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19051 Ales Bican
ales_bican Send Email
Oct 30, 2002
7:58 pm
... **In Czech and Czech grammars there is usually a distinction between a suffix and ending. An ending stands at the very end of a word and denotes case,...
19052 Kai MacTane
kmactane Send Email
Oct 30, 2002
9:45 pm
... Actually, using a message number as a referencing system is useless as far as minimizing online time, because the message numbers are *not* included in the...
19053 Petri Tikka
petristikka Send Email
Oct 30, 2002
10:39 pm
... In post-L(ot)R Quenya, perhaps, but there is _elle hiruvalle_ (VT38:7). This construction is similar to Finnish, e.g. _sinä löydät_ 'you find' < _sinä_...
19054 Magic
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Oct 30, 2002
10:39 pm
Aiya, ... Mmmmmmm let me check my dictionary........ Oh! Yeah!! Sorry..... I wrote my notes during translation by hand, and as it seems i can't even read my...
19055 Alex Bolton
xelanotlob Send Email
Oct 31, 2002
12:29 am
What is the case called when you add the suffix -ness, to something e.g dark - darkness. Thanks in advance Varno...
19056 Cheryl Sahawneh
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Oct 31, 2002
12:30 am
Do you know if there is a similar group for new learners of Sindarin? Mirime ___________________________________________________________ TruthMail ...changing...
19057 Mornon
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Oct 31, 2002
12:30 am
From: "Thomas Ferencz" <percival64@...> ... I don't know, somewhere I've read it's "she", but, in other source (I've checked after I've sent the message)...
19058 Mornon
lucaemauro@... Send Email
Oct 31, 2002
12:31 am
From: "elhath *" <sp12@...> ... If I'm right, in SD:246 there is _heruvi_ as plural form of _heru_. Mornon....
19059 Mornon
lucaemauro@... Send Email
Oct 31, 2002
12:31 am
From: "Jerry Aurand(Fillan)" <aurandfillan@...> ... it myself, ... speculative, but what ... stratum of adjectives ... new ... moribund in fact, ... ...
19060 Mornon
lucaemauro@... Send Email
Oct 31, 2002
12:32 am
From: "Hans" <gentlebeldin@...> ... There are some languages in which a question as "Who (s)he know it" is right? I didn't know this... In which, if...
19061 Mornon
lucaemauro@... Send Email
Oct 31, 2002
12:32 am
From: "Thomas Ferencz" <percival64@...> ... So the instrumental could be used also for this? Interesting... Any evidence? Another thing: I know the sound...
19062 Míriel
kyoki_sama Send Email
Oct 31, 2002
12:33 am
... How so? What would be the proper masc./fem./neu ending? (Coming from one who is not so wise in this respect) ===== "War brings sorrow, but we fight to...
19063 Mornon
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Oct 31, 2002
12:33 am
From: "Magic" <alberto_gallo83@...> ... _-lme_ is "we", _-lma_ is "our". ... I know _raime_ "hunting", from, if I'm right, ROY. ... Maybe ablative, _i...
19064 Mornon
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Oct 31, 2002
12:33 am
From: "Petri Tikka" <kari.j.tikka@...> ... Maybe the repetition can be for emphasis... Mornon....
19065 Jerry Aurand(Fillan)
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Oct 31, 2002
12:34 am
I have a book on historical linguistics (written by a Finn), in which languages are given index numbers of the degree to which they are synthetic, isolating,...
19066 Mornon
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Oct 31, 2002
12:41 am
My questions are still without answers... and I don't understand... So, I'll try to resend this message, maybe someone has overlooked it; two consecutive ...
19067 Thomas Ferencz
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Oct 31, 2002
7:28 am
It's not a case, it's forming a noun from an adjective with the help of a suffix. Bye, TF ... __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!?...
19068 Thomas Ferencz
percival64 Send Email
Oct 31, 2002
8:22 am
Aiya, ... No evidence. It was my own suggestion/construction. The Aia María, (cf. Helge's analysis on Ardalambion) uses a genitive to denote the object:...
19069 elhath *
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Oct 31, 2002
9:03 am
... In fact that's the reason there should be NO accent mark for a long vowel on o; you merely stress the word there. ... _raime_ is definitely Quenya...
19070 elhath *
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Oct 31, 2002
9:27 am
... There was a separation of genders in verb suffices (or endings) when the Etymologies and Fíriel's Song were written (m. -ro, f. -se, > *-re?), but I am...
19071 elhath *
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Oct 31, 2002
9:45 am
... There was a separation of genders in verb suffices (or endings) when the Etymologies and Fíriel's Song were written (m. -ro, f. -se, > *-re?), but I am...
19072 Hans
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Oct 31, 2002
11:07 am
... _elye ... I see you quoted the words "I guess". Does this look too much like stating a fact? Do I need a disclaimer "the English word 'guess&#39; means a...
19073 Ryszard Derdzinski
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Oct 31, 2002
11:11 am
Gwaith-i-Phethdain (www.elvish.org/gwaith) update from October 31, 2002: In the movie department (www.elvish.org/gwaith/movie.htm) you will find new ...
19074 Hans
gentlebeldin Send Email
Oct 31, 2002
12:17 pm
... That's because JRRT described TY as a sound similar to that in "tune", in Appendix E of LotR. And that's a glide from "t" to "y (oon)", palatalized but...
19075 Gildor Inglorion
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Oct 31, 2002
2:38 pm
for an undefined reason (maybe lamatyaave) the word antoryame sounds peculiar to me.. maybe because i have seen the endings -me and -ma mainly after bare stems...
19076 Petri Tikka
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Oct 31, 2002
5:38 pm
... ...to avoid confusion and free up word order. - Petri...
19077 Kirsten Eivor Bekkhus
Kirsten.E.Bekkhus@... Send Email
Oct 31, 2002
5:39 pm
... *Yes, yes it is. Me stupid, you wise. I just keep remembering words of "Utuvielye Quenya"s wordlist, and it is not annoyingly accurate. [...]...
19078 Kirsten Eivor Bekkhus
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Oct 31, 2002
5:41 pm
... *how interesting my curriculum would be in your handwriting!;) ... *_kallo_ is listed in ETYM on _KAL-_, meaning "gentleman, hero" _..I`m not sure I would...
19079 Christopher Paonessa
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Oct 31, 2002
5:42 pm
19080 Alex Bolton
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Oct 31, 2002
5:42 pm
Thomas Ferencz <percival64@...> wrote: It's not a case, it's forming a noun from an adjective with the help of a suffix. Bye, TF Thats what i meant, can...
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