Re: Interbeing

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."
Besser spät als nie, je suppose.

In Géarthnuns:

Chí öls dhbirtel lü cha sönsat che ösíthseb hengetheb bö tel. Vaçte
vau miçnakhalömsauv va söpsas, va fups la ba miçnakh kalokh, kfö vau
miçnakhalömsauv va fupsas, vauk bumsaup la ba gaief kalokh. Vauk
bumsaup la orha ba gaief haukalokh sho, fe ösígs íaüleg la hemiçnakh.
Hengeveçö che ösíths zhö cha söns lüs shaugenöi. Ví hakfafs
"shaugenöi"latöif la fí hakfafs, chílít seth lív chí hakfalígefrölsív
zçírhef sho, nöi, arkfö sí la, gü síl la helkeveçö chö erubsöb
hengeböb chnezeu rhad ba nöi haudaikh sho, övaz.

chí    the [6th declension, affirmative, singular]
öls    poet [6th decl., aff., nominative, sing.]
dhbirtel    genuine, true, real [6th decl., aff., nom., sing.]
lü     transcendent tense
cha   the [4th decl., aff., sing.]
sönsat   cloud [4th decl., aff., accusative, sing.]
che   the [7th decl., aff., sing.]
ösíthseb  paper [7th decl., aff., postpositional, sing.]
hengetheb  this  [7th decl., aff., post., sing.]
bö   in
tel   see
vaçte  because
vau  the [2nd decl., negative, sing.]
miçnakhalömsauv  there.being [2nd decl., neg., locative, sing.]
va  the [4th decl., neg., sing.]
söpsas  cloud [4th decl., neg., genitive, sing.]
fups  rain [4th decl., neg., nom., sing.]
la  present tense
ba  verbal linker (like "to", "zu", "te", "att", etc.)
miçnakh  there.be
kalokh  can
kfö and (links verbs or clauses)
fupsas  rain [4th decl., neg., genitive, sing.]
vauk  the [2nd decl., neg., plural]
bumsaup  trees  [2nd decl., neg., nom., pl.]
gaief  grow
orha  and, moreover (a connector which must immediately follow the auxiliary)
haukalokh  can, be able to [speculative mood]
sho  (marks the end of a subordinate clause; I liken it to the
Japanese "to" or "-tte" of indirect discourse)
fe  a [7th decl., neg., sing.]
ösígs  paper [7th decl., neg., nom., sing.]
íaüleg  any [7th decl., neg., nom., sing.] (not absolutely necessary,
but add emphasis)
hemiçnakh   there.be [conclusive mood]
hengeveçö  thus, in this way
zhö  and (links nouns, adjectives, postpositional phrases, etc.)
söns  cloud [4th decl., aff., nom., sing.]
lüs     transcendent tense [reflexive voice]
shaugenöi  interbe (this is not a legit word; I tried to capture the
quirkiness of the original. "nöi" means "be"; "shauge" implies a
"completing" or "filling in". Extra quirkiness is added by making
what should be an intransitive verb reflexive {they
fill.in.be/coexist each other}. I think Géarthçins speakers would do
a double-take similar to what "interbe" causes in me as an English
speaker.)
ví    the [6th decl., neg., sing.]
hakfafs  word [6th decl., neg., nom., sing.]
"shaugenöi"latöif interbe  [6th decl., neg., nom., sing.] ("-latöib"
is an adjectival ending normally reserved for words of foreign
origin, but also used in constructions like this one; I liken it to
the Japanese "...to iu kotoba wa"
fí   a  [6th decl., neg., sing.]
chílít which [6th decl., neg.,acc., sing.]
seth  he, she, it [7th decl., aff., sing.]
lív  future tense [impersonal mood] (the construction "seth l-v..."
translates like French "on" or German "man")
hakfalígefrölsív dictionary [6th decl., aff., loc., sing.]
zçírhef  find
nöi   be
arkfö  but (links verbs or clauses)
sí  I [aff., nom., sing.]
gü  that (subordinating conjunction)
síl  he, she, it [6th decl., aff., sing.] (referring back to "hakfals", "word")
helkeveçö  thus, in that way
chö  the [1st decl., aff., sing.]
erubsöb  purpose, aim, goal  [1st decl., aff., post., sing.]
hengeböb  this [1st decl., aff., post., sing.]
chnezeu  exactly, precisely
rhad  for
haudaikh  ought to, have to, should [speculative mood]
övaz  think

And tomorrow, a lengthier opus on "Circumcision". Fear not, o
squeamish ones; it's not a medical treatise, but an excerpt
translated from the Hungarian novel "A Körülmetélés".  Tame stuff (so
far).

Kou

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