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- Original Lwaitel examples
- The sky looks purple (but it really isn't).
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An
helíyel
swin
híleng
lú
úmpikwá.
[ˈan çʎ̩.ˈʎi.jl̩ ˈswɨɲ ˈçi.ʎŋ̩ ˈlu ˈum.pɨ.ˈkwɑ]
anprox
helíyelsky
swí-enbe.sbjv-prox
hílengpurple
lúsee
úmpikwá.false.
- Examples of sentence-level things in Lwaitel
: Adverbial clauses
- If this were a dog, it would say "woof".
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,
Úlshi
úmpikwá
swin
húpep,
miusen
mu
hup
[ˈuʎ.ʃɨ ˈum.pɨ.ˈkwɑ ˈswɨɲ ˈhu.pʊ̜̆p, ˈmɪʉ.sn̩ mu ˈhup]
úlshiif
úmpikwáfalse
swí-enbe.sbjv-prox
húpep,dog,
mius-enmaus.sbjv-prox
muquot
hupwoof
Ulsi umpikwa introduces a counterfactual conditional. Both clauses of counterfactual conditionals use the subjunctive mood.
- The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
- Orange replied, "No, it shall be mine!"
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)
Al
hántlwek
mausel
kish,
mu
“Úmpikwá,
swaim
ánku”.
[ˈal ˈhant.lʷʊ̜̆k ˈmao.sl̩ ˈkiʃ, mu ˈum.pɨ.ˈkwɑ, ˈswɑem ˈaŋ.ku”]
almed
hántlwekorange
maus-elsay-med
kish,answer,
muquot
“úmpikwá,“false,
swa-ibe-obv
ant-ku”.pos.alien-1”.
TODO should there be a conjunction in there?