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Translations from CALS in Lwaitel
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
   . ,  1     
An súshli luitu tap íhe. Tápku kiustenku, swan maus úni al hi swin maus lú pwíli hu chí.
[ˈan ˈsuʃ.ʎɨ ˈlʊɨ.tʉ ˈtap ˈi.çɪ̆, ˈtap.ku ˈkᵻʉs.tŋ̩.ku, ˈswɑn ˈmaos ˈu.ɲɨ ˈal çe ˈswɨɲ ˈmaos ˈlu ˈpwɨ.ʎi hʉ.ˈʧɨ]
anprox súshlihere luituname tapuse íhe.pl. tap-kuuse-1 kiusteng-ku,knowledge-1, swa-enbe-prox maussay únineg almed hiwhere swí-enbe.sbjv-prox maussay lúsee pwílibelieve hu=chí.exp=you.
Translations from the CBB in Lwaitel : I don't understand...
I don't understand what you're saying. Speak Lwaitel!
  ,  1. 
An hes maus chí, lun kwálsem úni. Tap Lwaitel.
[ˈan hə̆s ˈmaos ˈʧɨ, ˈlun ˈkwɑl.sm̩ ˈu.ɲɨ, ˈtap ˈlʷɑe.tl̩]
anprox hesrel maussay chí,you, lú-ensee-prox kwálsemunderstand úni.neg. tapuse lwaitel.lwaitel.

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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.
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
2.They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
 ,(   ).   1 ,   1  
Mihyán maus, mu “Chúshshe kat an púmpwel se chus naiyu an”. Tápen púmpwel utúni ngish, se kyausweyl utúni shuwín púmpwel.
[mi.ˈçæn ˈmaos, mu ˈʧʉ.ʃᵿ̜̆ ˈkɜt ˈan ˈpum.pwl̩ sə̆ ˈʧʉs ˈnae.jʉ ˈan”, ˈta.pn̩ ˈpum.pwl̩ u.ˈtu.ɲɨ ˈŋiʃ, sə̆ ˈkjæo.swʎ̩ u.ˈtu.ɲɨ ʃʉ.ˈwɨɲ ˈpum.pwl̩]
mihyám-engive.recip-prox maus,say, muquot “chus-she“make-indf kat1.incl anprox púmpwelbrick seand chusmake naiyufire an”.prox”. tap-enuse-prox púmpwelbrick utúniinstead_of ngish,rock, seand kyausweyltar utúniinstead_of shuwínglue púmpwel.brick.
Tower of Babel story in Lwaitel
5 And the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do;
,(      1 ,  
se mausel, mu “An kip swan munínt se swan tap h'í hástu, se na lam súshli.
[sə̆ ˈmao.sl̩, mu ˈan ˈkip ˈswɑn mu.ˈɲɨɲt sə̆ ˈswɑn ˈtap ˈçe ˈhas.to, sʊ̜̆ ˈna ˈlam ˈsuʃ.ʎɨ]
seand maus-el,say-med, muquot “an“prox kipperson swa-enbe-prox munínttogether seand swa-enbe-prox tapuse he=ícard=1 hástu,language, seand nabecome lamdo súshli.here.