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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.
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Beginner
The Beginner review covers every Beginner section, from word endings to plans.
Practice
Short drills for Beginner. Try each item before opening Show answer.
Review:
| English | Agazan |
|---|---|
| Azawan | azawan |
| Alahen | alahen |
| Ahaben | ahaben |
| school | uzugul |
| guard | agavol |
| angry | anegel |
| umbrella | amebel |
| police | abazel |
| see | vahahal |
| run | varahal |
| duck | adagul |
| sing | vezehel |
| tomato | adedol |
| smell | vonozal |
| wind | ewedul |
| sneak | vezevul |
| tell | vezebel |
| sandwich | azal |
| salad | azavul |
| cook | vugugal |
| scream | vezugel |
| fight | vavadal |
| mango | amegol |
| watermelon | owodal |
| write | varadal |
| swim | vezewel |
| night | anadal |
| intensity | ahegem |
| helmet | ehevul |
| physical | oyul |
| punch | vabahel |
| wood | uwul |
| basket | abezal |
English → Agazan
1. An angry Alahen sees an umbrella.
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zalahen ganegel damebel vahahal.
[z-Alahen | g-angry] | d-umbrella | v-see
Also correct: damebel zalahen ganegel vahahal.
Rule: Adjectives
2. Ahaben sees a guard. The guard runs.
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zahaben dagavol vahahal. zagavor varahal.
z-Ahaben | d-guard | v-see . z-←guard | v-run
Also correct: zahaben dagavol vahahal. zuxar varahal.
Rule: Resume with -r
3. Azawan sings like a duck.
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zazawan humum badagul vezehel.
z-Azawan | [h-like | b-duck] | v-sing
Rule: Like (resembles)
4. Ahaben smells three tomatoes.
5. Ahaben sings if there is wind.
Agazan → English
1. zahaben vahahal darl zalahen vezevul.
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z-Ahaben | v-see | d-that-clause | z-Alahen | v-sneak
Ahaben sees that Alahen sneaks.
Rule: Dependent clauses
2. zazawan vezebel balahenx.
3. zazawan dazal ol dazavul vugugal.
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z-Azawan | d-sandwich | instead | d-salad | v-cook
Azawan cooks a salad instead of a sandwich.
Rule: Instead
4. zahaben vezehel th(zalahen vezugel).
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z-Ahaben | v-sing | th-ASIDE[z-Alahen | v-scream]
Ahaben sings (Alahen screams).
Rule: Asides
5. zalahen thovum vavadal.
Pick one
1. education uzugul or uzugum
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uzugum
education
Education is the abstract sense of the root, so it takes -m; uzugul is a school.
Rule: First mention, abstract
2. Azawan sees a mango or a watermelon, just one of them. zazawan damegol dowodal dol vahahal. or zazawan damegol dowodal dal vahahal.
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zazawan damegol dowodal dol vahahal.
z-Azawan | [d-mango | d-watermelon | d-or-exactly-one] | v-see
dol picks one of the items; dal would be a mango and a watermelon.
Rule: Choice (o)
3. What does Alahen write? yol ?dar zalahen varadal. or yol ?dur zalahen varadal.
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yol ?dar zalahen varadal.
y-question | ?d-wh | z-Alahen | v-write
dar asks what; dur asks what else.
Rule: Fill-ask
4. Ahaben swims only at night. zahaben vezewel hanadal hal. or zahaben vezewel hanadal ham.
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zahaben vezewel hanadal hal.
z-Ahaben | 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. Azawan is more intense than Alahen. zazawan zalahen zel gahegem. or zalahen zazawan zel gahegem.
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zazawan zalahen zel gahegem.
[z-Azawan | z-Alahen | z-rank/more | g-intensity]
The first name before zel ranks higher.
Rule: Comparatives
6. My helmet serves the physical sake in the long term. zehevul goyuthal. or zehevul goyuthul.
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zehevul goyuthal.
z-helmet | g-physical-met-lasting
tha serves the sake; thu would make the helmet a lasting harm to it.
Rule: Met
7. Azawan sees someone who was punched. zazawan duxabahel vahahal. or zazawan daxabahel vahahal.
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zazawan duxabahel vahahal.
z-Azawan | d-patient-x-punch | v-see
Role vowel u names who the punch happens to; a is who punches.
Rule: The undergoer
8. a wood basket zuwuxabezal. or zabezaxuwul.
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zuwuxabezal.
z-wood-x-basket
A wood basket is a kind of basket, so basket comes last; zabezaxuwul would be a kind of wood.
Rule: Two roots, one word
Fix it
1. Ahaben, don’t run! yahaben yel varahal.
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yahaben yul varahal.
y-Ahaben | y-prohibition | v-run
Don’t is yul; yel tells Ahaben to run.
Rule: Speech act
2. Alahen is a police officer. zalahen gugol babazel.
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zalahen gabazel.
z-Alahen | g-police
gugol says Alahen and the police are one and the same; to put Alahen in a kind, the kind word goes on /ɡ/.
Rule: Kind / role
What changes
1. zazawan thamar vezewel. / zazawan thamal vezewel.
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z-Azawan | th-plan-sketch | v-swim
z-Azawan | th-plan-atlas | v-swim
With thamar, Azawan only intends to swim: the direction, details open. With thamal, Azawan is fully prepared, with hurdles planned for.
Rule: Plan
Intermediate
The Intermediate review covers every Intermediate section, from titled names to measures.
Practice
Short drills for Intermediate. Try each item before opening Show answer.
Review:
| English | Agazan |
|---|---|
| Azawan | azawan |
| Alahen | alahen |
| Ahaben | ahaben |
| your name | n |
| sandwich | azal |
| salad | azavul |
| see | vahahal |
| guard | agavol |
| angry | anegel |
| walk | vowogal |
| cry | vagahul |
| swim | vezewel |
| climb | vagayal |
| therefore | xodum |
| tent | ededul |
| bucket | abegul |
| cook | vugugal |
| cookie | ugugol |
| police | abazel |
| duck | adagul |
| window | ewedol |
| fight | vavadal |
| night | anadal |
| hammer | ahavol |
| wood | uwul |
| write | varadal |
| knife | anaval |
| slow | ezehom |
| wind | ewedul |
| physical | oyul |
| sit | vehahel |
| west | ewezal |
| pay | vamol |
| hour | agazem |
| sleep | vezebal |
English → Agazan
1. Ahaben climbs. It follows that Ahaben doesn't swim.
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zahaben vagayal. xodul zahaben vezewel vul.
z-Ahaben | v-climb . x-it-follows | z-Ahaben | [v-swim | v-not]
Rule: Sentence linkers
2. Ahaben is not a police officer.
3. Ahaben sees a hammer made of wood.
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zahaben dahavol guwum buwul vahahal.
z-Ahaben | [d-hammer | [g-material | b-wood]] | v-see
Also correct: zahaben vahahal dahavol guwum buwul.
Rule: Of relations
4. Ahaben swims as slowly as Alahen.
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zahaben zalahen zoel hezehom vezewel.
[z-Ahaben | z-Alahen | z-equal-rank | h-slow] | v-swim
Rule: Manner scale
5. Alahen cries because there is wind.
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zalahen vagahul thavem bewedul.
z-Alahen | v-cry | [th-because | b-wind]
6. Alahen sits on Ahaben's left.
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zalahen vehahel hewezathahaben.
z-Alahen | v-sit | h-west-th-Ahaben
Rule: Viewpoint laterals
7. Azawan would rather cook than fight.
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zazawan vugugal vavadal vel.
z-Azawan | [v-cook | v-fight | v-rank/more]
8. Ahaben sleeps about two hours.
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zahaben bagazem gradum vezebal.
z-Ahaben | [b-hour | g-two.about] | v-sleep
Rule: Measure phrases
Agazan → English
1. zahaben dededul vahahal. zahaben vahahar dabegul.
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z-Ahaben | d-tent | v-see . z-Ahaben | v-←see | d-bucket
Ahaben sees a tent. Ahaben sees a bucket too.
2. zalahen zadagul em balaher zal vezewel.
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[z-Alahen | [z-duck | [used-by | b-←Alahen]] | z-and] | v-swim
Alahen and Alahen's duck swim.
Rule: SHARED after the join
3. zahaben glelel d[azawan] varadal.
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z-Ahaben | [gl-MENTION | d-CITE[Azawan]] | v-write
Ahaben writes the word “azawan.”
Rule: Mention
4. zazawan danavalx grarel vahahal. zahaben dugugolx grarer vahahal.
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z-Azawan | [d-knife-x | g-three] | v-see . z-Ahaben | [d-cookie-x | g-←three] | v-see
Azawan sees three knives. Ahaben sees three cookies, the same number.
Rule: Number endings
5. xen. alahexan.
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speaker-minutes . Alahen-presence
(Your name): I have a few minutes. Alahen: we can stay. The lesser bid sets the limit, so the talk lasts a few minutes.
Rule: Conversation length
Pick one
1. Azawan sees Salad-Instead-of-Sandwich (a café name). zazawan dazal on dazavul vahahal. or zazawan dazal ol dazavul vahahal.
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zazawan dazal on dazavul vahahal.
z-Azawan | NAME[d-sandwich | instead | d-salad] | v-see
-n on the hook names the whole phrase; ol would be a salad instead of a sandwich.
Rule: Titled phrases
2. Alahen walks like an angry guard. zalahen humum bagavol ganegel vowogal. or zalahen ganegel humum bagavol vowogal.
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zalahen humum bagavol ganegel vowogal.
z-Alahen | [h-like | [b-guard | g-angry]] | v-walk
After the /b/ of a host, a plain adjective describes that extra noun; right after zalahen, angry describes Alahen.
Rule: Complex chaining
3. Ahaben, please don't cry. yahaben yum vagahul. or yahaben yul vagahul.
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yahaben yum vagahul.
y-Ahaben | y-soft-prohibition | v-cry
-m asks softly; yul is a firm don't.
4. Alahen and Ahaben each cook three cookies. zalahen zahaben zal vugugal dugugolx grarel. or zalahen zahaben zal vugugalx dugugolx grarel.
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zalahen zahaben zal vugugal dugugolx grarel.
[z-Alahen | z-Ahaben | z-and] | v-cook | [d-cookie-x | g-three]
With a plain verb, each of them cooks three; vugugalx would make three in all, between them.
Rule: Verbs (/v/): collective
5. Alahen cried, or am I wrong? zalahen vagahul. yol yuel. or zalahen vagahul. yol yael.
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zalahen vagahul. yol yuel.
z-Alahen | v-cry . y-question | y-no
The tag yol yuel invites a correction; yol yael leans toward agreement (…, right?).
6. Alahen climbs through the window. zalahen vagayal uol bewedol. or zalahen vagayal ual bewedol.
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zalahen vagayal uol bewedol.
z-Alahen | v-climb | [through | b-window]
uol passes through the window; ual is out of it.
7. Ahaben ought to try cooking, to serve the physical sake (worth a try). zahaben vugugal thoyuther. or zahaben vugugal thoyuthor.
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zahaben vugugal thoyuther.
z-Ahaben | v-cook | th-physical-ought-trial
the is the ought, and -r makes it a move worth trying; thoyuthor would say Ahaben cooks for the physical sake, right away.
Rule: Prescription
8. Alahen fought, going by strong clues. zalahen thunel vavadal. or zalahen thunem vavadal.
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zalahen thunel vavadal.
z-Alahen | th-CLUES.strong | v-fight
-l says you could show the clues; thunem only describes them.
Rule: Evidence strength
What changes
1. zalahen vavadal hanadal hul. / zalahen vavadal hanadal hual.
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z-Alahen | v-fight | h-night | h-not-when
z-Alahen | v-fight | h-night | h-always-except
With hul, Alahen fights, but not at night, and other times are left open. With hual, Alahen fights at every time except at night.
Rule: More occasions
2. zazawan thehul vamol. / zazawan thehur vamol.
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z-Azawan | th-DECISION-irreversible | v-pay
z-Azawan | th-DECISION-temporary | v-pay
With thehul, Azawan has decided for good to pay. With thehur, Azawan has decided to pay only for now.
Rule: Decision (revisability)
Advanced
The Advanced review covers every Advanced section, from English emphasis to numeric derivation.
Practice
Short drills for Advanced. Try each item before opening Show answer.
Review:
| English | Agazan |
|---|---|
| Azawan | azawan |
| Alahen | alahen |
| Ahaben | ahaben |
| baguette | ubogel |
| school | uzugul |
| umbrella | amebel |
| tomato | adedol |
| watermelon | owodal |
| red | eredal |
| quiet | agawal |
| station | ezedel |
| cook | vugugal |
| sit | vehahel |
| as-of.ledger | huhum |
| REPORTED | thewam |
| MEMORY | thevom |
| CLUES | thunem |
| hour | agazem |
| sing | vezehel |
| walk | vowogal |
| write | varadal |
| sleepy | ezebul |
| sleep | vezebal |
| see | vahahal |
English → Agazan
1. It was Alahen, not someone else, who cooked a tomato.
2. As of 3 May, Azawan sits in a school.
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zazawan huhum b_#3,5 vehahel al buzugul.
z-Azawan | [h-as-of.ledger | b-_3,5] | v-sit | [in | b-school]
Rule: As-of (whose now)
3. I gather Ahaben thinks Alahen sings.
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zalahen thunemahaben vezehel.
z-Alahen | th-CLUES-Ahaben | v-sing
Rule: Whose view (holder)
Agazan → English
1. zahaben dezedel vowogaloel.
2. zahaben d[amebel#] varadal.
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z-Ahaben | d-CITE[umbrella]# | v-write
Ahaben wrote “umbrella…” (cut off)
3. zazawan gagawalrabal.
Pick one
1. Alahen cooks “Tomato and Watermelon” (the familiar dish). zalahen dadedol dowodal dan vugugal. or zalahen dadedol dowodal dal vugugal.
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zalahen dadedol dowodal dan vugugal.
z-Alahen | NAME[d-tomato | d-watermelon | d-and] | v-cook
-n on the join names the list as one set phrase; dal is just a tomato and a watermelon.
Rule: Named phrase
2. Alahen is sleepier than Ahaben said. zalahen thewam bahaben zel gezebul. or zalahen zel gezebul thewam bahaben.
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zalahen thewam bahaben zel gezebul.
[z-Alahen | [th-REPORTED | b-Ahaben] | z-rank/more | g-sleepy]
Before the rank join, REPORTED is the bar: what Ahaben said sets the level. After the fence it is a stance on the whole superlative: Alahen is the sleepiest, Ahaben says.
Rule: Every bar
3. Azawan sees a huge but finite number of baguettes. zazawan dubogelx grabam vahahal. or zazawan dubogelx grabal vahahal.
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zazawan dubogelx grabam vahahal.
z-Azawan | [d-baguette-x | g-plus-infinity.about] | v-see
Open -m keeps the amount finite, just very large; grabal is infinitely many.
Rule: Digitless exponents
4. Azawan sleeps, and that red is from memory. zazawan wevom geredal vezebal. or zazawan geredal vezebal thevom.
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zazawan wevom geredal vezebal.
[z-Azawan | [w-MEMORY | g-red]] | v-sleep
On /w/ right before the adjective, MEMORY covers only red; thevom on /th/ covers the whole sentence: I remember red Azawan sleeping.
Rule: Mood on one adjective
Fix it
1. I saw Ahaben sleep two hours ago. zahaben thevom bagazem gradul vezebal.
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zahaben thevom bagazem grudul vezebal.
z-Ahaben | [th-MEMORY | [b-hour | g-minus-two]] | v-sleep
The offset is signed and counts from now, so ago needs ru (minus); MEMORY with a later offset is not a sentence.
What changes
1. zazawan dezedel vowogalul. / zazawan dezedel vowogalum.
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z-Azawan | d-station | v-leave
z-Azawan | d-station | v-recede
With ul fused, Azawan leaves the station. With um, Azawan only recedes from it, moving away without leaving it behind.
Rule: Hook compounds