Guide:Sentences

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This is a list of sentences suggested to translate in order to check the extend a languages is capable of doing expressing concepts, the list is made in increasing "difficulty". The exact test will be mentioned aswell, note that a language do not need to have established distinction for all of the possibilities below, some can coincide and be left to context to deentangle. Recommended ones are coloured.

  • Intransitive Verb:A man is falling
  • TransitiveVerb:A dog is biting a man
  • Definiteness:The dog is biting a man
  • Imperfective: I was sleeping
  • Perfective: I slept
  • Past tense:I was sleeping