Moreover, while it seems that much of Ido's word stock is taken from Italian, a lot of it also comes from French and other Romance languages, with the result that it's difficult to predict how any given word will appear in Ido. There's no grammatical gender of any kind, i.e., filio no more indicates the male sex than it does the female. Of course, this is ridiculous. Ido, Esperanto, and indeed most artificial languages have no grammatical gender to keep in agreement, so the trans-gender issue is irrelevant. And if simple phonic aesthetics are the real objection, keep in mind that if Spanish ears are accustomed to hearing el artista guapo and la foto vergonzosa, then la bela artisto and la shamoza fotografuro should pose no great hardship.
Adverbs end in -e .
Fafa is less intelligent than Howard. Fafa esas tam inteligenta kam Howard. Fafa is as intelligent as Howard. Fafa esas plu inteligenta kam Howard. Fafa is more intelligent than Howard.