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== Southern hemisphere == | == Southern hemisphere == | ||
There are no nouns in Tlön's conjectural ''Ursprache''. There are only: impersonal verbs qualified by monosyllabic suffixes (or prefixes) of adverbial value. There's no word that corresponds to the noun 'moon', but there is a verb 'to moon'. So the sentence "The moon rose above the river" would be: | There are no nouns in Tlön's conjectural ''Ursprache''. There are only: ''impersonal verbs qualified by monosyllabic suffixes (or prefixes) of adverbial value''. There's no word that corresponds to the noun 'moon', but there is a verb 'to moon'. So the sentence "The moon rose above the river" would be: | ||
::'''hlör u fang axaxaxas mlö''' | ::'''hlör u fang axaxaxas mlö''' | ||
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== Northern hemisphere == | == Northern hemisphere == | ||
Here the primordial component is the monosyllabic adjective, not the verb. The noun is formed accumulation of adjectives. One doesn't say 'moon', one says 'aerial-clear over dark-round' or 'orange-dim-of the sky' or any other addition. | Here ''the primordial component is the monosyllabic adjective, not the verb. The noun is formed accumulation of adjectives''. One doesn't say 'moon', one says 'aerial-clear over dark-round' or 'orange-dim-of the sky' or any other addition. | ||
There are plenty of ideal objects in the literature of this hemisphere, assembled and dissolved in an instant, according to poetic needs. There are objects composed of two terms: one of visual character and one of auditory character: the color of the rising sun, and the remote cry of a bird. There are some made of many: | There are plenty of ideal objects in the literature of this hemisphere, assembled and dissolved in an instant, according to poetic needs. There are objects composed of two terms: one of visual character and one of auditory character: the color of the rising sun, and the remote cry of a bird. There are some made of many: | ||
*the sun and the water against the swimmer's breast | *the sun and the water against the swimmer's breast | ||
*the faint tremulous pink that one sees with the eyes shut | *the faint tremulous pink that one sees with the eyes shut | ||
*the feeling of letting yourself | *the feeling of letting yourself be carried away by the river, or slumber. | ||
Those second grade objects can be combined with others, the process, by way of some abbreviations, is practically endless. There are famous poems composed of only one huge word. This word becomes part of a poetic object created by the author. The languages of Tlön's northern hemisphere possess all the nouns of the IE languages, and many more. | ''Those second grade objects can be combined with others, the process, by way of some abbreviations, is practically endless. There are famous poems composed of only one huge word''. This word becomes part of a poetic object created by the author. ''The languages of Tlön's northern hemisphere possess all the nouns of the IE languages, and many more.'' | ||
== Other words == | == Other words == | ||
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|+Grades of hrönir | |+Grades of hrönir | ||
!" align="center"|I grade | !" align="center" width: 150px;" |I grade | ||
!" align="center"|II grade | !" align="center" width: 150px;" |II grade | ||
!" align="center"|III grade | !" align="center" width: 150px;" |III grade | ||
!" align="center"|IV grade | !" align="center" width: 150px;" |IV grade | ||
!" align="center"|V grade | !" align="center" width: 150px;" |V grade | ||
!" align="center"|VI grade | !" align="center" width: 150px;" |VI grade | ||
!" align="center"|VII grade | !" align="center" width: 150px;" |VII grade | ||
!" align="center"|VIII grade | !" align="center" width: 150px;" |VIII grade | ||
!" align="center"|IX grade | !" align="center" width: 150px;" |IX grade | ||
!" align="center"|X grade | !" align="center" width: 150px;" |X grade | ||
!" align="center"|XI grade | !" align="center" width: 150px;" |XI grade | ||
!" align="center"|XII grade | !" align="center" width: 150px;" |XII grade | ||
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|" align="center"|cruder form, <br /> | |" align="center"|cruder form, <br /> | ||
little longer | little longer | ||
|" align="center"| | |" align="center"|exaggerate | ||
the aberrations | the aberrations | ||
|" align="center"|worse than | |" align="center"|worse than | ||
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to decay | to decay | ||
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==See also== | |||
*[[User:Chrysophylax/hlör|Chrysophylax/hlör]] | |||