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Original Lwaitel examples
The sky is blue.
 
An helíyel swan kílu.
[ˈan çʎ̩.ˈʎi.jl̩ ˈswɑn ˈki.ʎʉ]
anprox helíyelsky swa-enbe-prox kílu.cyan.

Alternate word order allowed: Swan kílu an helíyel ("is blue this sky"). *An helíyel kílu swa-n ("this sky blue is") and *Kílu swa-n an helíyel ("blue is the sky") are not allowed, because the predicate adjective must directly follow swa. *Helíyel swa-n kílu is also not allowed, because the lack of an makes the sky not proximate; Helíyel swaim kílu is allowed, though.

Also note that the sky is kílu (cyan, what we would consider light blue) during the day, rather than húsu (dark blue). Both of these are basic color terms.

Original Lwaitel examples
The sky looks blue (to me).
 
An helíyel swin kílu .
[ˈan çʎ̩.ˈʎi.jl̩ ˈswɨɲ ˈki.ʎʉ ˈlu]
anprox helíyelsky swí-enbe.sbjv-prox kílucyan .see.

Alternate word orders allowed: Lú an helíyel swin kílu; An helíyel lú swin kílu. The sky may or may not actually be blue.

Original Lwaitel examples
I see that the sky is blue.
  
An helíyel swan kílu hwel .
[ˈan çʎ̩.ˈʎi.jl̩ ˈswɑn ˈki.ʎʉ hwl̩ ˈlu]
anprox helíyelsky swa-enbe-prox kílucyan hwelnfoc .see.

This statement expresses roughly the same amount of certainty as An helíyel swa-n kílu ("the sky is blue"), but also says that the speaker got the information from direct perception (especially sight). Contrast with the version without hwel, where there's more uncertainty about whether the sky actually is blue.

Sentences to Test Conlang Syntax in Lwaitel
116. Does the sky look blue or gray?
   
Swan launge kílu nge shichíl an helíyel .
[ˈswɑn ˈlao.ŋʊ̜̆ ˈki.ʎʉ ŋʊ̜̆ ʃi.ˈʧiʎ ˈan çʎ̩.ˈʎi.jl̩ ˈlu]
swa-enbe-prox laungewhich kílucyan ngeor shichílgray anprox helíyelsky .see.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Pink, and Magenta came, and many others too.
 ,hp      ohuse     
Naumel p'an, al ha se hántlwek se pai se kíltel se ngin se kílu se húsu se híleng se shupál se waunku se sal se sal.
[ˈnao.ml̩ ˈpan, ˈal ˈha sə̆ ˈhant.lʷʊ̜̆k sə̆ ˈpae sə̆ ˈkiʎ.tl̩ sə̆ ˈŋiɲ sə̆ ˈki.ʎʉ sʊ̜̆ ˈhu.su sʊ̜̆ ˈçi.ʎŋ̩ sə̆ ʃʉ.ˈpal sə̆ ˈwɑoŋ.ku sʊ̜̆ ˈsal sə̆ ˈsal]
naum-elgo-med pe=an,at=prox, almed hared seand hántlwekorange seand paiyellow seand kíltellight_green seand ngindark_green seand kílucyan seand húsuPN seand hílengpurple seand shupálpink seand waunkumagenta seand salanother seand sal.another.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
Green and Cyan were shy and didn't pick much, but everyone else got something.
        ,  ,
Kíltel se ngin se kílu swaim kelímel se man man íhe, útwek sal, lat.
[ˈkiʎ.tl̩ sə̆ ˈŋiɲ sə̆ ˈki.ʎʉ ˈswɑem kʎ̩.ˈʎi.ml̩ sə̆ ˈki ˈman ˈman ˈi.çɪ̆, ˈu.twʊ̜̆k ˈki ˈsu ˈsal, ˈlat]
kíltellight_green seand ngindark_green seand kílucyan swa-ibe-obv kelímelshy seand -iget-obv mankind_of mankind_of íhe,pl, útwekbut -iget-obv all sal,another, lat.medium-sized.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
Cyan said that ze liked just staying in the background, so that's what ze did: the sky became cyan.
kl  kl    ,  ,  
Al kílu mausel hem wiut swal pe kelím, wan lámel súngep, helíyel naim kílu.
[ˈal ˈki.ʎʉ ˈmao.sl̩ hm̩ ˈlu ˈwᵻʉt ˈswɑl pə̆k.kʎ̩.ˈʎim, ˈwɑn ˈla.ml̩ ˈsu.ŋʊ̜̆p, çʎ̩.ˈʎi.jl̩ ˈnaem ˈki.ʎʉ]
almed kílucyan maus-elsay-med hemthat see wiutlike swa-elbe-med pe=kelím,at=background, wanso lam-eldo-med súngep,this_fact, helíyelsky na-ibecome-obv kílu.cyan.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
Then Color had everyone who was left stand in a line: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, and Purple.
       ,      
Pyet an Kaitu chúsen al numáng haupe naumel shi meníl, ha se hántlwek se pai se kíltel se kílu se húsu se híleng.
[pjɪ̆t ˈan ˈkɜe.tʉ ˈʧʉ.sn̩ ˈal ˈsu nu.ˈmaŋ ˈhao.pʊ̜̆ ˈnao.ml̩ ʃi.mɲ̩.ˈɲiʎ, ˈha sə̆ ˈhant.lʷʊ̜̆k sə̆ ˈpae sə̆ ˈkiʎ.tl̩ sə̆ ˈki.ʎʉ sʊ̜̆ ˈhu.su sʊ̜̆ ˈçi.ʎŋ̩]
pyetthen anprox kaitucolor chus-enmake-prox almed all numángstill haupeplace naum-elgo-med shi=meníl,to=line, hared seand hántlwekorange seand paiyellow seand kíltellight_green seand kílucyan seand húsublue seand híleng.purple.
Yellow (poem in Lwaitel)
The sky is no longer blue.
  
An helíyel swan las kílu.
[ˈan çʎ̩.ˈʎi.jl̩ ˈswɑn ˈlas ˈki.ʎʉ]
anprox helíyelsky swa-enbe-prox lasno_longer kílu.cyan.