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Claritish Introduction
Claritish is English with a few Agazan words dropped in. Each drop-in says something English has no word for: how sure you are, how you know, what a thank-you was for. You keep speaking English and add the word where an English adverb or tag would go.
The package arrives Friday
thovum.
thovum means could be. It covers the clause it sits in, so the sentence says the package might arrive Friday, and nothing more.
Every drop-in is a real Agazan word, spelled exactly as Agazan spells it, so each one you learn is already part of the full language. You can stop after any lesson and keep what you have.
In your own writing, drop-ins need no marking: no italics, no quotes. These pages set them in code font only so you can spot them.
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The lessons
Each lesson is short, with a few examples and a practice set. They build on each other a little, so go in order the first time.
- How sure are you?: one word for could be, and what you plan to do about the guess.
- How do you know?: whether a claim was seen, remembered, worked out, or heard.
- Labels: how far a label like liar reaches.
- Can and can't: whether I can't means not now, not yet, or never.
- Thanks and sorry that say why: the need a thank-you or an apology is about.
- Allowed, required, agreed: who said yes, who demanded it, and whether the person it affects agreed.
- Oughts and motives: the need a should appeals to, and the need behind what you did.
- Wants and plans: a wish you owe no one, and how much of a plan is drawn.
- Decisions and tries: how settled a decision is, and a try that is only a trial.
- Feelings in three parts: a feeling as a need, a place, and a motion.
Bonus: tone marks adds seven marks that say how you mean a sentence, the Learn the full language page shows where the words go in the full language, and the cheat sheet puts every drop-in on one page.