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Lwaitel phrasebook : Other
Look! The world around us is beautiful!
☺ .    
😃Lam sákipes. An nálwen swet kat swan taisheyl.
[ˈlam ˈsa.ki.pɪ̆s, ˈan ˈna.lʷn̩ swʊ̜̆t.ˈkɜt ˈswɑn ˈtae.ʃʎ̩]
😃lam😃do sákipes.look_at. anprox nálwenworld swet=kataround=1.incl swa-enbe-prox taisheyl.beautiful.

The motto of Lwait.

Tower of Babel story in Lwaitel
1.Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
   1     
Sú nálwen swaim tap h'í hástu se swaim tap shálshel luitu.
[ˈsu ˈna.lʷn̩ ˈswɑem ˈtap ˈçe ˈhas.to sʊ̜̆ ˈswɑem ˈtap ˈʃæʎ.ʃl̩ ˈlʊɨ.tʉ]
súall nálwenworld swa-ibe-obv tapuse he=ícard=1 hástulanguage seand swa-ibe-obv tapuse shálshelsame luitu.name.
Tower of Babel story in Lwaitel
let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
   ,      )
Súngep chúshi swáket sángu, se láspi neskíl niunket tekápu shi sú nálwen”.
[ˈsu.ŋʊ̜̆p ˈʧʉ.ʃɨ ˈswɑ.kᵻ̆t ˈsa.ŋu, sʊ̜̆ ˈlas.pe nɪ̆s.ˈkiʎ ˈɲɪʉŋ.kʊ̜̆t tə̆k.ˈkɜ.po ʃɨ.ˈʃʉ ˈna.lʷn̩”]
súngepthis_fact chus-imake-obv swa-ketbe-1.incl sángu,famous, seand las-istop-obv neskílprevent nium-ketgo.sbjv-1.incl tekápuscatter shi=súto=all nálwen”.world”.

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Tower of Babel story in Lwaitel
7 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
     ,   
Wan al suim piunk tekápu shi sú nálwen, se láspen chus shuish.
[ˈwɑn ˈal ˈsʊɨm ˈpɪʉŋk tə̆k.ˈkɜ.po ʃɨ.ˈʃʉ ˈna.lʷn̩, sə̆ ˈlas.pn̩ ˈʧʉs ˈʃᵿɨʃ]
wanso almed suimdeity piunkput tekápuscatter shi=súto=all nálwen,world, seand las-enstop-prox chusmake shuish.city.
Tower of Babel story in Lwaitel
8 Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth;
   בָּבֶל‎‎,    ,
Wan luitwi swaim pápel, petwánchi chúsel háneng hástu chí sú nálwen,
[ˈwɑn ˈlʊɨ.twɨ ˈswɑem ˈpa.pl̩, pə̆t.ˈtwɑn.ʧe ˈʧʉ.sl̩ ˈha.nŋ̩ ˈhas.to ˈʧɨ ˈsu ˈna.lʷn̩]
wanso luitu-iname-obv swa-ibe-obv pápel,Babel, petwánchibecause chus-elmake-med hánengdark hástulanguage chíyou súall nálwen,world,
Tower of Babel story in Lwaitel
and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
   
se piunkel tekápu shi sú nálwen.
[sə̆ ˈpɪʉŋ.kl̩ tə̆k.ˈkɜ.po ʃɨ.ˈʃʉ ˈna.lʷn̩]
seand piunk-elput-med tekápuscatter shi=súto=all nálwen.world.