Hantza/Test Case Sentences

218 test case sentences taken from http://fiziwig.com/conlang/syntax_tests.html.

Sentences

1. "The sun shines" - Tzinawa do matz - 3SG.AN-IMPF-shine ART sun
2. "The sun is shining" - see above, no distinction in progressive
3. "The sun shone" - Tzinawa do matz/Tzinanawa do matz/Tzilanawa do matz (imperfective/delimitative/perfective)
4. "The sun will shine" - Tzitunawa do matz - 3SG.AN-FUT-shine ART sun
5. "The sun has been shining" - Tzinawa do matz
6. "The sun is shining again"
7. "The sun will shine tomorrow"
8. "The sun shines brightly"
9. "The bright sun shines"

Notes

• Matz "sun" is grammatically animate.
• The imperfective mode is unmarked.
• The only overt tense distinction in Hantza is non-future/future.
• See here for more on attributive adjectives.