Aiya! I've got my hands on Pavel Iosad's VT43. I'm very glad I was able see it at last, and it is excellent. Thanks, Carl! However, I'm writing to ask you a...
Once again, for your critique: I've decided to use _cevalf vara_ (an adjective phrase) for "hot sauce" in Sindarin instead of the _bara-_ construction. Will...
As my first venture in translating into Quenya, I chose the line, "Seven stars and seven stones and one white tree." It looked simple to me, at least until it...
I'm just learning Sindarin. The information I've gained comes from the online Sindarin dictionary (which, unfortunately, does not include some words I'd like)...
... "And yet but a little time does that seem to us". We don't know Legolas's age, except that he cannot be older than Thranduil, whose age we don't know...
Mae Govannen! I am in need of a small Quenya poem. It is for a chapter of my Tolkien fan fiction in which my character teaches Legolas some Quenya. I am sure...
My oldest brother knows I'm studying Sindarin and so he brought me "The Languages of tolkien's middle-earth". I was just wondering how accurate and reliable...
Hi Avadriel!
Well, in most cases adjectives follow the name they refer to (undergoing
lenition)
ie: "Rigid Rock": Rigid is "Tharn", and Rock is "Gonn" so "Gonn...
I was wondering if there are any good sites that provide translations of common English names. Again, I must ask for any advice about the formation of...
... Sindarin, so Mr.Salo thought ... OK. ... and by the way "You are ... Daniele" would be "I ... this; >it's not ... ** In Hungarian for instance 3rd person...
ok, I'm trying to learn the lauange but I find it hard to learn everything by reading. I don't know if I'm pronouncing the words correctly, are there wave or...
Hi, I'm still rather new to learning Elvish - but I'd be grateful if someone could help me with this. I was wondering how one says, "I love thee" in Elvish?...
Hi Rhysenn!
In Sindarin "I love thee" becomes _Melin le_
_Im_, as every subject in Sindarin, is omittable, but actually _Im melin le_
isn't wrong.
In other...
Let us all take a moment, be it in silence or otherwise, to think of Boromir, son of Denethor, who died February 26, 1419 (SR). May he be remembered on the...
Aiya! Let's discuss that wonderful piece from VT41. Tolkien seemed to have two versions of what was the origin of Q _oore_ - C.E. base 3OR "warn, councel" (as...
If I understand the issue correctly, it is whether these invented languages, because they were invented by one person over one lifetime, should or should not...
... French people ignored the Académie, but it's nice to have it confirmed. (And you're from France, yes? Not Québec, Guiana, or some other Francophonic...
I am wondering if someone can lend a helping hand or give some advice. I am in the process of picking out baby names in either Sindarin or Quenya. I want to...
greetings; i was trying to translate my name to elvish (both sindarin and quenya) i found some translators but they seem to translate by letters but not the ...
Aiya ilya, assaila sailion, two questions: 1. In your opinion, what case the verb "minna-" "enter" governs in Quenya? In English it would be an accusative (?)...
... It was the pride of manhood for the hobbits. Very British and Tolkienish. Also, maybe the "art" was really the blowing of smoke rings? Remember that Bilbo...
I fear my post gets lost among the fray (and the debates!), so Im reposting my questions in the hopes that someone might catch it and answer. (please!) I...
Aia! I would like to humbly ask the moderators of this list to enforce the rules. It is my impression that this list is being used as an arena to fight wars...
... From: <chloethecat@...> To: <elfling@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [elfling] Living/Dead Languages (was...
Hey, Folks-- I've just built a Quenya Roman-to-Tengwar transliterator. I call it _tecindo_. It requires Dan Smith's "Tengwar Quenya" font (a limitation that I...
