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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: | ||