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Shannon Test Sentences

binton lono boifön küon. The sun shines.

binton lono boifön küon bı möcibo. The sun is shining.

binton lono boifön si küon. The sun shone.

binton lono ke boifön küon. The sun will shine.

binton lono lı si kon boifön küon. The sun has been shining.

binton lono boifön küon bı möcibo bı dizel The sun is shining again.

binton lono ke boifön küon hoi lono uklo. The sun will shine tomorrow.

binton lono boifön küon bı ëto. The sun shines brightly.

binton lono yë küon ëto boifön küon. The bright sun shines.

binton lono di cën bı möcibo hoi ibüdü. The sun is rising now.

möi umo onö bı oltü öitun si. All the people shouted.

yoüti umo bı oltü öitun si. Some of the people shouted.

ëto umo bı oltü öitun bı düi. Many of the people shouted twice.

umo xowosë bı ëto bı oltü öitun. Happy people often shout.

mocko xonluk onö tüu si zoston bı cën. The kitten jumped up.

mocko xonluk onö tüu si zoston müt solwöc miëbıl. The kitten jumped onto the table.

mocko xonluk cüti noyo lı si lö bı cok.  My little kitten walked away.

lı hüzon bı möcibo. It's raining.

hüzon onö di si sël. The rain came down.

mocko xonluk onö bı möcibo kelo hoi hüzon onö. The kitten is playing in the rain.

niltügu si hüzon onö. The rain has stopped.

bı zelen ke niltügu hüzon onö. Soon the rain will stop.

noyo xiwon fos bı zelen niltügu hüzon onö. I hope the rain stops soon.

bı kut ü zonwul hönyo nıwos si öfo. Once wild animals lived here.

bı dilë ü niün fohoso si ünhılun niün. Slowly she looked around.

küu lı lö bı cok. Go away!

nü küu lı lö. Let's go!

nimü küu lı lö. You should go.

noyo ke lı xowosë hön xe lı lö. I will be happy to go.

niün ke lı gik bı zelen. He will arrive soon.

gundolë yë lözic onö lı si tulkolyun bı cok. The baby's ball has rolled away.

düi umo moskül xonluk onö wëloı bı möcibo ofek xokön dizel. The two boys are working together.

üsmon ximu onö bı könën ke di fonmot. This mist will probably clear away.

inboli hosin lı niök hoi xokön. Lovely flowers are growing everywhere.

nü küu mokon bı dilë eswen. We should eat more slowly.

nimü di si hoi öfo bı hëlxun otıkon. You have come too soon.

nimü küu cukto bı müfëü eswen. You must write more neatly.

hön elentët müstokin lı totsı ü nıwos moxo cënbö küzoü. Directly opposite stands a wonderful palace.

zowo yë umo Henli nocido si titon niün.  Henry's dog is lost.

mocko noyo lı nëlö. My cat is black.

döcui umo yë umo wohi xonluk cüti onö lı kobüt. The little girl's doll is broken.

noyo bı sodolun lı conzodo sunbülno. I usually sleep soundly.

mënyüu onö bı fiki lı lö oxon xe doicël umo Zek. The children ran after Jack.

noyo köi kelo cıhöü kon bëüdo. I can play after school.

nü lı si lö müt sınsi oxon xe monodo. We went to the village for a visit.

nü lı si gik hoi xüto. We arrived at the river.

noyo motsı si bı möcibo oxon nimü. I have been waiting for you.

öni mühoyon onö sıtyo si hoi ünhılun yë mötö onö. The campers sat around the fire.

umo wohi xonluk cüti xe ofek mocko xonluk, sıtyo si hoi fëlkonö noyo. A little girl with a kitten sat near me.

mënyüu onö motsı si hoi zınkon oxon motüo moskül niün. The child waited at the door for her father.

hoi lono xobëk ü umo wohi xonluk yë nokdo möi en ozüul yë sınsi onö nocido si mocko xonluk niün. Yesterday the oldest girl in the village lost her kitten.

lözic si nimü hoi sınsi öfo ko. Were you born in this village?

sıskın moskül nimü köi lı cıfulo bı xön ko. Can your brother dance well?

umo moskül onö lı si cok ko. Did the man leave?

sıskın wohi nimü lı gik oxon nimü ko. Is your sister coming for you?

nimü köi lı gik hoi lono uklo ko. Can you come tomorrow?

öni nıwos fëlkonö lı si cok hön yogö üsën cunyü. Have the neighbors gone away for the winter?

timiok hünsık bı sodolun kontol hoi hüzon ko. Does the robin sing in the rain?

nimü lı lö ofek nü müt sikin kon kontol. Are you going with us to the concert?

nimü hoi ozüul woküt tulutı biömu nomü hüzon ko. Have you ever travelled in the jungle?

nü oütö tö woyü müt cën yë xüto onö lon yoüti mönbılı xokön. We sailed down the river for several miles.

xokön umo fısun kon wëtodü. Everybody knows about hunting.

hoi lono küon xe cıhöü woküt fos binton lono socok xe di fëlkonö eswen, ü nü socok si müt tohılök bümi. On a Sunny morning after the solstice we started for the mountains.

umo Ton lı si liülë nënko cülci yë fonolon. Tom laughed at the monkey's tricks.

umo moskül nokdo xe ofek nüyo yë kon lö wowoë, lı si totsı hoi söbo yë bëlëtë gosil. An old man with a walking stick stood beside the fence.

ölë nıwos yë cüi nomü lı si ëo ficwo ü tolën nomü weltö. The squirrel's nest was hidden by drooping boughs.

oüdi cüti motsı si bı sonti hoi sël yë bölfëlë hüzon bukü müt binton lono yë yogö üsën niök et yë tüt yoüti. The little seeds waited patiently under the snow for the warm spring sun.

ëto umo wohi xonluk xe ofek wutun inboli xe hoi wik, lı cıfulo hoi ünhılun yë mötö fimösyös. Many little girls with wreaths of flowers on their heads danced around the bonfire.

öni doknü onö yë dıbo yë hülü in zohit et onö lı si zigil müt sokofü. The cover of the basket fell to the floor.

umo moskül xonluk kut onö yë gito onö niltügu si hoi zınkon kon gik. The first boy in the line stopped at the entrance.

hoi solwöc yë töxütsı bümi hoi limien yë nıwos cüti nıwos si ü umo wohi nokdo colot. On the top of the hill in a little hut lived a wise old woman.

hoi woküt yë kon nıwos yë fenüo londuluk onö ü nü bı ëto lı lö tö wowoë hoi comen zonwul onö. During our residence in the country we often walked in the pastures.

hoi woküt zık ü monodo sün sınsi cënbö ke lı gik. When will your guests from the city arrive?

hoi fëlkonö yë göyu onö yë xüto onö ü titon nı lı si ınfultin bı cies müt kılukü. Near the mouth of the river, its course turns sharply towards the East.

gıtno düi tohılök bümi ıwotë lı tıgoyo ü fenüo süböl yë bümi sël. Between the two lofty mountains lay a fertile valley.

gıtno gos lisik liun si inboli hünsık ıwotë. Among the wheat grew tall red poppies.

ölë ziziyo len onö yë ëto nomü onö lı ëo funlit sün bümi onö. The strong roots of the oak trees were torn from the ground.

binton lono onö bı sël gıtno tolën nomü dëko si mënyüu onö xe kelo. The sun looked down through the branches upon the children at play.

woyü fitikös üslëk söbo ënkömön mıslı kon okülo sütüö. The west wind blew across my face like a friendly caress.

küldü onö yë doi lı si tulutı sokofü bı tulkolyun. The spool of thread rolled across the floor.

dıbo yë gos xe liun, lı si totsı hoi kümun oboki. A box of growing plants stood in the Window.

noyo lı xowosë ëto. I am very happy.

küöxı nomü zingu öfo yünyoü ëto mötowo yë iskö küöxı. These oranges are juicy.

ximu xömütlö lı xöboi. Sea water is salty.

titon onö lı mülü yë umo. The streets are full of people.

bölfëlë süwit sobölë ëo süwit. Sugar tastes sweet.

mötö onö oncëmon ëo tüt The fire feels hot.

fos umo wohi xonluk cüti oncëmon tölki, lı xoinbo. The little girl seemed lonely.

motüo moskül yë umo moskül xonluk cüti bı kut fun lı si öni tulutı xömütlö. The little boy's father had once been a sailor.

noyo nocido si libü bolce nulun noyo. I have lost my blanket.

timiok yë wıkse cınöbu köson si nıwos niün hoi nomü onö yë küöxı hünsık süwit. A robin has built his nest in the apple tree.

hoi mutyu lono ü nü mokon si cöüfon nü hoi söbo titon. At noon we ate our lunch by the roadside.

umo Zönsu kös si öni wëtü oxon umo moskül xonluk cüti niün. Mr. Jones made a knife for his little boy.

ëtsö yë öitun niün lı xoinbo yë xowosë ëto. Their voices sound very happy.

lono öfo lı lono düsul ko. Is today Monday?

woloko onö lı si zigil sün nomü ko. Have all the leaves fallen from the tree?

nimü ke ondo si cızi hoi woküt ko. Will you be ready on time?

nimü ke lufono cukto öfo oxon noyo ko. Will you send this message for me?

nimü bı möcibo motsı noyo ko. Are you waiting for me?

öfo lı lözic mocko kut yë zomo kon lözic ko. Is this the first kitten of the litter?

foko mefüs wowoë öfo lı otıkon cënbö hön nimü ko. Are these shoes too big for you?

bı zık lı nulto ü xüto. How wide is the River?

küu tenkin. Listen.

küu sıtyo öfo yë fëlkonö noyo. Sit here by me.

ölë öfo küu lı ëo cosni möcibo ılık lono uklo. Keep this secret until tomorrow.

küu lı cok ofek nü. Come with us.

küu oköt sütüö nimü ofek nimü. Bring your friends with you.

küu diyondë bı cönkök. Be careful.

küu yünyoü yoüti iskö höncöü. Have some tea.

umo Bıpu ün zowo niün lı si sütüö ëto. Pip and his dog were great friends.

umo Zon ün umo Ilısopet lı sıskın. John and Elizabeth are brother and sister.

nimü ün noyo ke lı lö ofek xokön dizel. You and I will go together.

niün lı ëo but ölë möi zınkon ün kümun oboki. They opened all the doors and windows.

niün lı cüti lëkın len. He is small, but strong.

müt nomü öfo tö hiskünco İngulıc somo nomü Ök yodo nomü Mëpul ko. Is this tree an oak or a maple?

okoxu lı xoinbo in dëko mıslı zöi yodo düsul ko. Does the sky look blue or gray?

küu lı lö ofek motüo moskül yodo motüo wohi. Come with your father or mother.

noyo lı bicüon lëkın lı xowosë ëto. I am tired, but very happy.

niün kelo kontol tö yön in kontol yë mököfo in üslëk et küzoü niün. He played a tune on his wonderful flute.

müt könyëc yë wuto tukwos ü lono di ëto gosil eswen. Toward the end of August the days grow much shorter.

zomo cënbö yë umo güexo tulutı töxütsı bümi onö ün comen onö. A company of soldiers marched over the hill and across the meadow.

yogö kut yë kiso lı foko sunyotni ëto. The first part of the story is very interesting.

timiok nëlö onö müncoti yoüti ibüwë hoi xolu zilyois onö ün lı ëo cën ölë ximu müt dinzoü onö. The crow dropped some pebbles into the pitcher and raised the water to the brim.

ü lözic onö lı si hoküxı lı si liülë bı xowosë. The baby clapped her hands and laughed in glee.

küu niltügu kelo nimü küu lı homüs. Stop your game and be quiet.

ü tenkin yë yön in kontol di bı oltü eswen bı oltü eswen. The sound of the drums grew louder and louder.

nimü süko yogö üsën tüt yodo yogö üsën cunyü bı xön eswen ko. Do you like summer or winter better?

umo moskül xonluk ulyö ke cinli wüöt küzoü. That boy will have a wonderful trip.

niün cöüfon lisik yë hülü cöt ıwotë müt dumoko binë sıtyo hoi ünhılun yë mötö ün mokon nı. They popped corn, and then sat around the fire and ate it.

niün lı si bilüs hoi düi kelo kut lëkın nocido nı fëlcin. They won the first two games, but lost the last one.

küu gomi libü öfo yë köto fos cukto si, küu oköt müt motüo wohi nimü binë küu motsı zuwobü. Take this note, carry it to your mother; and wait for an answer.

noyo di si wili bı hëlxun öntön si bı fiki ün lı si lö sël müt cöüfon kut. I awoke early, dressed hastily, and went down to breakfast.

o. noyo doicël si nimü foxo. Aha! I have caught you!

doi öfo lı otıkon gosil ze. This string is too short!

oiyo. woyü üslëk si öni doknü wik noyo bı mönbılı. Oh, dear! the wind has blown my hat away!

oiyo. ü fısun nëös ulyö lı küyö löicök. Alas! that news is sad indeed!

oiyo. woyü cunyü ulyö lı ëo bukü ölë nosiko noyo foxo. Whew! that cold wind freezes my nose!

nimü lı zötëstö tüt bı ibüdü ko. Are you warm enough now?

niün tenkin si gongoxi hoi otıkon müun. They heard the warning too late.

nü lı umo möfi yübik fenüo nü. We are a brave people, and love our country.

möi mënyüu lı si gik lëkın mënyüu Meli. All the children came except Mary.

umo Zek ogolol züngö mülü yë ibüwë cüti lunsol nı müt zomo ximu. Jack seized a handful of pebbles and threw them into the lake.

nıwos cömël öfo lı si totsı hoi töxütsı bümi sël hoi yoüti mönbılı xe sün sınsi onö. This cottage stood on a low hill, at some distance from the village.

hoi bıtün hëlxun xön yë yogö üsën tüt ü düi umo nokdo sıtyo hoi wokto yë zınkon onö yë nıwos cömël niün. On a fine summer evening, the two old people were sitting outside the door of their cottage.

müt timiok nü somo timiok Zekö. Our bird's name is Jacko.

xüto onö fısun titon onö müt xömütlö. The river knows the way to the sea.

oütö ximu lı lö bı cok mıslı timiok xikö. The boat sails away, like a bird on the wing.

niün dëko si bı ëto diyondë hoi möi ünhılun lëkın dëko yök fın. They looked cautiously about, but saw nothing.

nıwos cüti yünyoü si son küncien xe lı küncien kon sıtyo lı küncien kon conzodo lı küncien kon cöüfon yë cüti ëto. The little house had three rooms, a sitting room, a bedroom, and a tiny kitchen.

nü monodo si sınsi cüti yë sıskın moskül yë motüo noyo et xe lı sınsi cüti yë cënbö möi en nucoto. We visited my uncle's village, the largest village in the world.

nü bëüdo fın nëös hoi xokön lono. We learn something new each day.

socok gufuyo onö hoi tiü ëfun yë hëlxun eswen hön wëxön öfo. The market begins five minutes earlier this week.

nimü yosten si otıkon cënbö yë mönbılı ko. Did you find the distance too great?

küu lı fiki noi umo xonluk. Hurry, children.

noi umo wohi xëntil ü noyo ke fütsün hükun nimü. Madam, I will obey your command.

hoi öfo xe lı sël yë nomü öfo, ü niün müt monodo niün lı cüdo si cöüfon yë xön ëto. Here under this tree they gave their guests a splendid feast.

hön yogö üsën cunyü ü noyo di wili hoi bıtün öntön tö küon füus sëlbö. In winter I get up at night, and dress by yellow candlelight.

küu köto yogö fëlcin yë kiso ulyö bı dizel. Tell the last part of that story again.

küu lı fiki yodo ü nimü ke lı otıkon müun. Be quick or you will be too late.

nimü ke lı lö ofek nü ko yodo motsı hoi öfo ko. Will you go with us or wait here?

niün bı möi woküt öntön fın yë ëtsö bis et fos bı sodolun ölë nı lı si ëo funlit hoi dinzoü, ün hoi lono cunyü lı yök lohot. She was always, shabby, often ragged, and on cold days very uncomfortable.

küu goniso bı kut binë küu tüu. Think first and then act.

noyo lı si totsı mıslı müxi cüti yë umo wohi xonluk hoi sıtyo xe lı uklo müt kümun oboki, ün dëko si bölfëlë ximu bukü zigil. I stood, a little mite of a girl, upon a chair by the window, and watched the falling snowflakes.

müt monodo onö küu möniso bëiku öfo noi mënyüu noyo ün müt niün küu köto ıtıhos gonzil nı. Show the guests these shells, my son, and tell them their strange history.

küu lı xowosë hön xünyu fın lëkın hön xön möi nimü. Be satisfied with nothing but your best.

nü goniso niün mıslı sütüö cöünton nü. We consider them our faithful friends.

nü ölë boxö öfo ke lı ëo nıwos nü. We will make this place our home.

cüi nomü onö ölë nıwos niün lı ëo tüt ün lohot tö födoloc nulun ün woloko. The squirrels make their nests warm and snug with soft moss and leaves.

umo wohi cüti köson öntön yë döcui umo tö cızi niün. The little girl made the doll's dress herself.

noyo lı ëo tönkö ölë cızi noyo. I hurt myself.

hoi öhël niün köto müt cızi niün. She was talking to herself.

niün möniso si cızi niün xe köi lı oksiös yë imon. He proved himself trustworthy.

nü köi dëko cızi nü hoi ximu. We could see ourselves in the water.

küu tüu nı tö cızi nimü. Do it yourself.

noyo oncëmon xulmındo yë noyo. I feel ashamed of myself.

küu sıtyo hoi öfo ofek cızi nimü tölki. Sit here by yourself.

ü öntön yë mënyüu wohi cüti yë hondon kon hükun lı fos müt nı zohit si inboli xe lı inboli centık yë küöcyo. The dress of the little princess was embroidered with roses, the national flower of the Country.

niün öntön si öntön wik hünsık xe lı ostok onö yë fölni. They wore red caps, the symbol of liberty.

ofek niün xe mıslı foko mefüs nü, nü lı yök ösölë yë bongösi. With him as our protector, we fear no danger.

möi fın moxo niün xe lı bolce kümun lı listo lı towë, lı fos bı cies wëko si nı hoi dıbo. All her finery, lace, ribbons, and feathers, was packed away in a trunk.

lı si xoinbo ü fos niün wohi lı hulükö, oldıs goniso yë niün moskül mıslı towë timiok. Light he thought her, like a feather.

hön xokön yogö üsën niök ün yogö üsën kon kudüdo ü mënyüu yë sıskın motüo et nü cıfü kon monodo kildo müt nü. Every spring and fall our cousins pay us a long visit.

hoi biömu këlös nü ü hülü onö bı möcibo lı lünti hön yogö üsën cunyü. In our climate the grass remains green all winter.

umo moskül xonluk onö xe oköt si tömös onö, lı si cok. The boy who brought the book has gone.

öfo lı inboli onö fos niün lı si ëo kölmüdul ölë nı. These are the flowers that you ordered.

noyo nocido si tömös onö fos niün müt noyo cüdo nı. I have lost the book that you gave me.

öni wëtodü micin xe yünyoü oütö ximu onö, hoi ibüdü bı len sölü cıfü. The fisherman who owned the boat now demanded payment.

küu lı gik hoi fos nimü lı xokülü. Come when you are called.

noyo ke lı gö hoi nıwos noyo hön hüzon. I shall stay at home if it rains.

hön fos niün dëko noyo, niün niltügu si. When he saw me, he stopped.

küu lı liülë müt noyo nënko fos lı xoinbo ü fos noyo lı göwo löicök. Do not laugh at me because I seem so absent minded.

noyo bı ilxizuk ke cüdo tömös onö fos nimü buswen nı. I shall lend you the books that you need.

küu lı gik hoi lono xolxili uklo hëlxun hön fos nimü köi lı gik. Come early next Monday if you can.

hön fos nimü lı gik bı hëlxun, küu motsı hoi titon küncien. If you come early, wait in the hall.

noyo yünyoü si sıskın moskül yë xonluk eswen et Ontöniö. I had a younger brother whose name was Antonio.

lı umo cüti Gunön xe nıwos bümi sël. Gnomes are little men who live under the ground.

xokön umo yübik niün nënko wëilun xëntil niün. He is loved by everybody, because he has a gentle disposition.

küu ogolol küdu onö binë noyo köi lı lö ogolol öntön wik noyo. Hold the horse while I run and get my cap.

noyo yosten si wutun zixitü onö fos noyo nocido. I have found the ring I lost.

küu kontol ün noyo ke kontol bı öitun. Play and I will sing.

ulyö lı kiso yë yoümok möi et onö en fos noyo hoi xokön woküt tenkin si. That is the funniest story I ever heard.

niün wohi lı ıwotë eswen en sıskın moskül niün. She is taller than her brother.

niün lı yök colot eswen en nü. They are no wiser than we.

küon tulutı bı fiki eswen en tenkin. Light travels faster than sound.

nü yünyoü woküt eswen en niün. We have more time than they.

niün yünyoü sütüö eswen en umo xe dën niün. She has more friends than enemies.

niün yünyoü muni yë cüti ëto ün ofek hünsüon niün ün tiü mënyüu nıwos boxö sël cüti yë mököfo nomü ün ibüwë. He was very poor, and with his wife and five children lived in a little low cabin of logs and stones.

hoi fos woyü üslëk si, öni tulutı onö ölë öntön libü ünhılun si niün bı fëlkonö eswen. When the wind blew, the traveler wrapped his mantle more closely around him.

noyo lı gufıs hön fos nü köi lı lö. I am sure that we can go.

nü lı si dukwëlıt müt boxö fos nü dëko si inboli onö hoi. We went back to the place where we saw the roses.

"nomü öfo lı cën yë tiü dus kildo xokön," lı fos öni liun gos köto si. "This tree is fifty feet high," said the gardener.

noyo goniso fos ü oütö kiskö öfo lı cok hoi tiü ëfun yë hëlxun eswen hön lono öfo. I think that this train leaves five minutes earlier today.

ü goniso noyo lı fos öni böklön ke cüdo yünlön müt niün. My opinion is that the governor will grant him a pardon.

mötifö fos niün lı cok si sün sınsi, lı nosö. Why he has left the city is a mystery.

ü nıwos onö lı totsı hoi fos son titon monodo möi dizel. The house stands where three roads meet.

niün yünyoü ëto eswen muni en düuncit. He has far more money than brains.

bı wuktomü ü zınkon ulyö hoi xünyu woküt lı but hön hülü ıwotë ün gos cënbö lı si niök fëlkonö dën nı. Evidently that gate is never opened, for the long grass and the great hemlocks grow close against it.

noyo monodo si umo yë nıwos cüti et cüti; fos niün lı nokdo yë tukwos üsën, lı fos niün köto si. I met a little cottage girl; she was eight years old, she said.