Primer

I.
Can you see the sea?
Are there ships on it?
Yes, I can see the sea; and I can see the ships on it.
There are two ships on the sea.
Can you see the two ships on it?
Yes, I can see them.
I can see that there are two ships on the sea.
	I see the sea.
	I see two ships on it.
	I see that there are two ships.
	Can you see that the two ships are on the sea?
	Yes, I can see that they are there.


II.
"What color is smoke?"
"I have seen gray smoke, and I have seen black smoke."
"Have you seen black smoke come from a ship?"
"Yes; I have seen smoke as black as ink come from ships."
"But not all ink is black.  I have seen blue ink, and I have seen red ink.  
Have you not seen red ink?"
 "Yes, I have seen red ink, and I have seen blue ink."


III.
"Can you tell me the color of the sea?"
"No, I cannot tell you that.  No one can tell the color of the sea.  
I have seen the sea blue, and I have seen it green."
"You say that you have seen the sea blue, and that you have seen it green.  
Then let us say that the color of the sea is blue-green."
"Yes, we may say that it is blue-green."
"Do you know all of the colors?"
"Yes, I know all of the colors.  This ink is black; that ink is red; the ink there 
on the table is blue.  This book is green and that book is gray."


IV.
I—the—.
Is this—sea?
This—the—.
Is there a—on the sea?
There are—ships—the sea.
Do you—all the ships out there on the—?
Yes, and——the black—that comes——.
The wind—the smoke—over——.
Do you—that—?  It goes——my old home.
Have—seen the ink?
I have—the black—, not—red—.
What color—the—that you—there?
This ink is—.
What color——books?
One—is red, and—book—black.
I—the—book; I have—seen the black—.
The red——.