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One fish...

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:00 pm
by Lostntym8
εἱς ἰχθύς, δύο ἰχθῦς, ἰχθύς κόκκινος, ἰχθύς ὑακίνθινος

I'm trying to capture in Koine Greek the thought; One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.

How well have I done?

Re: One fish...

Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:46 am
by mwh
But how many fish are red and how many are blue? The English has ambiguity the Greek cannot.

Re: One fish...

Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:53 pm
by Markos
Lostntym8 wrote:εἱς ἰχθύς, δύο ἰχθῦς, ἰχθύς κόκκινος, ἰχθύς ὑακίνθινος

I'm trying to capture in Koine Greek the thought; One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.

How well have I done?
You've done well, Scott.

ἰχθύς τις.
νῦν δὲ ἰχθύε.
ὁ μὲν ἐρυθρός, ἡ δὲ κυάνη!