Re: C-14 interlinear
| From: | Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 13, 2004, 20:16 |
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--- Rodlox <Rodlox@...> skrev:
> fish breathes water
> bapahnaq 'ehuu
> water-breathe fish
>
> fish breathe in water
> bapah bapahhaq 'ehuu
> water, water-breathe fish
> [the initial 'water' is (context? enviroment?)]
> ['naq' becomes 'haq' if it's attached to a word that
> is repeated]
>
> in water, fish breathe air
> bapah aggoolnaq 'ehuu
>
This reminds me this famous poem from Christian
Morgenstern, called 'Fisches Nachtgesang: das tiefste
deutsche Gedicht' ('Night Fish Song: the deepest
German poem'; to enjoy it fully, please rotate either
your head 90° clockwise, either your screen 90°
anticlockwise):
FISCHES NACHTGESANG
( ( ( (
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( ( ( ( ( (
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Philippe Caquant
Ceterum censeo *vi* esse oblitterandum (Me).