Allowed, required, agreed

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• The gap
• The forms
• Examples
• Practice

The gap

English can, may, should, and OK blur who allowed something, and whether the person it affects agreed or was only assumed to. Agazan has a word for each, and its ending says where the yes or no comes from.

The forms

Drop-in	Meaning
thegol / thegom / thegor	allowed by a rule / by a person / tolerated
thedel / thedem / theder	forbidden by a rule / by a person / frowned on
thumel / thumem / thumer	required by a rule / by a person / by custom
thuxegol / thuxegom / thuxegor	the affected person agreed in advance / said yes (and can take it back) / is assumed to be OK

The endings have a new job here: the source. Cue: l ≈ law, m ≈ mouth, r ≈ read the room. -l is a rule, -m is a person's word (the default), and -r is no one's word at all.

On the consent words, -r is allowed but visibly weaker: it puts I assumed into the sentence instead of hiding it.

x sounds like the s in vision.

Examples

I borrowed your car thuxegor. I should have asked for thuxegom.
You can leave early thegom.
We wear ties thumer, not thumel.
Visitors sign in at the desk thumel.
No phones at dinner thedem.

We wear ties thumer, not thumel says it's custom, not a rule.

Practice

Add the drop-in that fits the note.

1. You can park here. (the rules allow it)

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You can park here thegol.

2. I posted the photo of us. (you said yes)

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I posted the photo of us thuxegom.

3. People bring a dish. (custom expects it)

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People bring a dish thumer.

4. Talking during the film. (frowned on)

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Talking during the film theder.