... adjective, as in "fairer, more fair". The only thing I could come up with was to use _pella_, "beyond", to say something like: "You are fair *beyond* her",...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Sep 25, 1999 6:29 pm
... phrase here and there). The song is based on "Eldarado"; by Poe. Please feel free to help me with my grammar, spelling etc. (but note, that I do not use...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Sep 25, 1999 6:29 pm
... **_Ilúvë onta minë_ - only basic (strong) verbs form aorist. These verbs have the pattern (Consonant)-Vowel-Consonant, e.g. _mel-_ "love_ ... **Again...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Sep 25, 1999 6:29 pm
... locative ending could ever be used to specify a temporal location for sentences like "Sauron felt in 3019". The question is not at all stupid. The answer...
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Candon Clannach
lethglas@...
Sep 27, 1999 10:34 pm
Thank you for your help, Helge. I appreciate it. ... _Serce_ seems a bit unwieldy to me. ... True, but until (or if) the QG is published, (or whatever bit of...
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Candon Clannach
lethglas@...
Sep 27, 1999 10:34 pm
Thank you Ales for your help! ... I see. Thank you, I hadn't realized that. ... _Ilye_ works better I think. ... True, but it needn't be invalid either....
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Josu Gomez
josugp@...
Sep 27, 1999 10:34 pm
... Well... but, on dates, we can use ways as "thirty nineteen", or even "three zero one nine", if we need say it, I think... :) And a more hypothetical...
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Dim Globe
orgof@...
Sep 27, 1999 10:35 pm
Suilie!! I thought...well, the Elves had a duodecimal system, and we now the numbers, from "mine" to "rasta". But then? What about... 13 - rasta'r (rasta ar)...
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Dim Globe
orgof@...
Sep 27, 1999 10:35 pm
Suilie! How 'bout such a schoolboy's composition? How far is it from the authentic Quenya? Ire Quendi Cuivieenenesse nooresse Valarion coivanente, tiirente ...
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C.J. Miller
mkinjubhy@...
Sep 28, 1999 1:56 am
Hello all! Is there any real information on the iglishmek? I am making a language that has a complex code for a language and I also want a subtle Hand sign for...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
Sep 28, 1999 10:44 pm
... No, there is no "real" description of the iglishmek. Edward J. Kloczko ... "Don't just stand here, enter and read." The motto engraved on all Klingon's...
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Dim Globe
orgof@...
Sep 28, 1999 10:44 pm
Suilie! I thought that Tolkien linguistics must have some specific terms. I have already heard of "ooma" (1.the sound 2. the vowel), "oomataina" (the vowel ...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
Sep 28, 1999 10:44 pm
... [example of sloppy Elfconner editorial practice snipped] ... Not necessarily, since again there is ample Indo-European precedent, e.g. Latin _pulcherior...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
Sep 28, 1999 10:44 pm
... I suspect there is a distinction between "living blood, blood floating in the veins" and "dead blood, spilled blood". Many languages have this distinction,...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
Sep 28, 1999 10:44 pm
... Certainly not. IMO there are no stupid questions. The only stupid thing is to not seek answers! ... And it is not surprising, since the locative is used...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Sep 28, 1999 11:19 pm
... **That's ok, I'm happy to help. ... **I know. _Aldamo_ seema to be hardly valid in mature Quenya. ... **Words from QL can fill gabs in vocabulary if really...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Sep 28, 1999 11:20 pm
... **Oh, rather _Nai eleni siluvar antalyannar_. Not _alma_ from QL, but _anta_ from Etym! I think we have to respect later sources. An ending for "your" is...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
Sep 30, 1999 10:23 pm
... ooma means voice not sound, the vowels were called by Feanor ooma-tengwi or oomear ... taina does not mean suffix it is an adj. stretched, elongated, in...
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Jerry Caveney
jcaveney@...
Sep 30, 1999 10:23 pm
Hello again, all. I mostly lurk here, but read avidly, rarely having enough knowledge to add meaningfully to the discussion. On the question of Tolkien's...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Sep 30, 1999 11:32 pm
... numbers, ... Yes, surely this is the basic system. But since the Elves wrote numbers "backwards" (61 for sixteen), I guess they would also pronounce the ...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Sep 30, 1999 11:32 pm
... that meaning. Since I wrote that, the QL was finally published, providing a word _tuxa_ for 144. It is early, but more certain than _hosta_. (Let's hope...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Sep 30, 1999 11:32 pm
... authentic Quenya? Recognizable. ... tingilindion ar quentente : “Eel”. When the Elves awoke at Cuivieenen in the land of the Valar, they looked at a...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Sep 30, 1999 11:32 pm
... Bit off-topic but, do anyone know a good place to gather some knowledge about I-E language development and relationships? If I look in my local library...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Sep 30, 1999 11:32 pm
... In everyday speech, yes. The more technical term, used by the Loremasters, was _tengwesta_. "Language"; as an abstract, the ability to speak or the "art" of...
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Vicentini Emanuele
vicentin@...
Sep 30, 1999 11:32 pm
Dear friends, I was wondering in past days about the use of 'i' and 'ya-' but I still have some doubts. Since I don't want to bother you with questions (which...
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Candon Clannach
lethglas@...
Oct 1, 1999 1:16 am
... Try _Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction_ by Robert S.P. Beekes. It's very good; it was originally published in Dutch. Also, _An...
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Candon Clannach
lethglas@...
Oct 1, 1999 1:16 am
... LOL! Well, perhaps we could use _yar_ as a word for genentics or genetic relationships, then? Candon...
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Candon Clannach
lethglas@...
Oct 1, 1999 1:17 am
... Well, _that_ in English is really an old form of the definite article, so we could use Q. _i_ the same way, or do as you suggest, leave it out. But if I...
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Candon Clannach
lethglas@...
Oct 1, 1999 1:17 am
... I agree about later sources, but sometimes Tolkien seems to have forgotten these changes or changed them back. How frustrating! ... Excellent! One...
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Rich Alderson
ALDERSON@...
Oct 1, 1999 1:17 am
... Actually, in linguistics, "dialect" is the defined term, while "language"; is considered to be a political concept. You see, we can define dialects, but we...
