Test cases.txt in Anoé

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• ,on–ofel ló. (I.e. al-ló)
• A cow is an animal. (I.e. is a member of a class.)
• One animal is a cow. (I.e. an example from a class)
• The cow is black. (I.e. has a given attribute.)
• The cow is in the pasture. (I.e. is at the specified location.)

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

• This horse is here. (at this place)
• That horse is there. (or over there, at a more distant place)
• The cow is somewhere else. (at an unspecified place)
• These horses are everywhere. (or "are scattered around" or some concept to that effect)
• Those men are far away.
• The women are gone.

PREPOSITIONS or other things somewhat like them

• The cows are going out of the pasture. (The cows are leaving the pasture.)
• The cow is walking around the house. (Implying outside the house.)
• The woman is walking around the house. (Implying inside the house.)
• The man is going into the house. (The man is entering the house.)
• The woman is by the pasture. (near or adjacent to)
• The horse is walking by. (passing by, or walking past)
• The man is on the horse. (on top of, or upon)
• The cow is outside of the house. (out of, or not inside of)
• The horse is going to the pasture. (as toward a destination)
• The woman gives the grass to the cows. (as a recipient of something given)
• The grass is for the horse. (for the use or benefit of)
• The horse walked to the pasture for grass. (I.e. in order to get grass)
• The cow is walking with the horse. (accompanying)
• The man is looking at the cow. (toward, in the direction of)
• The cow jumps over the water.
• The horse walks through the water.
• The woman walks under the tree.
• The horse stands against the tree.
• The man stands between the horse and the cow.
• The woman walks before the horse. (in front of)
• The horse walks behind the man.
• The horse eats after the cow. (sequence in time)
• The cow eats before the horse. (sequence in time)
• The man walks up the hill.
• The cow walks down the hill.
• The man walks away. (I.e. away from the location of the speaker)
• The cow walks away from the man.
• The woman walks toward the horse.
• The man walks here. (I.e. The man approaches the speaker.)
• The horse stands to the right of the cow.
• The cow stands to the left of the horse.
• The horses are all together.
• The cows are to the north.
• The horses are walking northward.
• The water moves inward. (toward a point possibly from different directions)
• The water moves outward. (away from a point possibly in different directions)

TENSES, VOICES, PRONOUNS and so forth

• I am leaving. (Describing an event currently happening.)
• I am leaving. (Describing an intended event about to happen.)
• I am leaving. (Showing immediacy or ugrgency.)
• Leave! (Imperative)
• Let's leave. (Suggesting or requesting action.)
• I see the cows.
• You saw the horses. (You singular)
• He will see the man.
• She will see the house.
• He/she has seen the cows. (Gender neutral singular pronoun, if any)
• We will see it.
• I see myself in the water.
• He gave himself some food.
• Do not talk to yourself.
• I was seen by the man.
• I built a house. (for someone else)
• I built a house. (for myself, if you nave a middle voice)

OTHER VERB MODIFICATIONS

• You must see the man. (You plural)
• We must not see you.
• They may see the horses. (I.e. granting permission)
• She may not go near the horses.
• They can see the cows. (I.e. stating ability to do the action)
• The tree can not see anything.
• You should not talk to animals.
• She made the women happy. (I.e. cause a change in state)
• The men made themselves unhappy.

ADVERBS or things that act like them

• The man walks slowly.
• The horse walks quickly.

FOREIGN NAMES or words that don't fit your phonology or morphology

• I saw John and Marsha.
• Julius Ceasar did not see Christopher Columbus.

ADJECTIVES and other ways to modify a noun

• I saw the black cow.
• He saw the big black horse.
• We saw the man who has two cows.
• The woman on the horse saw us walk by.

QUESTIONS

• Where are the horses?
• Where are the cows going?
• Is this a dog?
• Do you have horses?
• How many cows does he have?
• What kind of animal is that?
• What is that?
• Who has the biggest horse?
• Who's cow is this?

DEPENDANT, COINCIDENT AND CONTINGENT EVENTS

• He saw the horse drink the water. (I.e. He saw this: The horse drank the water.)
• I will stand here until the old man comes back. (returns to this place)
• He talks while he walks.
• He is happy because his cows came back.
• He is sad that his horses went away.
• He likes talking with the woman. (I.e. He likes this: He talks to the woman.)

DISAMBIGUATION

• John saw the man enter his house. ("his" meaning John's house)
• John saw the man enter his house. ("his" meaning the man's house)

POSSESSION

• The man's horse is not here.
• My cow is here.
• Your cow is in the pasture. (You singular)
• His horses are there.
• Her dogs are in the house.
• His/her house is far away. (Gender neutral pronoun if any)
• Our house is near. (I.e. near here)
• Your house is far away. (You plural)
• Their horses are not in the house.

COMPARISONS

• The horse is as big as the cow.
• The cow is bigger than the man.
• This cow is the man's biggest animal.
• My dog is the smallest one.
• That dog is almost as big as a horse.

CORE VOCABULARY

• The four seasons are summer, fall, winter, and spring. (or whatever applies on your planet)

OTHER KEY CONCEPTS - some questions to be addressed

• What number base does your conlang use?
• What is your system of weights and measures?
• What is your system of time measurement, clocks and calandars?
• How is the color wheel divided up?
• What are the color names used by your language?

Required Vocabulary

• can (is able) may (is permitted) must should
• to_be build drink eat give go have jump leave make(cause to happen) move see stand talk walk
• here there everywhere somewhere left right north
• this that these those all some
• and not
• anything
• animal cow dog food grass hill horse house man pasture water woman
• I you he she he/she it we you (pl) they
• himself myself themselves yourself
• big (bigger biggest) black far happy (unhappy) old small (smallest)