TAHM-oh ngah swime mouse _____
Use the preposition pe to specify a language
An explicit separate clause as an argument to maus "say".
The clause is an argument like any other, and therefore can go in different positions in the sentence.
For the verbs lú "see", maus "say", tap "use", and tyus "make", having an explicit marker for the clause is optional (but can be included to prevent ambiguity).
For the verbs mentioned previously, the verb and (in the case of maus and tyus) its subject can be mixed freely with the words in the dependent clause.
...although rules about splitting apart phrases still apply.
Mu is basically a verbal quotation mark, and replaces the particle hem.
Another verb that takes a clause as an argument. Roughly translates to "I tried that I talked".
Omitting the particle hem only works for the verbs lú, maus, tyus, and tap.
"Pe piki" is "at the time when..."
"Piki lun" is a noun phrase, not an adverbial phrase. It could be the subject or object of a sentence, but to get the meaning desired for this sentence, it needs to be the object of a preposition.
This might make sense, but since it's talking specifically about time, pe piki would probably be used instead.
Straightforward conditional clause.
Different word orders are allowed.
The clause can go anywhere in the sentence that's not inside another phrase.
The condition, swa-n pikuni hupep, is actually the question "Is this a dog?".
This works for non-polar questions as well.
Or Lul al myau mausen if you've been talking mainly about him, rather than the cat. The implied experiencer changes when you're talking about what someone else said.
This means that the person said, in their head, the sentence "the cat is black", or some paraphrase of it.
Use of "understand" instead of some variant of "to speak" (Swa il hem mausku Lwaitel(?)) is more common.
...not sure which meaning of "play" is intended.
TODO should there be a conjunction in there?
TODO figure out what conjunction should go where "but" is. Also "with a heavy cudgel."
TODO "obliged to confess"