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Interbeing (long)

From:Jim Hopkins <espero9@...>
Date:Sunday, February 17, 2002, 14:28
In a message dated 2/17/02 8:20:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, joe@WANTAGE.COM
writes:

<<
 > --- Kala Tunu <kalatunu@...> wrote:
 > > David Peterson wrote:
 > > >>>
 > > "The true poet will see the cloud in this paper.
 > > For without a cloud there can
 > > be no rain, and without rain, trees can't grow, and
 > > if trees can't grow, there
 > > would be
 > > no paper.  In this way, the paper and the cloud
 > > interare.  The word 'interbe'
 > > isn't a word you'll find in the dictionary, but I
 > > think it should be, for just
 > > this purpose."

In Itláni this would be:

"Tá izmúit gadanlírek díni iíd iveréynan tá sashiróva yibyázha.
"Vár shás tá sashírey tá dozúl lapánya rá-makayára, véy shás tá dozúley,
"Tá derevushú etaráshya rá-makayáren, véy kashá tá derevushú etaráshya
"rá-makayáren, tá iveréyn rá-lapanyána.  Idaízhe, tá iveréyn véy tá sashír
"dazhemonyáren.  Tá gadán 'dazhemónya' díni tá gadansálan rá-zhanyína rúzay
"chonyáru ú  gavízhe idakín, aravyára.

tá - definite article, nondeclinable adjectival [the]
izmúit - adjective [true]
gadanlírek - compond noun, singular, from "gadán" [word], "lír" [wing], "-ek"
[agent], hence: "wordwinger" [someone who gives wings to words - poet]
díni - preposition requiring locative case [in]
iíd - nondeclinable demonstrative adjectival
iveréynan - noun, locative singular [paper]
tá - see above
sashiróva - noun, accusative singular from "sashír" [cloud - generic]
yibyázha - verb, 3rd person singular future from "yíbya" [to perceive]
vár - conjunction [because]
shás - preposition requiring prepositional case [without]
sashírey - prepositional case singular of "sashír" [cloud]
dozúl - noun, nominative singular [rain - generic]
lapánya - verb, infinitive [to exist]
rá-makayára - 3rd person singular negative present of the verb "makáya" [to
be able]
véy - conjunction [and]
dozúley - prepositional singular of the noun "dozúl" [rain]
derevushú - nominative plural of the noun "derevúsh" [tree]
etaráshya - infinitive [to grow]
rá-makayáren - 3rd person plural negative present of the verb "makáya" [to be
able]
kashá - conjunction [if]
iveréyn -  noun, nominative singular [paper]
rá-lapanyána - 3rd person singular conditional of the verb "lapánya" [to
exist]
idaízhe - adverb [thus]
dazhemonyáren - 3rd person plral present of the compound verb "dazhemónya"
[to inter-be]
gadán - nominative singular [word]
gadansálan - locative singular of the noun "gadansál" [word-collection =
dictionary]
rá-zhanyína - 3rd person singular passive conditional negative of the verb
"zhánya" [to find], hence: It would not be found
rúzay - conjunction [but]
chonyáru - 1st person singular active present of the verb "chónya" [to have
the opinion]
ú - conjunction [that]
gavízhe - adverb [exactly]
idakín - adverbial [for this reason]
aravyára - 3rd person singular active present of the verb "arávya" [to ought
(no English equivalent)]


Whew!

Jim H