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218 test case sentences taken from [http://web.archive.org/web/20120427054736/http://fiziwig.com/conlang/syntax_tests.html http://fiziwig.com/conlang/syntax_tests.html].

==Sentences==
#"The sun shines" - ''Tzinawa do matz'' - 3SG.AN-IMPF-bright ART sun
#"The sun is shining" - see above, no distinction in progressive
#"The sun shone" - ''Tzinawa do matz''/''Tzinanawa do matz''/''Tzilanawa do matz'' (imperfective/delimitative/perfective)
#"The sun will shine" - ''Tzitunawa do matz'' - 3SG.AN-FUT-bright ART sun
#"The sun has been shining" - ''Tzinawa do matz''
#"The sun is shining again" - 'Tzinawa te do matz''
#"The sun will shine tomorrow" - ''Tzitunawa XYZ do matz''
#"The sun shines brightly" - ''Tzinisawa do matz'' - 3SG.AN-IMPF-<MDP>bright ART sun
#"The bright sun shines" - ''Tzinawa do nawa matz'' - 3SG.AN-IMPF-bright ART bright sun

==Notes==
*''Matz'' "sun" is grammatically animate, hence the prefix ''tzi-'' on the verb.
*The imperfective mode is unmarked.
*The only overt tense distinction in Hantza is non-future/future.
*Adverbs that are semantically similar to the related verb are often conveyed in Hantza by the intensive [[Hantza/Verbs#Mediopassive|mediopassive]].
*See [[Hantza/Nouns#Attributives|here]] for more on attributive adjectives.

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