Language of Mathematics

Verbs

• add, subtract, multiple, divide, etc.
• equals, greater than or less than
• logarithm, trigonometry functions (sine, cosine, tangent, etc)
• differentiation, integration
• logical implications

Nouns

Not numbers! Number are adjectives.

• Units: apples, sheep, fingers
• distance: meters, feet, miles, light-years
• time: seconds, minutes, years,
• mass: pounds, kilograms
• angles: degrees, radians
• electical: amperes, volts, ohms

Adjectives

Numbers measure things. The things are the units. Numbers merely define the quantity or quality.

Textbook math treats numbers as nouns. Sort of like abstract ideal platonic dimensionless entities. Or like saying "quickness + swiftness = much speed". No wonder math is boring. Get yourself a physics textbook and learn what numbers are actually useful for.

Adverbs

Verb or adjective modifiers

• square root or cube root
• log base 10 or natural logarithm (base e)
• x prime

Prepositions

Prepositional phrases perform the functions of adjectives or adverbs. Mathematics tries to be very terse, so the prepositions are mainly evident when an equation is read aloud.

• integrate from 0 to pi
• summation from 1 to n

Interjections

• factorial (it's a math joke, get it?)

Pronouns

Variables and constants stand in for numbers and their units.

Conjunctions

Equations are usually simple phrases. Combining them is usually explained in English.

Articles

Latin doesn't need them, and neither does math.