Fink-Peterson Test Sentences

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dàn [1]

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.