Several key features differentiate Fanagalo from the Nguni languages (such as Zulu and Xhosa). "Lo" functions as both an article and a demonstrative, while only a demonstrative in Zulu. "Lapha" is used to mean "here", also meaning "there" when the first syllable is stressed, and is also used as a general preposition for location. (It works for anything such as "on", or "near", etc.) Zulu, on the other hand, only uses "lapha" to mean "here". Additionally, Fanagalo only uses free pronouns: "mina", "thina", "wena", "ena", meaning "I, we, you, he/she/it/they". Zulu only uses pronouns for emphasis, relying instead on verb agreement markers, much like Spanish.