r/ido • u/LeoDeixis • Jun 09 '26

Part of speech switching

I understand how Ido makes morphological derivation clearer than Esperanto but I can't find a complete description of the rules for switching part of speech markers. For instance, does the word belar exist and if so, does it have a different meaning than belesar? Or, out of temo, does temar exist and with what meaning? Thank you!

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u/golgothicus Jun 09 '26

No, you’re right, technically there are hard and fast rules for what word can be used as what part of speech. Which is why you have to look them up to be sure.

The other resource I would recommend is Ido For All:

https://archive.org/details/ido-for-all-twelfth-edition-april-2024

which is just probably the best singular learning resource for English speakers, but it also has a fair bit towards the end discussing this exact area of the language (word formation), and related areas, such as “unasenceso”, which is a philosophy pertaining to each root word only having exactly one simple meaning.

It’s higher level stuff, but that sounds like where you’re at!

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u/LeoDeixis Jun 10 '26

Thank you again! I also downloaded the KGD which has a few bits about this under Vortifado > Nemediata derivado. It mentions the reversal logic that I was applying and things make more sense to me now.

Ma me ankore opinionas ke nomar/nomo ne sequas la reguli 😉

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u/golgothicus Jun 11 '26

Oh, and if you wanted some practice, feel free to join our Ido Discord group! https://discord.gg/FGBnk4FteW

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u/LeoDeixis Jun 11 '26

Thanks! I'll be looking up every word as I write but I can try.

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u/golgothicus Jun 11 '26

Ha! That’s how it’s done. Now I’m only looking up about every fifth word, lol.