The Hobbit in Emoji Language
Rendition of the first paragraph of The Hobbit (1937) in the Emoji Language, on the occasion of J. R. R. Tolkien's 130th birthday.
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โ โณ๐ค โ
๐
โ โ๏ธโณ๏ธ โ ๐ช โ
1๏ธโฃ๐
๐๐ฐ
โ ๐ฒ๐ฅณ โ
๐กโฌ ๏ธ โณ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ณ๏ธ โฐ โณ๏ธโฌ ๏ธ ๐ฅโณ โฐ
โโณ๏ธโฌ ๏ธ ๐ฟโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธ โฐ ๐ฎ๐ฌโณ๏ธ โ๐ชฑโน๏ธโน๏ธโโณ๐ฝ โฐ
โโณ๏ธโฌ ๏ธ ๐๏ธโโ๐๏ธโ๐๏ธ๐ณ๏ธ โฐ โ๐โฌ ๏ธ ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐คณ๐ โฐ
โณ๏ธโฌ ๏ธ ๐ โณ๐ค๐ณ๏ธ
โ ๐ฃ๏ธ ๐ค ๐ณ ๐ฅฐโณ๏ธโฌ ๏ธ ๐ ๐ณ โช๏ธ๐๐
Interlinear Translation
โ
"
โณ๐ค
ground-person
โ
"
"The Hobbit"
๐
or
or
โ
"
โ๏ธโณ๏ธ
far.away-being
โ
and
๐ช
returning
โ
"
"Being far away and returning"
1๏ธโฃ๐
๐๐ฐ
1-ORD-book-part
First Chapter
โ
"
๐ฒ๐ฅณ
surprising-party
โ
"
A surprising party.
๐กโฌ
๏ธ
dwell-PST
โณ๐ค
ground-person[NOM]
๐ฅ๐ณ๏ธ
inside-hole
โฐ
REL
โณ๏ธโฌ
๏ธ
be-PST
๐ฅโณ
inside-ground
โฐ
REL
A hobbit lived in a hole that was in the ground.
โโณ๏ธโฌ
๏ธ
NEG-be-PST
๐ฟโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธ
evil-and-dirty-and-wet-hole
โฐ
REL
๐ฎ๐ฌโณ๏ธ
SUBJ-filled-be
โ๐ชฑโน๏ธโน๏ธโโณ๐ฝ
INS-worm-end-PL-and-ground-smell
โฐ
REL
[It] was not an evil, and dirty, and wet hole that would be filled with ends of worms and earthy smell.
โโณ๏ธโฌ
๏ธ
NEG-be-PST
๐๏ธโโ๐๏ธโ๐๏ธ๐ณ๏ธ
dry-and-simple-and-sandy-hole
โฐ
REL
โ๐โฌ
๏ธ
NEG-have-PST
๐ช๐๐๐
sitting-or-eating-place[ACC]
๐ฅ๐คณ๐
inside-REFL-3SG
โฐ
REL
[It] was not a dry, and simple, and sandy hole that didn't have a place to sit or eat in it.
โณ๏ธโฌ
๏ธ
be-PST
๐
3SG
โณ๐ค๐ณ๏ธ
ground-person-hole
It was a hobbit-hole.
โ
and
๐ฃ๏ธ
tell
๐
DIST[NOM]
๐ณ
SUB
๐ฅฐโณ๏ธโฌ
๏ธ
comfortable-be-PST
๐
3SG
๐ณ
SUB
โช๏ธ๐๐
to-1PL
And that tells us that it was comfortable.
Glossing Abbreviations
1 | first person pronoun |
3 | third person pronoun |
ACC | accusative case |
DIST | distal demonstrative |
INS | instrumental prefix |
NEG | negation prefix |
NOM | nominative case |
ORD | ordinal suffix |
PL | plural number |
PST | past tense |
REFL | reflexive prefix |
REL | relative pronoun |
SG | singular number |
SUB | subordinate (content) clause |
SUBJ | subjunctive mood prefix |
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