Beginner review
Each level ends with one review. It mixes every page of that level, one item per page, so you meet each decision again after the pages that followed it. Take the review once you have finished every page at that level. Each answer ends with a Rule: link to the section it tests: when you miss an item, reread that section.
Every word in a review was already met in an earlier practice, so there are no new words.
The Beginner review covers every Beginner section, from word endings to clock time.
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Practice
Short drills for Beginner. Try each item before opening Show answer.
Review:
| English | Ageben |
|---|---|
| Azozon | azozon |
| Alazun | alazun |
| Ahelan | ahelan |
| I | uwen |
| school | uzahal |
| guard | agayul |
| angry | onumul |
| umbrella | omobul |
| police | ebayol |
| see | vayebel |
| run | veruvol |
| duck | adozal |
| sing | vozuyel |
| tomato | odedel |
| smell | vonebel |
| wind | awulol |
| peek | vebemol |
| tell | vezuyol |
| sandwich | edal |
| cookie | ugedel |
| cook | vuguyol |
| scream | veyamul |
| fight | vuvuvul |
| mango | amedel |
| watermelon | owodel |
| write | varuyol |
| swim | vazuvol |
| night | anurul |
| intensity | ahunom |
| helmet | umobul |
| physical | obal |
| punch | vabuvul |
| wood | ulol |
| basket | abowal |
| sit | vehohel |
| companionship | gamayam |
| relatedness | awel |
| listener | awan |
| walk | vowurol |
| departure | vudurul |
English → Ageben
1. An angry Alazun sees an umbrella.
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zalazun gonumul domobul vayebel.
[z-Alazun | g-angry] | d-umbrella | v-see
Also correct: domobul zalazun gonumul vayebel.
Rule: Adjectives
2. Ahelan sees a guard. The guard runs.
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zahelan dagayul vayebel. zagayur veruvol.
z-Ahelan | d-guard | v-see . z-←guard | v-run
Also correct: zahelan dagayul vayebel. zwuder veruvol.
Rule: Resume with -r
3. Azozon sings like a duck.
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zazozon hewem bladozal vozuyel.
z-Azozon | [h-like | bl-duck] | v-sing
Rule: Like (resembles)
4. Ahelan smells three tomatoes.
5. Ahelan sings if there is wind.
6. An angry Alazun runs. (angry first)
7. Ahelan is Alazun's friend.
8. Azozon punches, then Alazun screams.
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zazozon vabuvul xan zalazun veyamul.
[z-Azozon | v-punch | x-and-then | z-Alazun | v-scream]
Rule: Sequence
Ageben → English
1. zahelan vayebel darl zalazun vebemol.
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z-Ahelan | v-see | d-that-clause | z-Alazun | v-peek
Ahelan sees that Alazun peeks.
Rule: Dependent clauses
2. zazozon vezuyol balazunx.
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z-Azozon | v-tell | b-Alazun-x
Azozon talks to Alazun and associates.
Rule: Associative group
3. zazozon dedal el dugedel vuguyol.
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z-Azozon | d-sandwich | instead | d-cookie | v-cook
Azozon cooks a cookie instead of a sandwich.
Rule: Instead
4. zahelan vozuyel th(zalazun veyamul).
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z-Ahelan | v-sing | th-ASIDE[z-Alazun | v-scream]
Ahelan sings (Alazun is screaming).
Rule: Asides
5. zalazun thomam vuvuvul.
6. yel el bar zahelan vehohel.
7. zedal em buwen.
8. thawethum blawan.
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[th-relatedness-unmet-modifiable | bl-listener]
I'm sorry; that hurt your sense of connection.
Rule: Thanks and sorry
Pick one
1. education uzahal or uzaham
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uzaham
education
Education is the abstract sense of the root, so it takes -m; uzahal is a school.
Rule: First mention, abstract
2. Azozon sees a mango or a watermelon: exactly one of the two. zazozon damedel dowodel del vayebel. or zazozon damedel dowodel dal vayebel.
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zazozon damedel dowodel del vayebel.
z-Azozon | [d-mango | d-watermelon | d-or-exactly-one] | v-see
del picks one of the items; dal would be a mango and a watermelon.
Rule: Choice (e)
3. What does Alazun write? yel ?dar zalazun varuyol. or yel ?dur zalazun varuyol.
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yel ?dar zalazun varuyol.
y-question | ?d-wh | z-Alazun | v-write
dar asks what; dur asks what else.
Rule: Fill-ask
4. Ahelan swims only at night. zahelan vazuvol hanurul hal. or zahelan vazuvol hanurul ham.
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zahelan vazuvol hanurul hal.
z-Ahelan | v-swim | h-night | h-only-when
Closed hal says night is the only time; open ham leaves room for other times.
Rule: Only when / never
5. Azozon is more intense than Alazun. zazozon zalazun zol gahunom. or zalazun zazozon zol gahunom.
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zazozon zalazun zol gahunom.
[z-Azozon | z-Alazun | z-rank/more | g-intensity]
The first name before zol ranks higher.
Rule: Comparatives
6. My helmet serves the physical sake in the long term. zumobul gobathal. or zumobul gobathul.
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zumobul gobathal.
z-helmet | g-physical-met-lasting
tha serves the sake; thu would make the helmet a lasting harm to it.
Rule: Met
7. Azozon sees someone who was punched. zazozon dwudabuvul vayebel. or zazozon dwuzabuvul vayebel.
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zazozon dwudabuvul vayebel.
z-Azozon | d-episode-patient-punch | v-see
Part d names who the punch happens to; z is who punches.
Rule: The undergoer
8. a wood basket zuloxabowal. or zabowaxulol.
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zuloxabowal.
z-wood-x-basket
A wood basket is a kind of basket, so basket comes last; zabowaxulol would be a kind of wood.
Rule: Two roots, one word
9. Ahelan, please don't run. yahelan yum veruvol. or yahelan yul veruvol.
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yahelan yum veruvol.
y-Ahelan | y-soft-prohibition | v-run
-m asks softly; yul is a firm don't.
10. Alazun fights against a guard. zalazun vuvuvul uol bagayul. or zalazun vuvuvul ual bagayul.
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zalazun vuvuvul uol bagayul.
z-Alazun | v-fight | [against | b-guard]
uol is against; ual is out of the guard.
11. Alazun can't sing yet. zalazun vozuyexel. or zalazun vozuyexol.
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zalazun vozuyexel.
z-Alazun | v-sing-unable-modifiable
xe is can't yet; xo is can't right now when they usually can.
Rule: Ability and incapability
12. Alazun is angry this time. zalazun gonumuthul. or zalazun gonumuthal.
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zalazun gonumuthul.
z-Alazun | g-angry-th-episode
tha is this episode; thu would make Alazun an angry type.
Rule: Label scope
13. Ahelan could try cooking, to see whether it's good for their health. zahelan vuguyol thobather blwuzor. or zahelan vuguyol thobathem blwuzor.
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zahelan vuguyol thobather blwuzor.
z-Ahelan | v-cook | [th-physical-ought-trial | bl-←episode-agent.self]
-r is a trial; thobathem would be unasked advice, not a try.
Rule: Ought for a sake
14. Azozon is still walking. zazozon hawum vowurol. or zazozon hawur vowurol.
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zazozon hawum vowurol.
z-Azozon | h-still | v-walk
-m says it goes on and could change; hawur would say it is about to end.
15. Azozon left because Alazun spoke, and Alazun was wrong to. zazozon vudurul thahul blarl zalazun vezuyol. or zazozon vudurul thahum blarl zalazun vezuyol.
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zazozon vudurul thahul blarl zalazun vezuyol.
z-Azozon | v-departure | [th-because.fault | bl-that-clause] | z-Alazun | v-tell
-l says the speaking broke a rule; -m is a plain cause, with no fault claimed.
Rule: Fault
Fix it
1. Ahelan, don’t run! yahelan yel veruvol.
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yahelan yul veruvol.
y-Ahelan | y-prohibition | v-run
Don’t is yul; yol tells Ahelan to run.
Rule: Speech act
2. Alazun is a police officer. zalazun gorel bebayol.
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zalazun gebayol.
z-Alazun | g-police
gorel says Alazun and the police are one and the same; to put Alazun in a kind, the kind word goes on /ɡ/.
Rule: Kind / role
3. At 15:30 Alazun runs. hragel zalazun veruvol.
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h_15,30 zalazun veruvol.
🔊 hrebazathegemol zalazun veruvol.
h-_15,30 | z-Alazun | v-run
A clock time is a digit string under /h/; hragel is three times.
Rule: Time
What changes
1. zuwen thagor vazuvol. / zuwen thagol vazuvol.
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z-speaker | th-plan-sketch | v-swim
z-speaker | th-plan-atlas | v-swim
With thagor, I only intend to swim: the direction, details open. With thagol, I am fully prepared, with hurdles planned for.
Rule: Plan
2. zalazun thugem vuvuvul. / zalazun thevum vuvuvul.
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z-Alazun | th-LIVE | v-fight
z-Alazun | th-MEMORY | v-fight
LIVE is now; MEMORY is a scene you remember sensing.
Rule: Live vs memory