Irregularities and exceptions in Interlingua: Difference between revisions

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There are also irregular pronouns that occur in ''guest words''. The common ones are ''tests'' (from 'test'), ''addenda'' (from 'addendum') and ''lieder'' (from 'lied').

===Numbers===

{|class="wikitable"

|-

! Numbers

! Logical Name

! Name used

|-

| 10

| unanta

| dece

|-

| 20

| duoanta

| vinti

|-

| 30

| tresanta

| trenta

|-

| 40

| quatranta

| quaranta

|}

===Parts of speech===

*Not all adverbs are derived from adjectives.

*If an adjective ends with -c, an adverb derived from it takes '''-amente''' (instead of -mente).

*''Sia'' is the imperative form of ''esser'' ('to be'): ''Sia contente!'' 'Be content!'

* Not all adverbs are derived from adjectives.

===Numbers===

* If an adjective ends with -c, an adverb derived from it takes '''-amente''' (instead of -mente).

*10 is "'''dece'''" (instead of "unanta" as derived from "un").

* ''Sia'' is the imperative form of ''esser'' ('to be'): ''Sia contente!'' 'Be content!'

*20 is "'''vinti'''" (instead of "duanta" or "danta" as derived from "duo").

*30 is "'''trenta'''" (instead of "tresanta" as derived from "tres").

*40 is "'''quaranta'''" (instead of "quatranta" as derived from "quatro").

*A power of 1,000 above 1,000 has "'''de'''" between it and the counted objects.

==Optional==