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Compose opaque emotion labels from value plus arousal plus locus, number brainstorm candidates, and mark how exceptionless a universal claim is.
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Intermediate
Emotion compose
When an opaque English emotion word (anxious, resentful, proud) is doing judgment or explanation work, compose the take from pieces instead of one emotion label: a value on the situation, plus how activated the charge is, plus where you put it.
Affect is water. ACT is tide dynamics (how much / how fast). LOCUS is vessel, transfer, or ambient field (where the water sits). Stack ACT + LOCUS as free /h/ units (optional /w/ on a preceding /ɡ/).
Recipe: situation + one value + one ACT + one LOCUS.
`zezehel wolozoxur hogegal hanedel.`
gloss: `z-dialogue` · `w-competence-unmet-temporary` · `h-HIGH` · `h-CIRCUM`
*Anxious about the dialogue:* competence at stake for now; flood; room awash.Activation roots (ACT)
| Slot | Root | Job | Mnemonic |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | ogega | high arousal | 🌊 ocean-wave → flood (water in surge) |
| MED | ejelo | mid arousal | 🪼 jellyfish → flow (drifts with the current) |
| LOW | ozowo | low arousal | 🌨️ snow → stillness (calm / slack water) |
Locus roots (LOCUS)
| Slot | Root | Job | Mnemonic |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNAL | abobo | charge held inside | 🍼 baby-bottle → bottle (in-vessel) |
| EXTERNAL | oruru | charge directed at other people | 🫗 pour → pour |
| CIRCUM | anede | charge on the situation (shared / ambient field) | 🕯️ candle → awash |
The same roots stay ordinary content (zogegal an ocean wave; vorurul to pour). The special reading is the floating mood, especially /h/.
EXTERNAL is one root (oruru). Scale the transfer with ACT:
| ACT × EXTERNAL | Idiom | Reading |
|---|---|---|
ogega + oruru | poured / surged onto them | high other-directed charge |
ejelo + oruru | flowing toward them | mid other-directed charge |
ozowo + oruru | pooling at them | low other-directed charge (settled water at their locus) |
Parallel INTERNAL / CIRCUM cues: flood bottled / flow held / still in the vessel; room awash / undercurrent in the air / slack shared water. Keep CIRCUM as a shared field, not a second bottle.
| Agalan | Reading |
|---|---|
zezehel wolozoxur hogegal hanedel | anxious about the dialogue (competence at stake, temporary; flood; room awash) |
zezawam wonogoxum hogegal horurul | resentful about the division (unmet relatedness; flood poured onto them) |
zebegum wolozoxam hogegal habobol | proud of the draft (met competence, mental channel; flood bottled) |
zememol wonogoxum hozowol horurul | resentful about the memo (unmet relatedness; stillness pooling at them) |
Raw feeling (contacting a sensation without judgment) may stay unlabeled. Full compose is for when an emotion word would have done evaluative work. COMMENT frames a thought-take, not this water stack.
Numbered alternatives (problem / solution / goal)
When you brainstorm, number the candidates (problem 1, solution 2, goal 3) so the first frame does not look unique. Use ordinary lexicon nouns plus a free ordinal (g#N).
Puzzle, then key, then goal-net:
| Sense | Root | Job | Mnemonic |
|---|---|---|---|
| problem | uzebu | something to fit / solve | 🧩 puzzle-piece |
| solution | agego | what unlocks it | 🔑 key |
| goal | olala | net you aim at | 🥅 goal |
The same roots stay ordinary content (zuzebul a puzzle piece; vagegol *to unlock`). The figurative jobs above are the numbered-alternative readings.
Recipe: zuzebul g#1 / zagegol g#2 / zolalal g#1
| Piece | Role |
|---|---|
uzebu / agego / olala | candidate kind (problem / solution / goal) |
free g#N | rank in this numbered-alternative series (candidate N) |
soft g~#N | tentative ranking |
Prefer at least g#1; often name a second candidate. Soft -m on the number when the order is tentative.
`zazawan zagegol g#2 vezehel.`
gloss: `z-grace@` · `z-solution` · `g-second` · `v-tell`
*Azawan names solution 2.*Bare the problem as the only numbered-alternative frame is grammatical and stylistically weak: numbering marks multiple candidates. Reframing the same situation is different wording of one frame, not a second digit. Discourse point N: is free x#N (number as discourse), a continue, not a problem noun. Digits are optional when these roots name a topic outside numbered alternatives (the problem of free will).
Sense-form overlays
Some published roots keep a fixed special reading under one part of speech. Spell that same published root plus ending. The PoS chooses the overlay: hogegal is HIGH arousal; zogegal is an ocean wave.
Shape: published root + reference ending. Emotion ACT / LOCUS in the examples above take -l.
Translation practice
Short drills on this Intermediate band. Try each item before opening Show answer. Compose emotion (one value + ACT + LOCUS), or number alternative candidates (g#N).
Roots used here: azawa / ululo / uhubu · olozo competence · onogo relatedness · ezehe dialogue / tell · ezawa division · ebegu draft · ememo memo · ogega HIGH · ejelo MED · ozowo LOW · abobo INTERNAL · oruru EXTERNAL · anede CIRCUM · uzebu problem · agego solution · olala goal
English → Agalan
1. Anxious about the dialogue (competence at stake, temporary; flood; room awash)
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zezehel wolozoxur hogegal hanedel.
2. Resentful about the division (unmet relatedness; flood poured onto them)
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zezawam wonogoxum hogegal horurul.
3. Proud of the draft (met competence, mental channel; flood bottled)
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zebegum wolozoxam hogegal habobol.
4. Resentful about the memo (unmet relatedness; stillness pooling at them)
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zememol wonogoxum hozowol horurul.
5. Resentful about the division (unmet relatedness; mid arousal flowing toward them)
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zezawam wonogoxum hejelol horurul.
6. Problem 1.
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zuzebul g#1.
7. Azawan names solution 2.
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zazawan zagegol g#2 vezehel.
Agalan → English
1. zebegum wolozoxam hejelol habobol.
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Proud of the draft (met competence; mid arousal held inside).
2. zezehel wolozoxur hozowol hanedel.
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Anxious about the dialogue (competence at stake, temporary; stillness; slack shared water).
3. zememol wonogoxum hogegal horurul.
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Resentful about the memo (unmet relatedness; flood poured onto them).
4. zolalal g#1.
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Goal 1.
5. zagegol g~#2.
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Solution 2 (tentative rank).
6. zuhubun zuzebul g#1 vezehel.
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Uhubun names problem 1.
Advanced
Universality
English always / every / never / everyone smuggle how exceptionless the claim is. Keep domain (who / when) on the universal fences (zual / hual / …). Put the universality mood on closed /h/ mood roots (optional /w/ when scoped only to a preceding /ɡ/). Soft -m on the fence (zuam / huam) is open inventory, not universality.
Universal claims are weather reports. Default climate is usual weather. Stronger universality moods name a different sky story.
| Mood | Root | Job | Mnemonic |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMON (default) | ewono | statistically / experientially usual; exceptions expected | ⛅ weather → usual |
| UNCOUNTERED | abulu | no counterexample comes to mind (search) | 💊 pill → uncountered |
| FORMAL | araza | definition / math / proof | ⭐ star chart → formal (fixed constellation) |
| NATURAL | abele | natural necessity (unsupported objects fall); stack ordinary evidential /h/ | 🍎 apple → natural |
| RULE | ebebe | holds inside a named frame; take /b/ scope (hebebel begezel) | 🌶️ pepper → rule-frame |
When a universal or habitual claim needs a universality mood, use COMMON (hewonol) unless FORMAL, NATURAL, RULE, or UNCOUNTERED is the sky you mean. araza is definition or proof, not “socially preferred.” abulu is “nothing contrary came to mind”; zuam is “this list is open.” A trail of cases is evidential abawa; ewono is the usual-weather universality. NATURAL is abele.
`zazawan hual vawalal hewonol.`
gloss: `z-grace@` · `h-always` · `v-walk` · `h-COMMON`
*Azawan always walks, usually.*Prefer floating /h/. RULE is complex /h/ + /b/ when you name the frame. These moods mark how exceptionless the claim is.
Compare with: who / when uses universal fences (zual / hual / zuam) and restrictors (hual). Soft -m on the fence (zuam / huam) is open inventory, not universality.
| Agalan | Reading |
|---|---|
… hual … hewonol | always, usually (default universality) |
… hual … habulul | always, as far as checked |
zual gagurel … harazal | every square, by definition |
… hual … habelel + evidential /h/ | always, by natural necessity (how you know stacked separately, e.g. habawam) |
… hual … hebebel begezel | always, under chess |
zuam gagadal … hewonol | soft domain every cat that comes to mind + usual universality |
| English cue | Agalan |
|---|---|
| always / everyone / never, usually | domain fence (hual / zual / hal / …) + hewonol |
| always / never, as far as checked | domain fence + habulul |
| definitional every / all | domain fence + harazal |
| always by nature (+ how you know) | domain fence + habelel + evidential /h/ (e.g. habawam) |
| always under [frame] (e.g. chess) | domain fence + hebebel b-… (scope NP) |
Translation practice
Short drills on this Advanced band. Try each item before opening Show answer. Pair a domain fence (hual / zual / zuam) with a universality mood.
Roots used here: azawa / ululo / uhubu · ewono COMMON · abulu UNCOUNTERED · araza FORMAL · abele NATURAL · ebebe RULE · egeza pawn · agure square · agada cat · odogo dog · abogo book · awala walk · uzunu sing · elebe sleep · aju sit · eje see · urunu run · abawa evidential pattern
English → Agalan
1. Azawan always walks, usually.
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zazawan hual vawalal hewonol.
2. Ululon always sleeps, as far as checked.
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zululon hual velebel habulul.
3. Every square, by definition.
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zual gagurel harazal.
4. Uhubun always sits, by natural necessity (plus a trail of cases).
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zuhubun hual vajul habelel habawam.
5. Azawan always sings, under chess.
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zazawan hual vuzunul hebebel begezel.
6. Every cat that comes to mind, usually.
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zuam gagadal hewonol.
Agalan → English
1. zululon hual vurunul hewonol.
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Ululon always runs, usually.
2. zazawan hual vejel habulul.
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Azawan always sees, as far as checked.
3. zual godogol harazal.
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Every dog, by definition.
4. zodogol hual velebel habelel habawam.
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The dog always sleeps, by natural necessity (plus a trail of cases).
5. zuhubun hual vawalal hebebel begezel.
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Uhubun always walks, under chess.
6. zuam gabogol hewonol.
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Every book that comes to mind, usually.
See also
- Values on the judged host: values.md
- COMMENT / evidential stack: commentary.md
- Domain / habitual fences: coordination.md
- Preference vs law / CAUSE: causation.md