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In there close translation, please note that the articles have been rendered as pronouns in English, because there are so few articles in English that it is much closer to use pronouns. And Da Mätz se Basa does not distinguish between articles and pronouns anyway.

H	Äna Babel se Turm	in_him Babel his tower
1	De du Wirl was ein Basa on än Wurt.	He all world was one language and one:pl word
2	Nadat di fona Si hat los, fin di n'Äbe äna Peis fan „Sina“ on do sätel di.	After_that they from_him East has start, find they a plain in_him land of Shin'ar and there settle they.
3	Un di zi sach: „Lat utz ni Bräk mach on di brän!“ Un di is brän se Bräk was fädi di Kamün, on ne Möcke was fädi ne Speis.	And they each_other says: let us a:pl brick make and they burn! And the they burn his brick was for_they they stone, and a clay was for_they a morter.
4	Un di sach: „Lei! Wa wirt utz ne Kota on ne zü äna Zän se Kop se Turm bau, on wa mach utz ne Nam, fir nich irde du Meil is foteil nä.“	And they says: Come! We will us a city and a go in_him heaven/sky his head his tower build, and we make us a name, for not over_he all earth distribute no.
5	Ba de Hir lei bäji ur, fir di Mätz mach se Kota on se Turm sä.	But he Lord come under to_they, for_that they they human make his city and his tower sees
6	Un de Hir sach: „Do is ein Popo, on ein Basa is do fädi du, on lodat di dodur de du mach, säo is gätz nix mir nich knöng nä.“	And he Lord says: There is one people, and one language is there for_they all, and if they through_that he all make, then is now nothing more not possible no.
7	„Lei! Wa zü ur on kofün dänir Basa, on di zi wirt nich mir pam nä.“	Come! We go under, and confuse them his language, and they each_other will not more understand no.
8	Un de Hir foteil di irde du Meil, on di tämin de Kota bau.	And he Lord distribute they over_he all earth, and they terminate he city build.
9	Dom heis de Kota „Babel“, ombat de Hir do da du Wirl se Basa hat kofün ja, on ombat de Hir fon do di Mätz irde du Meil hat foteil ja.	Because_of_that is_called he city Babel, because_that he Lord there he him all world his language has confuse yes, and because_that he Lord from there they human over_he all earth has distribute yes.

'Cogito, ergo sum.' = 'Ich dänk, dom is ich.'

'Veni, vidi, vici.' = 'Ich hat lai, ich hat sä, ich hat nang.'

'kyboi aneriphto.' = 'Di Seitz is fäl ja.'

Got sach: 'Lich is to!' Un Lich was ja höma.

'Non sapevo che tu fossi on filosofo.' = 'Ich hat nich weis dat diu ne filsof is nä.'

This is an updated version in modern grammar.

'If you ask your mother, she'll tell you will pleasure how to prepare your favorite food.

She'll tell you: go to the kitchen and get beef, potatoes, water, oat or wheat flour, butter, oil, many onions, salt, pepper, Chinese five spices powder and 'Häsape' sauce.

Mince the meat, onions and potatoes, put the minced mixture in a bowl and add salt and pepper. But don't take too much salt!

Now make a dough from water, butter, pepper, Chinese five spices powder and the sauce and in order to fill it, put the minced mixture on it in chunks.

Put it into a sieve and fry in the oil.'

This is an updated version in modern grammar.