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composed of three words, each of which is to be sought for separately.”

No doubt at first the person addressed, if he has never heard of my invention, will favor me with a broad stare; then taking the paper on which I have written, he will institute a hunt in the Dictionary with the following results:

Mi	{	mi	I		I
Ne	{	ne	not		not
Sci,as	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	sci	know	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	know
		as	the present indicative in verbs
Kie	{	kie	where		where
Mi	{	mi	I		I
Las,is	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	las	leave	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	left
		is	is the past indicative in verbs
La	{	la	the		the
Baston,o,n	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	baston	stick	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	stick
		o	indicates a substantive
		n	is the accusative ending
Chu	{	chu	is an interrogative particle		?
Vi	{	vi	you		you
Ghi,n	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	ghi	it	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	it
		n	accusative case
Ne	{	ne	not		not
Vid,is	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	vid	to see	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	seen
		is	the past indicative

and so the Englishman will easily comprehend the remark, I don’t know where I have left the stick; have you not seen it? If he wish to answer, I give him an English-International Vocabulary, at the beginning of which is printed: “If you desire to express anything in the International Language, use this dictionary in which you will look for the words; for the terminations designating the grammatical forms consult the Appendix