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  • Category: Tolkien, J.R.R.
  • Founded: Sep 5, 1998
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Hi :) I was wonder if someone could translate the following short lines into Quenya for me: - Noble Owl's Wiccan Magick - Under Construction (or better yet,...
97 Jul 19, 2002
9:28 pm

Alex Grigny de Castro
xelagot
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Aiya ! ... Yes, really nice ! If you don't have _People of Middle-earth_ now, you should really buy it : there's a lot of interesting stuff in it (like the ...
1 Jul 19, 2002
8:05 am

Sébastien Bertho
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Mae Govannen! Thanks for your help on that aen issue, I can see now how you used it. Tell me if what I think I understood is right: "I amar prestar aen" 1. The...
1 Jul 18, 2002
8:59 pm

elessar_nenuial
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Hello, I'm a relative beginner in Quenya and I've got a little question: Which is the past participle of the verb _sil-_? Is it _sílina_ or _silla_? I think...
1 Jul 18, 2002
8:58 pm

imaglang
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Thank you for translating that phrase, but I've revised the sentence, just a little: "Remember, you cannot stop fate from taking its course and remember the...
1 Jul 18, 2002
8:58 pm

amaurea_elvenlight
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Perhaps people are starting to pick up on the fact that I'm having some issues with cases. Take this phrase (again from the Quenya Course): "... the man from...
5 Jul 18, 2002
8:58 pm

Ben Hamill
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I just joined this group!! I'm really looking forward to learning about Tolkien's languages. I know a little about Quenya already, so to the Quenya people,...
2 Jul 18, 2002
7:18 am

Jesse White
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i am new to this whole Sindarin language thing and it would be a big help to me if people could send me lists of words in english and Sindarin and sentences...
4 Jul 18, 2002
7:17 am

taoist1967
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I have seen a lot of courses that you can download on learning Quenya, but I cant find any Sindarin ones. If anyone can tell me where to find them then a...
3 Jul 18, 2002
7:16 am

Brendon O'Loughlin
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I have not found a Sindarin word for "then," as in, after such event (e.g., where will you go then?). In the absence of anything better, I considered _ab-_ +...
7 Jul 17, 2002
6:02 pm

Pavel Iosad
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Merry meet! well I just have a few questions, none of which are really related, but just small things on my mind, 1) Whenever you write in Sindarin/Quenya,...
2 Jul 17, 2002
2:11 pm

Gildor Inglorion
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Hello! I didn't find these: riddle lucky dancer. I would be glad all of the help you can give. :) I am trying to make names in Quenta, but finding problems. Is...
33 Jul 17, 2002
2:00 pm

Gildor Inglorion
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Aiya ! ... No, you're right (see below). For _Altariel_ and/or _Altáriel_, the two forms appear in the stories. ... The answer is in « The Shibboleth of...
3 Jul 17, 2002
10:09 am

taoist1967
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Heya, I know it is frowned upon this list to repeatedly ask for translations of phrases into Sindarin or Quenya. But maybe there would be someone whom I could...
1 Jul 17, 2002
10:07 am

bogart_and_lily
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Ok, recently I wrote a Quenya sentense with some help from freinds: "Nai Valar Aistuvar Omentielwa!" "May Valar bless our meeting" I tried to translate it into...
2 Jul 16, 2002
8:37 am

Gildor Inglorion
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... In Sindarin (and Quenya too, for that matter), 'i' is always pronounced like English 'ee'. 'î' also pronounced 'ee', but held longer. The sound of 'eye'...
8 Apr 20, 2008
9:49 pm

maikedulk
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According to Helge Fauskanger&#39;s index, there is a word on page 94L of the QL that means "hill with a flat top". Could someone who has access to the QL please...
12 Jul 15, 2002
11:24 am

Jesse White
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There are currently two theories about the etymology of the Quenya word _imíca_ "among" (VT43:28): 1. by Carl Hostetter: _imi_ (VT34:30) + partitive ending...
6 Jul 15, 2002
11:23 am

Reid Gilman
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What is the Quenya equivilant of Elwing? I know el is star and wing is spray, but I can't translate the second element....
2 Jul 14, 2002
11:07 pm

Gildor Inglorion
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do you know where there are fonts or a dictionary with the written form of elvish, like on the one ring( except that's black speech, i want elvish)? ...
2 Jul 14, 2002
11:03 pm

Gildor Inglorion
elfiness
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... Trust us, very inaccurate. ... Okay, first of all, it's not 'Sindarian&#39;; it's 'Sindarin&#39;. I would suggest checking out Helge Fauskanger&#39;s article on...
4 Jul 14, 2002
10:02 pm

Gildor Inglorion
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Hello. I'm co-ordinating the international staging of mock protests of the next Tolkien film... by Elves. This is intended as a good-natured joke. Rather than...
4 Jul 14, 2002
9:52 pm

Melanie Rehbein
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Go to http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/conlang.html for information on the Constructed Languages mailing list. Or do a web search for 'conlang&#39;. You'll be...
1 Jul 14, 2002
9:49 pm

Matthew Kehrt
alcovist
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Thank you for translating that phrase, but I've revised the sentence and if it won't be much, could translate this: "Remember, you cannot stop fate from taking...
1 Jul 14, 2002
9:49 pm

amaurea_elvenlight
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Hello, Let's say that i wanted to make up a language of my own, much like tolkien did. what are some things that i should remember to do in this long ...
7 Jul 14, 2002
9:48 pm

Ben Hamill
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This is a verion of "Namárië" from LotR made Finnish with Finnish ortography, phonology, case endings and (some) grammar. It is a re- making of this poem...
1 Jul 14, 2002
1:18 pm

petristikka
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As stated by Didier Willis in a recent Elfling post, "language and history are intertwined". This brings in the question of the history of the Quenya...
1 Jul 14, 2002
9:55 am

petristikka
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I bet everyone is sick of name questions, but I have one--how would you translate a name that means "Helper of mankind" into Quenya? L, ~*Alexis*~ "Estaba...
12 Jul 12, 2002
9:53 pm

Ben Hamill
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Hi, I've been a newbie here for a while, just enjoying reading the mail, as I don't like writing it. I went on vacation a while ago and right before I left I...
2 Jul 12, 2002
6:31 pm

Gildor Inglorion
elfiness
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first of all, thanks for all the help on my last post, Kai was very kind in explaining diff between Quenya and Sindarin. So, I happen to chat in LOTR room on...
5 Jul 12, 2002
1:35 pm

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