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Lesson 1: |
| a | a |
| b | be |
| c | ce |
| d | de |
| e | e |
| f | ef |
| g | ge |
| h | ha |
| i | i |
| j | jota |
| k | ka |
| l | el |
| m | em |
| n | en |
| o | o |
| p | pe |
| q | qu |
| r | er |
| s | es |
| t | te |
| u | u |
| v | ve |
| w | duple ve |
| x | ix |
| y | ypsilon |
| z | zeta |
Each letter or digraph in Ido has exactly one sound. Thus each word is pronounced exactly as it is spelled and spelled exactly as it is pronounced. The letters B, D, F, K, L, M, N, P, Q, SH, T, V, W, Y, and Z are pronounced as in English. The other letters are pronounced as follows:
A as in "father"
C as "ts" in "bits"
CH as in "church"
Ĉ as "ch" in "church"
E as in "get"
G as in "get"
H as in "hat"
I as in "machine"
J as "s" in "vision"
O as in "mote"
R is trilled as in Spanish.
S as in "said"
SH as in "shoe"
U as "oo" in "boot"
X as in "exit"
U may form diphthongs as follows:
AU as "ow" in "how?"
EU sounds like E and U run together.
The stress falls on: the last syllable of infinitives, the second to last syllable of other words, but on the third to last syllable of words (except infinitives) in which the second to last syllable contains an i or an u which occurs immediately before another vowel.
Most words in Ido are "grammar coded". All singular nominative nouns end in -o. All present tense infinitive verbs end in -ar, and all conjugations are obviously verbs by their respective endings. All adjectives, except those which act as plural nouns, end in -a. Almost all adverbs end in -e.
Amo, amala, amar, amale
Love, of love, to love, lovely