Imaginative comparison, 250.
Imperative mood, 254; in commands and prohibitions, 256; in resolve and
exhortation, 255, in subordinate clauses, 259;. less peremptory uses
of, 257; to express purpose, 262.
Imperfect tense, 113, (passive) 178.
Impersonal verbs, 50, compound tenses of, 179; modifiers of, 141.
Impersonally used verbs, explained, 141; modifiers of, 141.
Inchoative verbs, 232, a.
Indefinite connection, expr. by "je", 260.
Indefinite, pronoun, ("iu") 203, ("io") 233; (personal) 54; adj., 208;
advs., see Adverbs; prep., 260; suffix, 268; quantity, expressions
of, with "da", 99, 101.
Independent use of conditional mood, 244.
Indicative mood, defined, 241; tenses of, see Synopsis, 267.
"Indirect object," see "al".
Indirect quotation, tenses in, 58; statements in, 53; questions in,
p. 38, ftn.; p. 170, ftn.
Infinitive, defined, 28, 241; ending of, 28; complementary, 29; as
subject, 29; modifiers of, 130; synopsis of, 267; with prep., 98;
replaced by noun, 218, b.
Instruction, (orders), requests for, 257, 259.
Instrumentality, expr. by "per", 64; distinguished from accompaniment,
p. 49, ftn.
Instruments, formation of names of, 63.
Intensive pronoun, "mem", 219.
Intention, expr. by clause, 259.
Interjections, 273.
International money system, 285; weights and measures, 284.
Interrogation, 30, 66, a.
Interrogative, pronoun, ("kiu") 106, (kio) 233; adj., 112; advs.,
see Adverbs.
Intransitive verbs, defined, 22; no passive, p. 122, ftn.; from adj.
roots, 232, c; from noun roots, advs., preps., suffixes, prefixes,
232, d; from trans, verb roots, 232, b, (table of), 279.
Introductory particle, not needed, 50, 51.
Invariability, of article, 18; of "mem", 219; of verb, 18; of
cardinals, 136.
Inversion, not needed in questions, 30.