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(Basic transitive sentence)
A fish is eating the bread.

SumFicYotÐytBre.

(Usage of "viz", descriptors, and "vöt")
The fish is fast. The bread is slow.

ÐytFicVizFas.ÐytBreVizVötFas.

(Passive suffix)
The bread is eaten by a fish.

ÐytBreVizYotTidBuySumFic.

(Plural)
This land has large rocks.

ÐisLanHavLörRökSis.

(Usage of digits)
Nine trees are near the house. The house contains thirty six chairs.

NinTorSisVizNyrÐytHos.ÐytHosKoySikXryTcoSis.

(Intransitive sentence)
The person runs.

ÐytPrsRun.

(Descriptor with a noun or with a verb)
The happy woman runs. The woman runs happily.

ÐytHapFimRun.ÐytFimHapRun.

(Adjacent nouns, gerund)
A person is reading the science book. The person likes learning.

SumPrsRydÐytSotBwk.ÐytPrsCoyLrnNiq.

(Tenses)
The person was running. The person will run.

ÐytPrsWuzRun.ÐytPrsWilRun.

(Pronouns, situation noun, interrogative)
I have pasta. I know that the pasta is warm. Do you want the pasta?

NuyHavPös.NuyNon"ÐytPösVizWom".DuzYwnWönÐytPös?

(Interrogative identity, possession)
Where is my plate?

CinWitPlwVizDicVunNuy?

(Another situation noun, reflexive pronoun)
The man likes the cat to play with the toy. The man loves his cat.

ÐytManCoy"ÐytKatPleWixÐytToy".ÐytManLuvKatVunSef.

("-nis" suffix, more digits)
The weight of the table is one hundred pounds.

ÐytHevNisVunÐytTebVizZyrZyrWunPwnZis.

(fractions and ordinal numbers)
You have half of a sandwich. That food was on the third shelf.

YwnHavSumFreTwnSac.ÐatFwdWuzVizCönÐytReqXryCel.

("-rer" suffix with "kwt", usage of "kan")
A computer can calculate many things.

SumKwtRerKan"KalLötXiqZis".

(Extracting subject or object from situation noun)
I purchased the machine which ties knots. You purchased the knots which the machine tied.

NuyWuzPrtWis"MokTuySicSis".YwnWuzPrtWim"MokTuySicSis".

(Usage of "ðan")
The man is more busy than me. The woman is as busy as the man.

ÐytManVizMorBizÐanUy.ÐytFimVizVazBizÐanÐytMan.

(Alternative usage of "vaz")
Because the man was so brave, he captured the insect.

Byk"ÐytManWuzVizVazBrv"ÐytManWuzTrpÐytRöx.

(Short story)
The Dog and the Shadow; a fable by Aesop.

ÐytDögVanÐytVötLytCep.SumVötLöqStoBuy Eysöp .

It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace.

VatSumTemSumDögWuzTeySumPörVunFwcVanWuzKasÐytFwdTwrHomCinYotNiqGonForYotNötWixÐorNamSis.

Now on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook.

VatÐisTemCönÐytPaxTwrHomÐytDögWuzNydGofKröWis"SumFlöLumRekResRovWis"VötLörRivRun"".

As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath.

Jwr"DögWökKrö"ÐytDögWuzFokVötCupVanSycWis"VötLytCepVunSefVizBysTidCinÐytWötVötRov".

Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also.

Byk"ÐytDögSup"ÐytVötLytVizSumÐorDögWixSumÐorFwcPör""ÐytDögWuzPik"LösHavÐatFwc".

So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more.

ForÐatPrpÐytDögWuzBytTwrÐytVötLytCinÐytWötButJwr"DögPonYotNiqGonVunSef"ÐytFwcPörWuzVizJöpTidVötCinVanWuzGofCinTwrÐytWötVanWuzVizNötSycDidVatCenÐorTem.