Intermediate review
The Intermediate review covers every Intermediate section, from titled names to measures.
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Review:
| English | Ageben |
|---|---|
| Azozon | azozon |
| Alazun | alazun |
| Ahelan | ahelan |
| your name | n |
| sandwich | edal |
| salad | azudal |
| see | vayebel |
| guard | agayul |
| angry | onumul |
| walk | vowurol |
| cry | vagamul |
| swim | vazuvol |
| climb | voguvol |
| therefore | xahom |
| tent | udehal |
| bucket | obowal |
| cook | vuguyol |
| cookie | ugedel |
| police | ebayol |
| duck | adozal |
| fight | vuvuvul |
| night | anurul |
| hammer | ohowel |
| wood | ulol |
| write | varuyol |
| knife | anewul |
| slow | uzezam |
| wind | awulol |
| sit | vehohel |
| west | ewuhol |
| pay | varal |
| hour | agorum |
| sleep | vezuvel |
| CLUES | theyom |
| sing | vozuyel |
| NOTIONAL | theyum |
| topic | alen |
| kneel | vanuvel |
| relatedness | awel |
| PATTERN | thubom |
English → Ageben
1. Ahelan climbs. It follows that Ahelan doesn't swim.
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zahelan voguvol. xahol zahelan vazuvol vul.
z-Ahelan | v-climb . x-it-follows | z-Ahelan | [v-swim | v-not]
Rule: Sentence linkers
2. Ahelan is not a police officer.
3. Ahelan sees a hammer made of wood.
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zahelan dohowel gulom blulol vayebel.
z-Ahelan | [d-hammer | [g-material | bl-wood]] | v-see
Also correct: zahelan vayebel dohowel gulom blulol.
Rule: Of relations
4. Ahelan swims as slowly as Alazun.
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zahelan zalazun zoel huzezam vazuvol.
[z-Ahelan | z-Alazun | z-equal-rank | h-slow] | v-swim
Rule: Manner scale
5. Alazun cries because of the wind.
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zalazun vagamul thahum blawulol.
z-Alazun | v-cry | [th-because | bl-wind]
6. Alazun sits on Ahelan's left.
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zalazun vehohel hewuhothahelan.
z-Alazun | v-sit | h-west-th-Ahelan
Rule: Viewpoint laterals
7. Azozon would rather cook than fight.
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zazozon vuguyol vuvuvul vol.
z-Azozon | [v-cook | v-fight | v-rank/more]
8. Ahelan sleeps about two hours.
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zahelan bagorum gradom vezuvel.
z-Ahelan | [b-hour | g-two.about] | v-sleep
Rule: Measure phrases
9. I gather Ahelan thinks Alazun sings.
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zalazun theyomahelan vozuyel.
z-Alazun | th-CLUES-Ahelan | v-sing
Rule: Whose view (holder)
10. Now, about Alazun: Alazun sits.
Ageben → English
1. zahelan dudehal vayebel. zahelan vayeber dobowal.
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z-Ahelan | d-tent | v-see . z-Ahelan | v-←see | d-bucket
Ahelan sees a tent. Ahelan sees a bucket too.
2. zalazun zadozal om balazur zal vazuvol.
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[z-Alazun | [z-duck | [used-by | b-←Alazun]] | z-and] | v-swim
Alazun and their duck swim.
Rule: SHARED after the join
3. zahelan glegol d[azozon] varuyol.
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z-Ahelan | [gl-MENTION | d-CITE[Azozon]] | v-write
Ahelan writes the word “azozon.”
Rule: Mention
4. zazozon danewulx gragel vayebel. zahelan dugedelx grager vayebel.
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z-Azozon | [d-knife-x | g-three] | v-see . z-Ahelan | [d-cookie-x | g-←three] | v-see
Azozon sees three knives. Ahelan sees three cookies, the same number.
Rule: Number endings
5. xon. alazuxan.
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speaker-minutes . Alazun-presence
I have a few minutes. Alazun here. I have time; we can stay. (the first greeting is with your own name)
The lesser bid sets the limit, so the talk lasts a few minutes.
Rule: Conversation length
6. yel dugedel dar.
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1. Azozon sees Salad-Instead-of-Sandwich. (a café name) zazozon dedal en dazudal vayebel. or zazozon dedal el dazudal vayebel.
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zazozon dedal en dazudal vayebel.
z-Azozon | NAME[d-sandwich | instead | d-salad] | v-see
-n on the hook names the whole phrase; el would be a salad instead of a sandwich.
Rule: Titled phrases
2. Alazun walks like an angry guard. zalazun hewem blagayul gonumul vowurol. or zalazun gonumul hewem blagayul vowurol.
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zalazun hewem blagayul gonumul vowurol.
z-Alazun | [h-like | [bl-guard | g-angry]] | v-walk
After the /b/ of a host, a plain adjective describes that extra noun; right after zalazun, angry describes Alazun.
Rule: Complex chaining
3. Alazun sees a sandwich! (strong feeling about the whole sentence) ! zalazun dedal vayebel. or yol zalazun dedal vayebel.
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! zalazun dedal vayebel.
! | z-Alazun | d-sandwich | v-see
! marks strong feeling about the sentence; yol would command Alazun to see it.
Rule: Tone marks
4. Alazun and Ahelan each cook three cookies. zalazun zahelan zal vuguyol dugedelx gragel. or zalazun zahelan zal vuguyolx dugedelx gragel.
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zalazun zahelan zal vuguyol dugedelx gragel.
[z-Alazun | z-Ahelan | z-and] | v-cook | [d-cookie-x | g-three]
With a plain verb, each of them cooks three; vuguyolx would make three in all, between them.
Rule: Verbs (/v/): collective
5. Alazun cried, or am I wrong? zalazun vagamul. yel yuol. or zalazun vagamul. yel yaol.
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zalazun vagamul. yel yuol.
z-Alazun | v-cry . y-question | y-no
The tag yel yuol invites a correction; yel yaol leans toward agreement (…, right?).
6. Everyone from Azozon through Ahelan sits. zazozon oel zahelan vehohel. or zazozon zahelan zal vehohel.
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zazozon oel zahelan vehohel.
z-Azozon | through | z-Ahelan | v-sit
oel names the range; zal is only the two ends.
Rule: Ranges
7. Ahelan kneels, and to me it is about feeling connected. zahelan vanuvel thawethom. or zahelan vanuvel thawethem.
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zahelan vanuvel thawethom.
z-Ahelan | v-kneel | th-relatedness-motive-any-term
tho gives your reason; the would say Ahelan ought to kneel.
Rule: Motive
8. It looks like Alazun fought. (strong clues) zalazun theyol vuvuvul. or zalazun theyom vuvuvul.
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zalazun theyol vuvuvul.
z-Alazun | th-CLUES.strong | v-fight
-l says you could show the clues; theyom only describes them.
Rule: Evidence strength
9. Imagine Alazun walking. zalazun theyum vowurol. or zalazun theyul vowurol.
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zalazun theyum vowurol.
z-Alazun | th-NOTIONAL | v-walk
-m pictures the walking with no further purpose; theyul would be a rehearsal, to prepare for walking.
Rule: Hold endings (NOTIONAL)
10. Anyway, Ahelan walks. er zahelan vowurol. or el zahelan vowurol.
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er zahelan vowurol.
anyway | z-Ahelan | v-walk
er goes back to the main line; el would replace the last claim (Instead).
Rule: Point back
11. How many cookies does Azozon see? yel dugedelx grar zazozon vayebel. or yel dugedelx gror zazozon vayebel.
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yel dugedelx grar zazozon vayebel.
y-question | [d-cookie-x | g-how-many] | z-Azozon | v-see
-r on the count marker asks how many?; ro would ask which place?
Rule: How many?
12. The rules allow Alazun to sit. zalazun vehohel hwuval. or zalazun vehohel hwuvam.
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zalazun vehohel hwuval.
z-Alazun | v-sit | h-episode-event-ALLOW-rule
-l is permission from a rule; -m is a person granting it.
Rule: Someone over the act
13. Azozon walks the most often, going by the pattern. zazozon zol hral vowurol thubom. or zazozon thubom zol hral vowurol.
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zazozon zol hral vowurol thubom.
[z-Azozon | z-rank/more | h-how-often] | v-walk | th-PATTERN
After the fence, PATTERN is a stance on the whole superlative; before the rank join it is the bar, more often than usual.
14. Don't fight. I mean it. yul yul vuvuvul. or yol yol vuvuvul.
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yul yul vuvuvul.
y-prohibition | y-prohibition | v-fight
Repeating the act word insists on that act; repeating yol would insist on a command.
Rule: Doubling an act word
15. every cookie zual gugedel. or zugedel zual.
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zual gugedel.
[z-everything | g-cookie]
The kind goes after zual as a SHARED /ɡ/; a noun before the join is the leftover.
16. Azozon walks, but not because of the night. zazozon vowurol thahum blanurul thul. or zazozon vowurol vul thahum blanurul.
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zazozon vowurol thahum blanurul thul.
z-Azozon | v-walk | [th-because | bl-night] | th-not
The /th/ join denies the ground; vul after the verb would deny the walking.
Rule: Stance joins
What changes
1. zalazun vuvuvul hanurul hul. / zalazun vuvuvul hanurul hual.
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z-Alazun | v-fight | h-night | h-not-when
z-Alazun | v-fight | h-night | h-always-except
With hul, Alazun fights, but not at night, and other times are left open. With hual, Alazun fights at every time except at night.
Rule: More occasions
2. zuwen thogel varal. / zuwen thoger varal.
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z-speaker | th-DECISION-irreversible | v-pay
z-speaker | th-DECISION-temporary | v-pay
With thogel, I have decided for good to pay. With thoger, I have decided to pay only for now.
Rule: Decision (revisability)