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Lwaitel phrasebook : Greetings and partings
Goodbye
  
An húswes hin lwait te chí yátpweyl
[ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈçiɲ ˈlʷɑet tə̆ʧ.ˈʧi ˈlu ˈjæt.pwʎ̩]
anprox húswessun him-engive.sbjv-prox lwaitto_light_up te=chídat=you see yátpweylhope

on HOO-swus heen LWIGHT tuh CHEE loo YAT-pwel

"I hope the sun will shine for you"

When leaving for longer periods of time.

Original Lwaitel examples
I said that I see the sun.
 
Mausku lun an húswes.
[ˈmaos.ku ˈlun ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s]
maus-kusay-1 -ensee-prox anprox húswes.sun.
Sentences to Test Conlang Syntax in Lwaitel
1. The sun shines.
  
An húswes swan hyem lwait.
[ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈswɑn çm̩.ˈlʷɑet]
anprox húswessun swa-enbe-prox hyem=lwait.part=to_light_up.

Not sure what aspect is intended here.

 
Swa húswesel.
[ˈswɑ ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s.sl̩]
swabe húswesel.sunny.

"It is sunny"; a more idiomatic way of saying what "the sun shines" often means.

Sentences to Test Conlang Syntax in Lwaitel
2. The sun is shining.
   
An húswes swan maimu hyem lwait.
[ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈswɑn ˈmae.mʉ çm̩.ˈlʷɑet]
anprox húswessun swa-enbe-prox maimunow hyem=lwait.part=to_light_up.

Again, not sure what aspect is intended. Here I'm clarifying the tense.

Sentences to Test Conlang Syntax in Lwaitel
3. The sun shone.
  
An húswes swan sap hyem lwait.
[ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈswɑn ˈsap çm̩.ˈlʷɑet]
anprox húswessun swa-enbe-prox sapearly hyem=lwait.part=to_light_up.
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4. The sun will shine.
  
An húswes swan ípwenk hyem lwait.
[ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈswɑn ˈi.pwŋ̩k çm̩.ˈlʷɑet]
anprox húswessun swa-enbe-prox ípwenklate hyem=lwait.part=to_light_up.
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6. The sun is shining again.
   
An húswes swan hyem lwait sal.
[ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈswɑn çm̩.ˈlʷɑet ˈsal]
anprox húswessun swa-enbe-prox hyem=lwaitpart=to_light_up sal.another.
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7. The sun will shine tomorrow.
   
An húswes swan lánkem hyem lwait.
[ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈswɑn ˈlaŋ.km̩ çm̩.ˈlʷɑet]
anprox húswessun swa-enbe-prox lánkemtomorrow hyem=lwait.part=to_light_up.
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10. The sun is rising now.
  
An húswes swan naum itúp maimu.
[ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈswɑn ˈnaom i.ˈtup ˈmae.mʉ]
anprox húswessun swa-enbe-prox naumgo itúpup maimu.now.
Sentences to Test Conlang Syntax in Lwaitel
78. The sun looked down through the branches upon the children at play.
  ,   
Húswes málen sáki míshelw páskel inún, an waipwe lem twímek.
[ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈma.ln̩ ˈsa.ki ˈmi.ʃl̩ʷ ˈpas.kl̩ i.ˈɲʉn, ˈan ˈwɑe.pwᵿ̜̆ lm̩.ˈtwɨ.mɪ̆k]
húswessun mal-endo.inv-prox sákilook_at míshelwdown páskelthrough inún,branch, anprox waipwechild lem=twímek.part=play.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
At the end of the day, the sky and sun turn orange and yellow, and cast everything in yellow light.
 ,   ,  , 
Pe láspepi lwaipek, al helíyel su al húswes nal hántlwek se pai, se hyámel , lwait pai.
[pl̩.ˈlas.pə̆p.pi ˈlʷɑe.pɪ̆k, ˈal çʎ̩.ˈʎi.jl̩ su ˈal ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈnal ˈhant.lʷʊ̜̆k sə̆ ˈpae, sə̆ ˈçæ.ml̩ ˈsu, ˈlʷɑet ˈpae]
pe=láspep-iat=end-obv lwaipek,day, almed helíyelsky suand almed húswessun na-elbecome-med hántlwekorange seand pai,yellow, seand hyam-elgive-med ,all, lwaitlight pai.yellow.
Yellow (poem in Lwaitel)
The sun is not white.
 1 
An húswes swan úni shelyúp.
[ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈswɑn ˈu.ɲɨ ʃʎ̩.ˈʎup]
anprox húswessun swa-enbe-prox únineg shelyúp.white.
The North Wind and the Sun in Lwaitel
The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger,
           ,
An húswes su an lwángu kel'ípwechem hu hyángu swan mes pálemp launge paim shú tánku,
[ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s su ˈan ˈlʷɑ.ŋu kʎ̩.ˈʎi.pwᵿ̜̆ʧ.ʧm̩ hu.ˈçæ.ŋu ˈswɑn mə̆s.ˈpa.lm̩p ˈlao.ŋʊ̜̆ ˈpaem ˈʃʉ ˈtaŋ.ku]
anprox húswessun suand anprox lwánguwind kel=ípwechemfrom=right hu=hyánguexp=map swa-enbe-prox mes=pálemppart=debate laungewhich pau-ican-obv shúmost tánku,strong,
The North Wind and the Sun in Lwaitel
Then the Sun shined out warmly,
   ,
Pyet an húswes hyan lwait nálken,
[pjɪ̆t ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈçæn ˈlʷɑet ˈnal.kn̩]
pyetthen anprox húswessun hyam-engive-prox lwaitto_light_up nálken,hot,
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"

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