Fink-Peterson Test Sentences
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- 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.