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Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Plural
The five cats go.
5 
An he lú myau naun.
[ˈan hl̩ʷ.ˈlu ˈmjæo ˈnaon]
anprox he=lúcard=5 myaucat naum-en.go-prox.

If there's a number, then it's possible to tell that it's plural already, so one would not add íhe.

Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Plural
There are five cats.
 5
An myau swan he lú.
[ˈan ˈmjæo ˈswɑn hl̩ʷ.ˈlu]
anprox myaucat swa-enbe-prox he=lú.card=5.

Literally "the cats are five". Numbers can be used as predicate adjectives.

Examples for location in Lwaitel : Location
The cat is between the the two boxes.
  2 
An myau swan pe ngim al he na piuleng.
[ˈan ˈmjæo ˈswɑn pŋ̩.ˈŋim ˈal hn̩.ˈna ˈpɪʉ.lŋ̩]
anprox myaucat swa-enbe-prox pe=ngimat=middle almed he=nacard=2 piuleng.box.
Sentences to Test Conlang Syntax in Lwaitel
13. Many of the people shouted twice.
    2 
Ihíhe kel kip maushshe he na hengút.
[i.ˈçi.çɪ̆ kl̩.ˈkip ˈmao.ʃᵿ̜̆ hn̩.ˈna hŋ̩.ˈŋut]
ihíhemany kel=kipfrom=person maus-shesay-indf he=nacard=2 hengút.shout.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
There were outlines and shapes, but there was just one color, which they called White.
   ,   1 1,    
Swáshe meníl swet nga se sail, útwek swáshe al kaitu h'í su úni, se nga swal mi luitu shelyúp.
[ˈswɑ.ʃɪ̆ mɲ̩.ˈɲiʎ swᵿ̜̆t.ˈŋɜ sə̆ ˈsaeʎ, ˈu.twʊ̜̆k ˈswɑ.ʃɪ̆ ˈal ˈkɜe.tʉ ˈçɨ su ˈu.ɲɨ, sɪ̆ ˈŋɜ ˈswɑl mi.ˈʎʊɨ.tʉ ʃʎ̩.ˈʎup]
swásheexist menílline swet=ngaaround=any seand sail,shape, útwekbut swásheexist almed kaitucolor he=ícard=1 suand úni,neg, seand ngaany swa-elbe-med mi=luituinv.part=call shelyúp.white.
The North Wind and the Sun in Lwaitel
And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.
       2
Wan an lwángu mausen hem an húswes paun tánku kel'an he na.
[ˈwɑn ˈan ˈlʷɑ.ŋu ˈmao.sn̩ hm̩ ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈpaon ˈtaŋ.ku kl̩.ˈlan hn̩.ˈna]
wanso anprox lwánguwind maus-ensay-prox hemthat anprox húswessun pau-encan-prox tánkuheavy kel=anfrom=prox he=na.card=2.

TODO "obliged to confess"

Tower of Babel story in Lwaitel
1.Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
   1     
Sú nálwen swaim tap h'í hástu se swaim tap shálshel luitu.
[ˈsu ˈna.lʷn̩ ˈswɑem ˈtap ˈçe ˈhas.to sʊ̜̆ ˈswɑem ˈtap ˈʃæʎ.ʃl̩ ˈlʊɨ.tʉ]
súall nálwenworld swa-ibe-obv tapuse he=ícard=1 hástulanguage seand swa-ibe-obv tapuse shálshelsame luitu.name.
Tower of Babel story in Lwaitel
5 And the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do;
,(      1 ,  
se mausel, mu “An kip swan munínt se swan tap h'í hástu, se na lam súshli.
[sə̆ ˈmao.sl̩, mu ˈan ˈkip ˈswɑn mu.ˈɲɨɲt sə̆ ˈswɑn ˈtap ˈçe ˈhas.to, sʊ̜̆ ˈna ˈlam ˈsuʃ.ʎɨ]
seand maus-el,say-med, muquot “an“prox kipperson swa-enbe-prox munínttogether seand swa-enbe-prox tapuse he=ícard=1 hástu,language, seand nabecome lamdo súshli.here.