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Examples of sentence-level things in Lwaitel : Noun clauses
I tried to talk.
   
Kú lánku kainkwes hem mausku.
[ˈku ˈlaŋ.ku ˈkɜeŋ.kwᵿ̜̆s hm̩ ˈmaos.ku]
kúI/me lam-kudo-1 kainkwesattempt hemthat maus-ku.say-1.

Another verb that takes a clause as an argument. Roughly translates to "I tried that I talked".

*   
Kú lánku kainkwes mausku.
[ˈku ˈlaŋ.ku ˈkɜeŋ.kwᵿ̜̆s ˈmaos.ku]
kúI/me lam-kudo-1 kainkwesattempt maus-ku.say-1.

Omitting the particle hem only works for the verbs lú, maus, tyus, and tap.

The North Wind and the Sun in Lwaitel
and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt.
, 
se pe láspepi, láspen kainkwes.
[sə̆ pl̩.ˈlas.pə̆p.pi, ˈlas.pn̩ ˈkɜeŋ.kwᵿ̜̆s]
seand pe=láspep-i,at=end-obv, las-enstop-prox kainkwes.attempt.