This is a simple glossary of all technical terms used so far in lessons, partially alphabetised for convenience.

 apposition:: placing two or more noun phrases next to each other to describe the first one using the others
 class:: an abstract set of nouns that behave in roughly the same way when a suffix is added
 - class A:: nouns that attach the suffix with no modification to the base
 - class B:: nouns that delete the last vowel in the base
 - class C:: nouns that delete an ending, but do not modify the base
 clitic:: a word that will always try to be the second word in the phrase it belongs to
 comment:: the part of a sentence that gives new information about the topic
 connection:: placing two or more phrases next to each other to indicate connecting them with "and" or "or"
 contraction::
 :: the combination of a vowel and one of i/y or u/w (i and y act identically, as do u and w) into a single vowel, occuring before a consonant or at the end of a word. The full set of rules are:
 :: aa => a
 :: ay => e (irregularly i)
 :: aw => o (irregularly u)
 :: iy and uy => i
 :: iw and uw => u
 dependent pronoun:: a form of pronoun that is a clitic
 emphatic sentence:: a variant of a simple sentence where the topic is not the subject
 existential sentence:: a statement of existence about a single noun phrase (or pronoun)
 gender:: an abstract quality of nouns that is both determined by their meaning, and helps determine their meaning
 - common gender:: indicates a more "agent-like", "realised", or "individualised" noun
 - neuter gender:: indicates a more "patient-like", "abstract", or "mass" noun
 independent pronoun:: a form of pronoun that is almost always found at the beginning of a sentence
 introductory particle:: a grammatical word that introduces sentences, used to impart a particular nuance to the sentence
 nisbe:: a general purpose derivative; usages include forming "that which is" nouns from prepositions and adverbs
 nominal sentence:: a type of sentence that says that one noun phrase (or pronoun) "is" another noun phrase (or pronoun)
 phrase:: a set of words that together form a single unit
 - noun phrase:: a set of words that together act like a single noun
 - adverb phrase:: a set of words that together act like a single adverb
 possession:: placing two nouns immediately next to each other to indicate that the first belongs to the second
 suffix pronoun:: a form of personal pronoun that is found suffixed to other words
 topic:: the part of a sentence that gives previously established information