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dàn [https://tmh.conlang.org/test-sentences/test-sentences.html] ; 1. We are sitting in the night, and like the night, we are silent. : mí mùt li lòn e tém bìmei, li íl e tém nɒ̀, ip àn-ɲʉ̀ɰʉt. : mí mùt li lòn e tém bìmei, li íl e tém nɒ̀, li ɲʉ̀ɰʉt. ; 2. I thought this darned thread was dead. : tém nìp nol mí bìli-án mòl dà ìl-pi líɲa-án dòk nì. : tém nìp nol mí li bìli-ní: líɲa-án dòk nì li mòl dà. ; 3a. The clouds floated across the sea (and made landfall). : kón dèlo li gbà e kón zèu-pi télo zùp (ipdàupi má wɛ̀k). ; 3b. The clouds floated across the sea (staying above it). : kón dèlo li gbà e kòn zèu-pi télo zùp (ipdàupi kón wɛ̀k). ; 4a. John is taller than he thinks. : ján Ɉɒ̀n li zùl bàlis àl-án ìlipsɒ́. : ján Ɉɒ̀n li zùl bàlis mɔ̀n-án íl nì àl-án ìlipsɒ́. ; 4b. John is taller than they (someone else) think. : ján Ɉɒ̀n li zùl bàlis mɔ̀n-án íl nì àl-án ìlip e ján nɒ̀ ɣɒ̀. ; 5a. They named their child Fafnir. : ján nɒ̀ li bàna e ním dè Fafnir tɔ ipdàu-ámamsɒ́. ; 5b. They named their child something strange. : ján nɒ̀ li bàna e ním nàsa ipdàu-ámamsɒ́. ; 6. They swept the floor clean. : ján nɒ̀ li nàtlíɲa gbà-pi zúp lòn-ámp nàtní: súp li ʋʉ̀t. ; 7. I am standing between a cat and a rabbit. : mí li lòn-íns-án nə̀ e sówel gò. íns li lòn dànmóksówel dàumókkás. ; 8a. I swim across the river. : mí li dàu zàmkál gbà-pi télo lìɲa. ; 8b. I prefer to swim across the river. : mí li gbà e télo lìɲa la li nòp-án dàu zàmkál. ; 9. The man just died. : ján mìje li mòl dà zìn. ; 10. The woman ran off long ago. : tém wɛ̀k nol mél li dàuwɛ́k.
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