Colourless green ideas

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Re: Colourless green ideas

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Sajiwan:
Dem gwin ayja nahf no kola u slip fiyas.
[dem gyːn ɐjˈɟʝɐ nɐːf no ˈkolɐ u slip ˈfijɐs]
DEF.PL green idea NEG.have NEG.INDEF colour HAB sleep fierce
Green ideas without colour sleep fiercely.

Depending on the exact meaning, one could translate "Gwin ayja-dem" instead of "Dem gwin ayja" - the former may refer to a specific (though indefinite) group of green ideas, while the latter is more generic.


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Re: Colourless green ideas

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enon tsakum mue sahi moku
/ɛːnon t͡saːkum mʷe saːɦi moːku/
be.angry-ADV idea-PL without color sleep
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

Could also be "enohan" for "very angry ~ furious" and "sahimue" indicating the abessive rather than a preposition.
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Re: Colourless green ideas

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:con: Naguil

Dinnenes landi ferbienes mylies merdi inela verbeles.
/'dinːɛnɛs 'landi 'fɛːrbjɛnɛs 'myːliɛs 'mɛːrdi i'neːla 'vɛːrbɛlɛs/
Dinn-enes land-i ferb-ienes myl-ies merd-i i-nel-a verb-eles.
hit-NOM.PL mind-ATTR green-ADJ.NOM.PL missing-ADJ.NOM.PL color-ATTR 3PL-sleep-PRS wild-ADJ.TMP.PL
Green mind-hits missing-color sleep wildly.
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Re: Eco-anxiety

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:con: 3SDL:
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(concepts of protecting nature, this concepts not used by men above, this concepts whose invisibility making showing teeth for me...)
(my)ecological ideas without political color are dormant which makes me furious
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Re: Colourless green ideas

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:con: Ẹlnk

Hâ hõ púnt an pleo sìl witl.
hâ hõ púnt an pleo sìl witl
ART.GNOM idea without any color sleep caged.animal
[ha˧˩‿ho˥ˀ punt˩˥‿an˩ pleo̯˩ sil˥˩ wit͡ɬ˩]
Green ideas without color sleep furiously.

If it's a specific group of green ideas, replace with , or with a if they were already the subject of conversation (though I doubt this is the intention, ’cause then we'd say "the colorless green ideas [...]" in the English of it).

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  • [ho˥ˀ] "idea, thought" < OE þōht
  • púnt [punt˩˥] "without" < OE būtan
  • an [an˩] "any, at all; negative-polarity intensifier" < OE æniġ
  • pleo [pleo˩] "color; emotional state" < OE blēo
  • sìl [sil˥˩] "to sleep" < OE stille (stillan)
  • witl [wit͡ɬ˩] "angry, furious, raging, frantic, caged-animal" < OE wilde
  • may be used to make a gnomic statement
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Re: Colourless green ideas

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:con: Abaniscen
Helesh i secar unia i uniahay coynemor iles suhtin.
he<le>sh i secar unia i unia-hay coy-nemor i<le>s suhtin
[héːlɛʃʲi sɛˈkáːɾũɲɑ ʔʲiˈʔṹːɲɑhɑj ˈkóːjnɛ̃mɔ ɾʲiˈléːsːuʰtʰĩn]
thought<OBL> REL grass colour REL colour-NEG sleep-PL REL:PL anger
Thoughts that are the colour of colourless grass sleep with anger.
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