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Examples of sentence-level things in Lwaitel : Discourse particles
No, but I don't have a wife.
 1,   1 
Twak úni, útwek swáku lw'úni wálsweyl.
[ˈtwɑk ˈu.ɲɨ, ˈu.twʊ̜̆k ˈswɑ.ku ˈlʷu.ɲɨ ˈwɑl.swʎ̩]
twakdm úni,neg, útwekbut swa-kube-1 lwe=úniwith=neg wálsweyl.spouse.

Answering "no" to that question might imply that one is still beating one's wife. To signal that that implication is wrong, úni is preceded by twak (indicating that something the sentence might imply is wrong); details are given at the end, after the conjunction útwek "but".

Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Possession
The cat with brown eyes goes.
  
An myau lwe sáki húkyes naun.
[ˈan ˈmjæo lʷʊ̜̆s.ˈsa.ki ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s ˈnaon]
anprox myaucat lwe=sákiwith=eye húkyesbrown naum-en.go-prox.

Or ...lwe húkyes saki.... Not *An myau lwe húkyes sakipen naun; when used with lwe, the noun doesn't take possessive marking.

Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Possession
The cat has brown eyes.
  
An myau swan lwe húkyes sáki.
[ˈan ˈmjæo ˈswɑn lʷʊ̜̆.ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s ˈsa.ki]
anprox myaucat swa-enbe-prox lwe=húkyeswith=brown sáki.eye.
Miscellaneous sentence examples in Lwaitel
Welcome to Conlangery, a podcast about constructed languages and the people who create them.
  Conlangery,        
niuspe lun an kenlaingeli, hwel púlshu lwe miul nga hástu suitel se kip hes chus.
[ˈʎi ˈɲɪʉs.pʊ̜̆ ˈlun ˈan kɑ.ˈnleɪ.ŋᵻ̆˞.i, hwl̩ ˈpuʎ.ʃʉ lʷm̩.ˈmɪʉl ˈŋɜ ˈhas.to ˈsʊɨ.tl̩ sə̆ ˈkip hə̆s ˈʧʉs]
see.sbjv niuspefeel_happy -ensee-prox anprox kenlaingeli,Conlangery, hwelnfoc púlshuradio_show lwe=miulwith=topic ngaany hástulanguage suitelartificial seand kipperson hesrel chus.make.

"Hope you're happy hearing Conlangery". Perhaps I should record this and send it in to Conlangery.

Sentences to Test Conlang Syntax in Lwaitel
14. Happy people often shout.
 ,   , 
P'ihíhe pik, an kip lwe niuspe, mausen hengút.
[pi.ˈçi.çɪ̆ ˈpik, ˈan ˈkip lʷɲ̩.ˈɲɪʉs.pʊ̜̆, ˈmao.sn̩ hŋ̩.ˈŋut]
pe=ihíheat=many pik,time, anprox kipperson lwe=niuspe,with=happiness, maus-ensay-prox hengút.shout.