Examples

Longer lines than the rest of this pamphlet, and more varied: particles stacked on the verb, a coordination, a quotation, a relative clause. Read the Tengwar first, then check yourself against the romanization beneath it.

mia thia whaline.
1SG 2SG thank.
(I thank you.)

pi su thia towe nai.
POL OPT 2SG well be.
(I hope that you are well.)

pi wa mia ha lo melu so po nila.
POL Q 1SG PROX PL friend FUT POT see.
(Might I see these friends?)

mia lopia ka nulae.
1SG child CAUS sleep.
(I make the child sleep.)

lopia se ka nulae.
child PASS CAUS sleep.
(The child is made to sleep.)

pheralu so ho shua.
rain FUT ASSUM come.
(Rain will probably come.)

pheralu to hi lepa.
rain PST DIR fall.
(Rain fell.)

shia to si ke thalo.
3SG PST IPFV INFER walk.
(They were walking.)

suliwa mua phitura nai.
snake LOC well be.
(A snake is at the well.)

mia lohau hi hea.
1SG dog DIR hear.
(I heard the dog.)

mia ruela mua muila nila.
1SG path LOC earth see.
(I see the trail in the earth.)

melu to ke wepu.
friend PST INFER go.
(The friend left.)

mia ko lothea sano.
1SG FOC love know.
(It is love that I know.)

wi himo piru mua silawo nai.
two HUM.CLF trader LOC village be.
(Two traders are at the village.)

lo mia mua womu wi shao ta himo miona nai.
PL 1SG LOC home two three-group one HUM.CLF person be.
(At home we are seven people.)

henoi sulopa nai.
ENOUGH soup be.
(There is enough soup.)

wia himo miona so shua.
how many HUM.CLF person FUT come.
(How many people will come?)

shiro phelora nela whalo nai.
tree beautiful COORD large be.
(The tree is beautiful and large.)

shia shola mia wepu sholo to haolu.
3SG QUOT.COMP 1SG go QUOT.COMP.CLOSE PST speak.
(They said, "I am leaving.")

mia mena shia to wepu meno sano.
1SG DECL.COMP 3SG PST go DECL.COMP.CLOSE know.
(I know that they left.)

rena mia to theo shelu phelora nai.
REL 1SG PST read book beautiful be.
(The book that I read is beautiful.)

rena shia to kealo nophi phelora nai.
REL 3SG PST create story beautiful be.
(The story that they created is beautiful.)