urs es feroce.
Verm vive sub hum.
Muton ede herb et done lan.
Ornit mete ov in nid.
Mus, musc et vesp damnifique.
Anguil serpente.
Gus, anat, cucul, grus, turd, merul et sturn es orniti.
Hom av un lang et du oreli, un nas et du oculi, un cord et du genui.
Bov av du cornui et quatr pedi.
Bov vade lente.
Ocul vide, dent ede.
Patr et matr genere fratr et soror.
Vidua es sine marit(o).
Noi ede a viver, noi no vive a edar.
Arti
Promoteo rapinev foy da Jov.
Monu es patr (?) de noi.
Monu pasturev besti; il donev jug a bov; il arev agr; il seminev aven; il falcev orge; il molinev gran; il cultivev fasol in hort; il mortifiquev lup et urs.
Vesta coquev fructi et farin su (superioru) foy.
Minerva filev lan de muton; ila texev et sutev vesti.
Monu construev dom; il forgev protometal (oer?); il vadev (flottev) mediu (per) nav ex portu.
Cavall vehicule Monu su (superioru) ax et du roti in (su) via.
Stud
Mi skribe.
Nu mi lecte libr, quel vo scribev.
Noi vade a scol a studer filosofia et fisic.
Heri docent, in lection, docev [a] noi libr nov, da quel noi studera literatur.
Mi pete vo expedier, a bibliotec de ist universitet, catalog de libri, queli vo vende, — co precii (ko indication de precii).
Traduked per W. Rosenberger in Alpnach, Suissa, 4 juli 1909.
Lingu anglik
Univers
The sun (shines?) gives light and warms.
Night follows after day.
The moon gives light at night.
Winter brings snow and frost.
Spring follows after winter.
Evening is after day and before night.
Morning is after night and before day.
The wind blows.
A cloud conceals the sun.
Animal
A human thinks.
A dog follows after a human.
A duck swims.
A fish swims in the sea.
A horse runs.
A wolf ravishes.
A bear is ferocious.
A worm lives under the soil.
A sheep eats grass and produces wool.
A bird lays an egg in a nest.
The mouse, fly and wasp cause damage.
An eel wriggles.
The goose, duck, cuckoo, crane, thrush, blackbird and starling are birds.
A human has one tongue, two ears, one nose and two eyes, one heart and two knees.
A bull has two horns and four feet.
A bull walks slowly.
The eye sees, the tooth eats.
A father and mother beget a brother and sister.
A widow is without a spouse (husband).
We eat to live, we do not live to eat.
Arts
Prometheus stole fire from Jove.
Monu is the father of us.
Monu grazed livestock; he yoked a bull; he tilled the field; he sowed oats; he reaped barley; he milled grain; he grew beans in the garden; he killed a wolf and a bear.
Vesta cooked fruits and farina on the fire.
Minerva spun sheep's wool; she wove and sewed clothes.
Monu built a house; he forged ore; he went (floated) by boat from the port.
The horse drives Monu on an axle and two wheels on the path.
Study
I write.
I am now reading a book you wrote.
We go to school to study philosophy and physic(s).
Yesterday the master, in a lesson, taught us a new book from which we will study literature.
I ask you to dispatch to the library of this university the catalogue of mathematics books which you are selling, — with prices (with an indication of the prices).
Translated by W. Rosenberger in Alpnach, Switzerland, 4 July 1909.
NOTES:
[1] Turd does not appear in either the Idiom Neutral (1902) or Reform-Neutral (1912) dictionaries; however, it is likely to be taken from Latin turdus (cf. Spanish and Italian tordo).