Re: Poetry Translation Challenge
| From: | taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 24, 2005, 10:41 |
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* Gary Shannon said on 2005-11-24 07:46:23 +0100
> Just for fun: Translate this poem to your favorite
> conlang:
>
> -- elokuno animata --
>
> ami i anke e atelu
^^^^ ^
i u
Don't you mean "anki", "sky" here? Harmonizes better with the following
line too.
> ami i anlu e asoli
u i
> aki isi anikoto u ami
Here there's an "u"...
> alami ikanto anofi ami
But not here? What gives? Guess: One is a noun, one is an adjective. But
not marked as such in the dictionary.
> uwe ate ipo ikila?
"anlu", "asoli", "anikoto", "alami", "ikanto", "anofi",
do not exist in the official dictionary, which threw me at first.
English:
I am sky and world
I am moon and sun
Day watches my work
Night sings my happiness
Can you understand?
t., who lacks a word for moon and possibly work
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