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Lwaitel phrasebook : Language
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   -
Támu nga swaim maus _____
[ˈta.mo ˈŋɜ ˈswɑem ˈmaos _____]
támuhow ngaany swa-ibe-obv maussay __________

TAHM-oh ngah swime mouse _____

Use the preposition pe to specify a language

Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Definiteness
Cats (in general) go.

An nga myau naun.
[ˈan ˈŋɜ ˈmjæo ˈnaon]
anprox ngaany myaucat naum-en.go-prox.
Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Definiteness
No one got any food.
1  
Úni íki nga múmwe.
[ˈu.ɲɨ ˈi.ki ˈŋɜ ˈmu.mwʊ̜̆]
únineg ik-iget.inv-obv ngaany múmwe.food.

*Úni iki úni mumwe would be double negation, so nga is required here.

Miscellaneous sentence examples in Lwaitel
Welcome to Conlangery, a podcast about constructed languages and the people who create them.
  Conlangery,        
Lí 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]
lísee.sbjv niuspefeel_happy lú-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.

Translations from CALS in Lwaitel
I can eat glass. It does not hurt me.
   .  1
Nga sápwe pauku lem múmwe. Suitku wípi úni.
[ˈŋɜ ˈsa.pwʊ̜̆ ˈpao.ku lm̩.ˈmu.mwʊ̜̆, ˈsʊɨt.kʉ ˈwɨ.pi ˈu.ɲɨ]
ngaany sápweglass pau-kucan-1 lem=múmwe.part=eat. suit-kumake.inv-1 wípiinjured úni.neg.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
There were outlines and shapes, but there was just one color, which they called White.
   ,   1 1,    
Swáshe meníl swet nga se sail, útwek swáshe al kaitu h'í su úni, se nga swal mi luitu shelyúp.
[ˈswɑ.ʃɪ̆ mɲ̩.ˈɲiʎ swᵿ̜̆t.ˈŋɜ sə̆ ˈsaeʎ, ˈu.twʊ̜̆k ˈswɑ.ʃɪ̆ ˈal ˈkɜe.tʉ ˈçɨ su ˈu.ɲɨ, sɪ̆ ˈŋɜ ˈswɑl mi.ˈʎʊɨ.tʉ ʃʎ̩.ˈʎup]
swásheexist menílline swet=ngaaround=any seand sail,shape, útwekbut swásheexist almed kaitucolor he=ícard=1 suand úni,neg, seand ngaany swa-elbe-med mi=luituinv.part=call shelyúp.white.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
Ze also made it so that there wouldn't be any light at night, since people were sleeping anyways.
sw   1  ,   ∅
Chúsel sal swáshe úni lwait pe hámpek, petwánchi nga swaim nepú úlshi pikúni.
[ˈʧʉ.sl̩ ˈsal ˈswɑ.ʃɪ̆ ˈu.ɲɨ ˈlʷɑet pə̆.ˈham.pə̆k, pə̆t.ˈtwɑn.ʧe ˈŋɜ ˈswɑem nə̆p.ˈpu ˈuʎ.ʃɨ pi.ˈkʉ.ɲɨ]
chus-elmake-med salanother swásheexist únineg lwaitlight pe=hámpek,at=night, petwánchibecause ngaany swa-ibe-obv nepúasleep úlshiif pikúni.q.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
and photographs used the new white, gray, and black that had been invented.
       
su al nga chilau tápel shelyúp se shichíl se swátel kaitu hes suit.
[su ˈal ˈŋɜ ʧe.ˈʎao ˈta.pl̩ ʃʎ̩.ˈʎup sə̆ ʃi.ˈʧiʎ sə̆ ˈswɑ.tl̩ ˈkɜe.tʉ hʊ̜̆s ˈsʊɨt]
suand almed ngaany chilauphotograph tap-eluse-med shelyúpwhite seand shichílgray seand swátelblack kaitucolor hesrel suit.make.inv.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
and made dirt, wood, hair, and skin brown objects.
k     
se chúsen húkyes nga mipúli se núnet se puinushe se mishút.
[sə̆ ˈʧʉ.sn̩ ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s ˈŋɜ mi.ˈpu.ʎɨ sɪ̆ ˈnu.nʊ̜̆t sə̆ ˈpʊɨ.ɲʉ.ʃᵿ̜̆ sə̆ mi.ˈʃʉt]
seand chus-enmake-prox húkyesbrown ngaany mipúlisoil seand núnetwood seand puinu-shehair-indf seand mishút.skin.

...so I decided to try to improve/expand the story a bit, which included adding more things about what objects get what color... which means that I needed to decide what color the skin of the people in this world was. The average skin color in this world is sort of a medium color, like east Asians in our world (which I'd consider a shade of brown), though there's some variation (they don't assign as much importance to skin color... eye color, on the other hand...)

The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
And when things are destroyed in a fire, the fire is orange and yellow.
   ,   
Se píki nga swaim naiyu se naim kúsenk, al naiyu swal hántlwek se pai.
[sə̆ ˈpi.ki ˈŋɜ ˈswɑem ˈnae.jʉ sʊ̜̆ ˈnaem ˈkʉ.sŋ̩k, ˈal ˈnae.jʉ ˈswɑl ˈhant.lʷʊ̜̆k sə̆ ˈpae]
seand píkiwhen ngaany swa-ibe-obv naiyufire seand na-ibecome-obv kúsenk,dead, almed naiyufire swa-elbe-med hántlwekorange seand pai.yellow.
Tower of Babel story in Lwaitel
As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
    ↓  ,   שִׁנְעָר   
Píki an nga kip swan naum míshelw hu hyángu, lánshe pútwe ngálset p'al shinál se chúsen swal húnelen.
[ˈpi.ki ˈan ˈŋɜ ˈkip ˈswɑn ˈnaom ˈmi.ʃl̩ʷ hu.ˈçæ.ŋu, ˈlaɲ.ʃɪ̆ ˈpu.twʊ̜̆ ˈŋɜl.sə̆t ˈpal ʃe.ˈɲæl sə̆ ˈʧʉ.sn̩ ˈswɑl ˈhu.nl̩.ln̩]
píkiwhen anprox ngaany kipperson swa-enbe-prox naumgo míshelwdown hu=hyángu,exp=map, lam-en-shedo-prox-indf pútwecome_across ngálsetplain pe=alat=med shinálShinar seand chus-enmake-prox swa-elbe-med húnel-en.house-prox.
Tower of Babel story in Lwaitel
4 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
   ↓         ,
Útwek al suim naumel míshelw naustwi hu'al luim shuish su ílu hes suit waipi nga kip,
[ˈu.twʊ̜̆k ˈal ˈsʊɨm ˈnao.ml̩ ˈmi.ʃl̩ʷ ˈnaos.twɨ ˈhwɑl ˈlʊɨm ˈʃᵿɨʃ su ˈi.ʎʉ hʊ̜̆s ˈsʊɨt ˈwɑe.pi ˈŋɜ ˈkip]
útwekbut almed suimdeity naum-elgo-med míshelwdown naustwipurp hu=alexp=med lú-isee-obv shuishcity suand ílubuilding hesrel suitmake.inv waip-ioffspring-obv ngaany kip,person,