Digits and time
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Digit-strings
When English uses a number as a code (a phone, room, channel, or serial number) rather than an amount, write it with the digit-string marker re (written _). A code has no exponent and no percent. The code can then fill whatever role the clause needs (/d/, /b/, /ɡ/).
zazozon d_555,123,4567 vayebel.🔊
zazozon drezazazathebadogethehuzavorel vayebel.z-Azozon | d-_555,123,4567 | v-see
"Azozon sees 555-123-4567."
Ending is usually -l (exact label); -n for an official designation; -r with digits repeats a code already mentioned. A label keeps its digits exactly as written.
To place an event by a code (on channel 7), put the code in a bl- word after a relation word (/h/ on + bl_7), or put it on a noun as /ɡ/ (channel g_7).
Fields
A comma in a code marks a field: a part that is a value of its own, such as the area code in a phone number or the hour in a clock time. The comma is part of the code, so d_15,30 and d_1530 are different words.
| Rule | Examples |
|---|---|
| Put a comma between fields | version d_2,1,3 (2.1.3); phone d_555,123,4567 (area code, exchange, line) |
| Two number fields side by side always take one; without it they merge | d_15,30 (two fields) is not d_1,530 |
| Drop source punctuation that marks no field | spaces in a serial number |
Do not chunk one long field: pause if you like, but say no the | serial d_4071229385 |
| Write a version as separate fields, not a decimal | 1.2.3 is d_1,2,3 |
Plural labels
English makes a label plural to name the whole run of labels that start with it: the ’90s are the years 90 through 99, and the 1800s are 1800 through 1899. Put plural -x on the label: z_90x. The final zeros stand for any digit, so _90x covers 90 to 99. Only a label with digits takes -x; a count does not.
zazozon vowurol herom bl_90x.🔊
zazozon vowurol herom blrenamolx.z-Azozon | v-walk | [h-while | bl-_90-x]
"Azozon walked in the ’90s."
Time
To say when something happens by the clock or the calendar (at 15:30, on 22 July), write a digit string under /h/ with no relation word before it. Clock takes marker re (spoken hre, written h_…). Date takes calendar-ordinal oe (spoken hroe, written h_#…). Fields are read by position, so the word already says which number is the hour or the month.
h_15,30 zazozon vowurol.🔊
hrebazathegemol zazozon vowurol.h-_15,30 | z-Azozon | v-walk
"At 15:30 Azozon walks."
Clock and date together:
| Job | How |
|---|---|
| Clock / schedule | Digit-string ro as bare /h/. Default 24h. Fields left to right; commas are writing only: hour, minute, optional seconds (h_15,30, h_15,30,00). |
| Calendar date | Digit-string _ with oe (spoken roe, written h_#…). Fields: day, month, optional year (h_#22,7, h_#22,7,2026; modifier g_#22,7). Zero-padding is optional. Write a year as one digit group (2026 is one group). A date may stop after the day (h_#12, on the 12th); context gives the month. You may also name the relation with a date word plus /b/, but you do not need to. |
| Day of the week | Ordinal on olero weekday, counting from Monday: zolerom grobal is Monday, zolerom grorel is Sunday (the seventh). |
| Month or year alone | A month is an ordinal on amalo month, counting from January, the same way as weekdays: March is the third month (zamalom grogel). A year is a label on ovuva year (zovuvam g_1962). To place an event in one, put that noun in /b/ after herom during. |
| When-frame | Ordinary lexicon /h/ (until, before, recency), clock/date above, or a signed offset (three hours ago / in three hours). There is no past or future ending. An amount of time (for 3 days) is a relation word plus a measure phrase. |
Endings: -l exact; -m fuzzy (around 15:30); -n conventional schedule or date name; -r with digits repeats a clock time or date already mentioned. Timezone, era, and calendar system are ordinary lexicon /h/ beside the number word.
For from … to with clock times, put each time in /b/ after the hooks ul from and oel toward (extra nouns). Right after an ul extra noun, oel and its /b/ close the pair: ul X oel Y is one unit, from X to Y. It works for any two endpoints, not only times.
zazozon ul b_9 oel b_17 vowurol.🔊
zazozon ul brenal oel brebarel vowurol.z-Azozon | [from | b-_9 | toward | b-_17] | v-walk
"Azozon walks from 9:00 to 17:00."
With one verb, the two halves may also sit on either side of it, as two extra nouns:
zazozon ul b_9 vowurol oel b_17.🔊
zazozon ul brenal vowurol oel brebarel.z-Azozon | [from | b-_9] | v-walk | [toward | b-_17]
"Azozon walks from 9:00 to 17:00."
For a decade (the ’90s), use a plural label.
Compare with: a phone or room code uses the same _ marker under /d/ /b/ /ɡ/, not bare /h/. Restrictor har is sometimes.
Not the same job as: hragel (three times) and hrogel (for the third time). Clock time h_15,30 is still a digit-string.
Practice
Short drills for Beginner. Try each item before opening Show answer.
Setting: a clinic clock
New words:
| English | Ageben | Cue |
|---|---|---|
| pill | ebebul | 💊 |
Review:
| English | Ageben |
|---|---|
| Azozon | azozon |
| Alazun | alazun |
| Ahelan | ahelan |
| walk | vowurol |
| see | vayebel |
| scream | veyamul |
English → Ageben
1. Azozon sees pill 12.
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zazozon debebul g_12 vayebel.
🔊 zazozon debebul grebadol vayebel.
z-Azozon | [d-pill | g-_12] | v-see
2. From 9:00 to 17:00 Azozon sees Ahelan.
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zazozon ul b_9 oel b_17 dahelan vayebel.
🔊 zazozon ul brenal oel brebarel dahelan vayebel.
z-Azozon | [from | b-_9 | toward | b-_17] | d-Ahelan | v-see
3. At 15:30 Azozon walks.
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h_15,30 zazozon vowurol.
🔊 hrebazathegemol zazozon vowurol.
h-_15,30 | z-Azozon | v-walk
Ageben → English
1. h_9 zazozon veyamul.
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🔊 hrenal zazozon veyamul.
h-_9 | z-Azozon | v-scream
At 9:00 Azozon screams.
2. h_#1,4 zalazun vowurol.
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🔊 hroebathehul zalazun vowurol.
h-_1,4 | z-Alazun | v-walk
On 1 April, Alazun walks.
3. zazozon ul b_9 vowurol oel b_17.
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🔊 zazozon ul brenal vowurol oel brebarel.
z-Azozon | [from | b-_9] | v-walk | [toward | b-_17]
Azozon walks from 9:00 to 17:00.
Pick one
1. Alazun sees pill 3. zalazun debebul gregel vayebel. or zalazun debebul gragel vayebel.
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zalazun debebul gregel vayebel.
z-Alazun | [d-pill | g-_3.spelled] | v-see
A label is a digit string, marker re; ra counts three pills.
Fix it
1. At 15:30 Alazun walks. hragel zalazun vowurol.
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h_15,30 zalazun vowurol.
🔊 hrebazathegemol zalazun vowurol.
h-_15,30 | z-Alazun | v-walk
A clock time is a digit string under /h/; hragel is three times.