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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.
This is a list of sentences suggested to translate in order to check the extent of a language's capability of expressing concepts. The list is in increasing order of "difficulty". A language does not need to have an established distinction for all of the possibilities below, some can coincide and be left to context to disentangle. Those that are recommended are coloured red
* '''Intransitive Verb''':''A man is falling''
* '''{{red|Intransitive verb}}''':''A man is falling''
* '''Transitive Verb''':''A dog is biting a man''
* '''{{red|Transitive verb}}''':''A dog is biting a man''
* '''Definiteness''':''A dog is bit a man''
* '''Definiteness''':''The dog is biting a man''
* '''Definiteness''':''The dog is biting a man''
* '''{{red|Imperfective}}''': I was sleeping
* '''{{red|Perfective}}''': I slept
* '''Past tense''':''I was sleeping''
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Latest revision as of 09:35, 5 May 2014

This is a list of sentences suggested to translate in order to check the extent of a language's capability of expressing concepts. The list is in increasing order of "difficulty". A language does not need to have an established distinction for all of the possibilities below, some can coincide and be left to context to disentangle. Those that are recommended are coloured red

  • Intransitive verb:A man is falling
  • Transitive verb: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