People and pointing cheat sheet

A quick look at pronouns, topic, and plurality. Nothing here is new: each row links to the section that teaches it. Stage: B Beginner, I Intermediate, A Advanced.

Pointing back

Which pointer to use

You want	Use	Example	English	Stage
The same one again, by name	role letter + whole stem + -r	zazozor	Azozon (again)	B
The same kind again	the same, on a kind	zodozer	the dog	B
By the part they played	role letter + wu + part consonant + pointer vowel + -r	zwuzer	the latest doer	B
A new one of that kind	the same pointer with -l	dwudel	another one (as object)	B
Their part, not them	the same pointer with -m	zwuzem	what the doer did	B
Pin one sense	-rl concrete, -rm abstract	dodozerl	the dog (not the loyalty)	I
A label you chose	role letter + w + tag vowel	zwar	A	I
The talk's topic	ale + -n	zalen	the topic	I

Role pointers

Slot now, then wu, a part consonant (the old role letter), a pointer vowel, then the ending. A resume uses the whole stem. See role pointers.

Part consonant	Part in the earlier event	Where it sat	Example	Stage
z	the doer	/z/	zwuzer	B
d	the one it happens to	/d/	dwuder	B
b	the extra party	/b/	zwuber	B

Pointer vowel	Picks	Example	English	Stage
e	the latest sentence with someone in that part	zwuzer	they	B
a	the nearest one other than the last	zwuzar	the other one	B
o	this sentence's own event	dwuzor	themself	B
u	the latest sentence that left the part unsaid	zwuzur	whoever did it	B

Endings: -r the same one, -l a new one (not with u), -m their part (not with o). A pointer never names its own slot. A topic change ends its reach.

Other ways to point

Job	Example	English	Stage
Same action again: change only the role letter	zalazun vazozor.	Alazun does the same with Azozon.	I
Each other	zazozon zalazun zal vayebel hehom.	Azozon and Alazun see each other.	I
A new one with a new property	zalazun dar godozer gubulel vayebel.	Alazun sees a black one.	I

Tags

A tag is a label you choose (role letter, w, vowel a then o, e, last u, ending). It stays on its referent. Tags fill /z/, /d/, /b/ only.

Job	Example	English	Stage
Assign: tag -l after a phrase	zodozel zwal	a dog, call it A	I
A new referent with no name	zwal	someone A	I
Recall	zwar / dwar / bwar	A	I
Recall a tag assigned to a name	zwan / dwan / bwan	A (a named one)	I
A's part in the latest event	zwam / dwam / bwam	what A did	I
A and associates	zwarx / zwanx	A and associates	I
Two tags (six stacks: zwaor zwaer zwoer zwuar zwuor zwuer)	zwaor	A and O	I
Two tags, their parts	zwaom	what A and O did	I
Two tags and associates	zwaorx	A, O, and associates	I

The topic

Only an /x/ word at the start of a sentence sets the topic. Being first, being the subject, and as for do not.

Job	Example	English	Stage
Introduce a person	xazozon	now, about Azozon	I
Introduce a kind	xodozel	now, about a dog	I
Return to an earlier topic	xazozor	back to Azozon	I
Return to the kind from before	xodozer	back to the dog	I
Clear the topic	xevewom / xavedam	next / by the way	I
The topic itself, in any slot	zalen / dalen / balen	the topic	I

The topic pronoun is never a topic word or a resume. A dropped subject is never the topic: write zalen. A topic change resets role-pointer anchors and bare-number magnitude; whole-stem -r and tags stay.

People in the conversation

Special pronouns

Role letter + the root + -n. Prefer a proper name when you have one. See special pronouns.

Word	Means	In a slot	English	Same root as	Stage
uwen	the speaker	zuwen	I	uwel microphone	B
awan	the one listening	zawan / dawan	you	awal headphones	B
ayan	speaker and addressees together	zayan	we (you and I)	ayal handshake	B
umen	a nonspecific individual	zumen	someone	umel neutral	B
eyen	any person, as a rule	zeyen	one, generic you	eyel person	B

As an object, we is dayan. awan is the person actually listening. eyen takes no -x.

Groups with -x

Form	Means	Example	English	Stage
name -nx	anchor and associates	zazozonx	Azozon and associates	B
-lx / -mx	an indefinite group	zogozelx	some cats	B
-lnx	some of a name	dazozolnx	some Azozons	I
-rx	someone mentioned, and associates	zazozorx	they	B
speaker -x	the speaker and their people, you not included	uwenx (zuwenx, duwenx)	I and my people	B
listener -x	the address set, speaker not included	awanx (zawanx, dawanx)	you all	B
interlocutors -x	everyone here, and their people	ayanx	we all	B

Who counts as an associate is open unless you say. umen takes no -x; some people is zeyelx.

One act, one unit

-x on a verb or adjective: the group acts, or the property holds, as one.

Job	Example	English	Stage
Group, act left open	zazozonx vozuyel	Azozon and associates sing	I
One shared act	zazozonx vozuyelx	they sing as one performance	I
Joint doing, others unnamed	zazozon vozuyelx	Azozon sings jointly	I
The group as one unit	zuvayal vowurolx	the family walks as one unit	I
Property of each member	zavonal zuwal zal garolem	the file-box and the toolbox are each heavy	I
Property of the whole	zavonal zuwal zal garolemx	heavy together	I
Group-level size	zuvayal gagalam	the family is vast	I
Members, plain	zavonalx garolem	the file-boxes are heavy	I
Members, collectively	zavonalx garolemx	the file-boxes are heavy collectively	I
Call a group	yawanx	hey, you all	I

Don't mix up

This	vs	That
zazozor Azozon, again (the stem, resumed)		zwuzer the latest doer (by the part they played)
dwuder the same one (-r)		dwudel another one (-l)
zwuzer the person (-r)		zwuzem what they did (-m)
zayan you and I (aya)		zuwenx I and my people, not you (speaker -x)
zawan you (one listener)		zawanx you all (the address set)
zumen someone (tied to no event)		zwuzur whoever did that (tied to one known event)
zeyen one, people at large (generic)		zawan you, the listener (just them)
xazozon now, about Azozon (sets the topic)		zalen the topic (refers to it)