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Causation (necessary / sufficient)
How to say A would work for B, B needs A, and if / because.
Needs: Joins (inclusive and exclusion) and dependent clauses (adoro).
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Beginner
Sufficient (would work)
Put the outcome first (the host). Put what would work in the open sufficient slot (…aom). Others may still count.
The first vowel is series a (add): add that route, and the outcome can follow.
| Prefer | Job | Mnemonic |
|---|---|---|
single-item …aom (zaom / daom / …) | at least X / X would work | a add a route |
multi inclusive …ao… | several jointly listed hits | a add several routes |
`zezewel zaom.`
gloss: `z-effort` · `z-and/or.open`
*Effort would work (among other routes).*`zuludul zozowol zaom.`
gloss: `z-cloud` · `z-snow` · `z-and/or.open`
*Clouds or snow would work (for that outcome).*Closed …aol (X is enough) is the stronger twin: this route alone settles the inclusive frame. Keep everyday would work on …aom.
When both poles are nouns / phrases, reuse the inclusive family in coordination.
Translation practice
Short drills on this Beginner band. Try each item before opening Show answer. Everyday would work is open sufficient …aom (outcome as host). Closed …aol is the stronger “this settles it” twin.
Roots used here: azawa grace (name Azawan) · ululo courage (name Ululon) · uhubu beauty (name Uhubun) · ezewe effort · uludu cloud · ozowo snow · odogo dog · agada cat · abogo book · ohohu house · awala walk · uzunu sing
English → Agalan
1. Effort would work (among other routes).
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zezewel zaom.
2. Clouds would work.
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zuludul zaom.
3. Clouds or snow would work.
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zuludul zozowol zaom.
4. A dog would work.
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zodogol zaom.
5. A dog or a cat would work.
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zodogol zagadal zaom.
6. A book is enough.
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zabogol zaol.
7. Walking would work.
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zawalal zaom.
8. Uhubun’s singing would work.
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zuhubun vuzunul vaom.
Agalan → English
1. zezewel zaom.
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Effort would work (among other routes).
2. zuludul zozowol zaom.
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Clouds or snow would work.
3. zabogol zaol.
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A book is enough.
4. zagadal zaom.
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A cat would work.
5. zohohul zaom.
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A house would work.
6. zuhubun vuzunul vaom.
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Uhubun’s singing would work.
7. zawalal zaom.
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Walking would work.
8. zodogol zagadal zaom.
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A dog or a cat would work.
Intermediate
Necessary (marked)
To say the outcome needs the condition, mark exclusion or never.
| Prefer | Gloss | Mnemonic |
|---|---|---|
guan / huan | without / excluding the condition on the effect | series u (undo): take it away and the effect fails |
hal (restrictor) | never, when the condition is absent | exact -l: that occasion is closed off |
`zanunul huan buludul.`
gloss: `z-rain` · `h-without` · `b-cloud`
*Raining without / excluding clouds.*`zazawan vawalal hal.`
gloss: `z-grace@` · `v-walk` · `h-never`
*Azawan never walks.*Marked unique path
When you mean it has to be X / the sole pick, use exclusive …ol / gon / hon.
Everyday would work stays cheaper as open sufficient (…aom) than as exclusive sole cause.
…al / …el (only X / only X matters) mark inventory or priority on a list. They do not say the outcome needs that item.
`zazawan gon.`
gloss: `z-grace@` · `g-has-to-be`
*It has to be Azawan.*Clause poles
When the condition or outcome is a full sentence, prefer a dependent clause after adoro:
main sentence … hadorom / hezazem / hurugum badorol [dependent sentence]adoro (special pronoun) sits last in the main sentence. The dependent is a full sentence (give it its own act word only if the speech act differs). See dependent clauses.
IF vs IFF vs BECAUSE
| Root | Lexicon | Metaphor | Reading | Parallel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IF (default) | adoro | 🚪 door → opportunity | one-way: under the dependent, claim the main sentence; the dependent is not asserted as fact | open sufficient (…aom / haon) |
IFF (marked) | ezaze | ↔️ left-right → reciprocity | both ways: dependent and main sentence stand or fall together | sufficient and necessary |
BECAUSE | urugu | 🧱 brick → foundation | asserted explanation: the reason the main sentence rests on | explanation |
Ending: clause poles always take -m (metaphorical published sense): hadorom / hezazem / hurugum. Ordinary literal content on the same roots still uses ordinary endings (zadorol a door; zezazel reciprocity; zurugul a brick).
Bare IF (hadorom) is one-way only.
`zazawan vawalal hadorom badorol zululon velebel.`
gloss: `z-grace@` · `v-walk` · `h-if` · `b-next-clause` · `z-courage@` · `v-sleep`
*Azawan walks if Ululon sleeps.*`zazawan vawalal hurugum badorol zululon velebel.`
gloss: `z-grace@` · `v-walk` · `h-because` · `b-next-clause` · `z-courage@` · `v-sleep`
*Azawan walks because Ululon sleeps.*| Poles | Prefer |
|---|---|
| NP–NP | phrase …aom / haon / huan (Beginner) |
| Clause–clause conditional (one-way) | hadorom badorol |
| Clause–clause both-ways | hezazem badorol (marked) |
| Clause–clause explanation | hurugum badorol |
| Clause–clause inclusive bundle | xaom / xaol as coordination only |
| Mixed NP + clause | adoro under a relation, or a span / noun-form of the clause in /b/ / /d/ |
Open sufficient vs necessary uses the same joins and restrictors (hal, …) you already have; pick the relation that matches the English job.
CAUSE
Mark a clause as CAUSE-framed (how the gears engage) with one closed mood root.
Shape: floating /h/ mood egega ⚙️ gear → CAUSE (optional /w/ when scoped only to a preceding /ɡ/). Prefer floating /h/. Ending = -m only (metaphorical): hegegam. Ordinary content still available (zegegal a gear; vegegal to mesh / engage).
`haon bezewel hegegam.`
gloss: `h-and/or` · `b-effort` · `h-CAUSE`
*Open to effort (CAUSE)* (how the payoff gears turn)Use CAUSE when the clause highlights how the gears engage.
Compare with: would work / among routes uses open sufficient (…aom / haon).
For because / if, use: clause poles (hurugum / hadorom).
Stack CAUSE with a join, a clause pole, universality, or evidential /h/ when more than one of those jobs applies.
Preference vs law
A common shape: hard work should count. The “rule” is a wish / ought, not a formal or natural law.
| Layer | Role |
|---|---|
| Condition shape | open sufficient (haon / …aom, …) if you still mean “effort would count toward advancement” |
| Ought / motive | xo (prescription) or xe (motive): values |
| Warrant | evidentiality / universality when asserting a world regularity |
Keep the strength of feeling on values force / evidentiality. Exclusive ol / gon still means sole path, even when you feel strongly.
Schematic: … haon bezewel on effort + holozoxor (soft invite force) ≈ effort is among routes that ought to count for competence payoff.
Translation practice
Short drills on this Intermediate band. Try each item before opening Show answer. Mark necessary with exclusion / hal, unique path with gon / hon / …ol, clause poles with hadorom / hezazem / hurugum, and CAUSE with hegegam. An ought sits on values xo.
Roots used here: azawa grace (name Azawan) · ululo courage (name Ululon) · uhubu beauty (name Uhubun) · odogo dog · ezewe effort · anunu rain · uludu cloud · abogo book · olozo competence · awala walk · uzunu sing · elebe sleep · adoro next clause / if · ezaze iff · urugu because · egega CAUSE
English → Agalan
1. Azawan walks without a dog.
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zazawan vawalal huan bodogol.
2. Azawan never walks.
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zazawan vawalal hal.
3. It has to be Azawan.
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zazawan gon.
4. Azawan walks if Ululon sleeps.
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zazawan vawalal hadorom badorol zululon velebel.
5. Azawan walks if and only if Ululon sleeps.
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zazawan vawalal hezazem badorol zululon velebel.
6. Azawan walks because Ululon sleeps.
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zazawan vawalal hurugum badorol zululon velebel.
7. Effort would count (as an ought, not the sole law).
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haon bezewel holozoxor.
8. It has to be a book.
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zabogol gon.
9. Ululon walks (as mechanism).
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zululon vawalal hegegam.
10. Open to effort (as mechanism).
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haon bezewel hegegam.
Agalan → English
1. zanunul huan buludul.
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Raining without / excluding clouds.
2. zodogol hon.
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It has to be the dog.
3. zazawan vawalal hadorom badorol zululon velebel.
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Azawan walks if Ululon sleeps.
4. zazawan vawalal hezazem badorol zululon velebel.
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Azawan walks if and only if Ululon sleeps.
5. zazawan vawalal hurugum badorol zululon velebel.
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Azawan walks because Ululon sleeps.
6. haon bezewel holozoxor.
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Effort would count (as an ought, not the sole law).
7. zazawan guan bodogol.
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Azawan without a dog.
8. zazawan vawalal hal.
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Azawan never walks.
9. zazawan vuzunul hegegam.
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Azawan sings (as mechanism).
10. haon bezewel hegegam.
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Open to effort (as mechanism).
Advanced
Factivity (IF vs BECAUSE)
English because / if blur whether the dependent is asserted as a fact about the world.
Agalan separates that on the clause root:
| Root | Dependent | Main sentence | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
IF (hadorom) 🚪 | hypothetical / opportunity door | claimed under the dependent | one-way open sufficient |
IFF (hezazem) ↔️ | stands or falls with the main sentence | stands or falls with the dependent | both directions |
BECAUSE (hurugum) 🧱 | asserted as the foundation the main sentence rests on | asserted (or already in force) | explanation |
🚪 opens onto a maybe, 🧱 is laid down as real, ↔️ welds both sides together.
`zazawan vawalal hurugum badorol zanunul.`
gloss: `z-grace@` · `v-walk` · `h-because` · `b-next-clause` · `z-rain`
*Azawan walks because it rains.* Rain is asserted as the reason.`zazawan vawalal hadorom badorol zanunul.`
gloss: `z-grace@` · `v-walk` · `h-if` · `b-next-clause` · `z-rain`
*Azawan walks if it rains.* Rain is not asserted; the main sentence is under that opportunity.Epistemic because (no twin root)
English often uses because for speaker grounds (I say P because Q / I think P, because…) without asserting Q as a world-fact that grounds the main sentence. Agalan keeps BECAUSE for world-reason under the claim.
| English bundle | Prefer |
|---|---|
| P because Q (Q grounds P in the world) | hurugum badorol (+ evidentiality / CAUSE when naming CAUSE) |
| I think / say P because Q (Q is my reason for the take) | COMMENT on the main sentence (hodohom, …); add hurugum badorol only if Q is also asserted as world-foundation |
| P, since / given that Q (Q already shared) | hurugum badorol (Q asserted); soft force / evidentiality if the warrant is tentative |
| P if Q (Q not asserted) | hadorom badorol |
Stacks (evidentiality, CAUSE, habit)
| Stack | Role | Mnemonic |
|---|---|---|
Evidentiality /h/ | how you know the link (evidentiality: INFERRED uneve, PATTERN abawa, …) | 🔍 the trail behind the claim |
CAUSE (hegegam) | CAUSE mood (CAUSE) | ⚙️ the gears inside |
hual / huam | habitual / characterizing pattern (restrictors) | 🔁 whenever, as a rule |
| Universality | how exceptionless the claim is (universality moods) | 🌐 no exceptions anywhere |
Values xo / xe | ought or motive (above) | 🧭 the need it serves |
| COMMENT | speaker-grounds / attitude (epistemic because) | 💭 what the speaker thinks |
A particular episode (this delay was caused by…) and a standing pattern (clouds for rain) share the same necessary/sufficient shapes. Tense, hual, evidentiality, CAUSE, and universality distinguish them.
Show a causal “law” with evidentiality and universality. CAUSE uses hegegam; NATURAL uses habelel.
English → Agalan
| English cue | Agalan |
|---|---|
| caused by + how you know | condition shape (sufficient / necessary) + evidential /h/ |
| caused by + CAUSE | condition shape + hegegam (CAUSE) |
| leads to / results in (ordinary) | open sufficient (…aom / haon, …) |
| necessary for / without X, no Y | huan / guan / hal |
| the only cause / has to be | marked gon / hon / …ol |
| should as universal causal law | sufficient shape + xo (name the need) |
| always / every / never (universality) | domain (hual / …) + universality mood |
| because / if + clause | hurugum badorol / hadorom badorol |
| if and only if / iff | hezazem badorol |
| although / while / until / before / after | same /h/+adoro shape (core.md) |
| I think P because Q (speaker grounds) | COMMENT + optional hurugum (above) |
| therefore (discourse) | xezazal (continue) |
| however / meanwhile (discourse) | xezebal / xanelol |
Discourse however / meanwhile are /x/ linkers. Subordinating hezebam / hegemum stay although / meanwhile-as-dependent.
Clause poles stay -m (hadorom / hezazem / hurugum, and the same -m on although / while / until / before / after).
Translation practice
Short drills on this Advanced band. Try each item before opening Show answer. hurugum asserts the dependent as a fact the main sentence rests on; hadorom does not; speaker-grounds stay hodohom. Habit uses hual.
Roots used here: azawa grace (name Azawan) · ululo courage (name Ululon) · anunu rain · uludu cloud · awala walk · elebe sleep · adoro next clause / if · ezaze iff · urugu because · odoho commentary (hodohom)
English → Agalan
1. Azawan walks because it rains. (rain is asserted)
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zazawan vawalal hurugum badorol zanunul.
2. Azawan walks if it rains. (rain is not asserted)
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zazawan vawalal hadorom badorol zanunul.
3. Azawan walks if and only if it rains.
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zazawan vawalal hezazem badorol zanunul.
4. Azawan walks (that’s a take). (speaker-grounds, not a world-reason)
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zazawan hodohom vawalal.
5. Clouds would work, as a standing pattern.
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zuludul zaom hual.
Agalan → English
1. zazawan vawalal hurugum badorol zanunul.
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Azawan walks because it rains. (rain is asserted as the reason)
2. zazawan vawalal hadorom badorol zanunul.
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Azawan walks if it rains. (rain is not asserted)
3. zazawan vawalal hezazem badorol zanunul.
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Azawan walks if and only if it rains.
4. zazawan hodohom vawalal hurugum badorol zululon velebel.
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Azawan walks, I’d note, because Ululon sleeps. (take plus world-foundation)
5. zuludul zaom hual.
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Clouds would work, as a standing pattern.
See also
- Inclusive single-item
…aom/…aol: coordination.md - Join-relations
haon/huan/hon: join-extras.md - Restrictors
hal/hual: restrictors.md - Dependent clauses /
adoro: core.md - Preference as law (values on the condition): values.md