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19988 elhath *
sp12@... Send Email
Dec 1, 2002
10:36 am
... If I may comment on the issue of possessed dual... In Lesson Fifteen, Helge seems to prefer the dual -u- as a connecting vowel in this case (in the case of...
19989 Tchitrec@...
tchitrec Send Email
Dec 1, 2002
10:57 am
Seems that the server does not stand diacritics… How exasperating ! Umlaut vowels : æ y ø œ å Accented vowels : á é í ó ú ý Circumflexed vowels :...
19990 Tchitrec@...
tchitrec Send Email
Dec 1, 2002
2:49 pm
It seems that the original post may appear garbled if your computer does not stand extra letters. Here is more readable version (I hope). Greetings ! This post...
19991 Petri Tikka
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Dec 1, 2002
4:25 pm
... No need for a reconstruction! There is already a verb for "follow", apparently related to _hildinyar_, that is _hilya_ in entry KHIL- of the Etym. ... Not...
19992 Kirsten Eivor Bekkhus
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Dec 1, 2002
4:26 pm
From: "Bill Welden" <BillWelden@...> ..> who needs another one of those endless only- ... You`ve had about 1350 Elfling complaints? People...!!!...
19993 Kai MacTane
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Dec 1, 2002
7:17 pm
... I didn't say I'd "reconstruct&quot;; I said I'd have "looked for" such a verb. In fact, I'd have looked at Helge's Index to the Etymologies by Eldarini Word,...
19994 Robert B Wilson
han_solo_55 Send Email
Dec 1, 2002
8:24 pm
maybe you could use a different character encoding (instead of UTF-8). ... ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno...
19995 Ales Bican
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Dec 1, 2002
8:36 pm
... **I, for one, cannot see the proper signs. I see a capital A accompanied by various signs, particularly a tilde. Ales Bican -- Words are useless,...
19996 Cirk R. Bejnar
eluchil404 Send Email
Dec 2, 2002
4:55 am
... <snip> ... I expressed myself obscurely, I'm afraid. I only ment that the articles on Ardalambion (and most especially the 'Quenya Course' which is...
19997 Petri Tikka
petristikka Send Email
Dec 2, 2002
4:10 pm
... as "and" ... Celeborn ... the word ... use as a ... I would think so, but I'm no expert. It has been described thusly by Helge. I agree with the changed...
19998 BP Jonsson
melroch Send Email
Dec 2, 2002
5:26 pm
... That seems to be a good idea. /BP 8^)> -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@... (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__...
19999 Alex Bolton
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Dec 2, 2002
6:20 pm
This is a quick question. How, when we quote from different books are we meant to set out the source. I see LR:?? with numbers, what do they mean, pages...
20000 Kai MacTane
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Dec 2, 2002
8:27 pm
... Yes, those are page numbers. So LR:369 means page 369 of _The Lost Road_, in the original hardcover version. (There are now paperback editions of the first...
20001 Mornon
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Dec 2, 2002
8:33 pm
From: "Alex Bolton" <xelanotlob@...> ... Yes, is the page(s); anyway, you can find a complete list in Elfling FAQ. Mornon....
20002 Kirsten Eivor Bekkhus
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Dec 2, 2002
8:57 pm
I tyelima.. Arda Ilúvatar ontanë Quendin ar Fírimain ar antaneros mannar Valaron. Nantër númesse. Te airër, amanar ar meldar nár: hequa morion. Naro...
20003 Thomas Ferencz
percival64 Send Email
Dec 2, 2002
9:24 pm
Hlaefdige min, Láqua tyelima i ardasse Eldalambion...:-) ... _nante_; no need for plural marker ... I still think the word is _amanya_ ... _nar_, unless you...
20004 Helge K. Fauskanger
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Dec 3, 2002
1:27 am
... is not that much true on a scholarly angle and depending on what one would call a 'teaching&#39;. The latest (silent, i.e. not mentioned on the 'News' page)...
20005 elhath *
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Dec 3, 2002
9:30 am
... In your Sindarin document (Summary on Mutations), _i m-_ is listed coming also from plural definite article _in_ + "normal" b-word from B- (Nasal I), which...
20006 Hans
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Dec 3, 2002
9:58 am
... Canons are defined for political purposes, the notion is irrelevant for scholarship... unless one doubts the *authorship* of certain texts, of course....
20007 Didier
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Dec 3, 2002
1:22 pm
Helge K. Fauskanger wrote ... Cool down Helge ;-). My only point here was to note that there has been a recent update of the article (hey! not that minor,...
20008 crispy_42076 Send Email Dec 3, 2002
2:34 pm
... correct? ... most ... OK, I follow this. I took some time this weekend to quickly read throught the Quenya course again. Man, there is a lot of work...
20009 Thomas Ferencz
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Dec 3, 2002
3:14 pm
Aiya, ... . ... How in Angamando could it be referenced to when it is virtually untraceable? Thomas __________________________________________________ Do you...
20010 Thomas Ferencz
percival64 Send Email
Dec 3, 2002
4:09 pm
... Or, to stay ontopic: Manen Angamandosse quen pole anyalitas* íre haraqua** úroitima*** nas? * anyal- "call upon, refer to" cf. enyal- "recall" ** haraqua...
20011 elhath *
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Dec 3, 2002
5:01 pm
... Nyahh! Agent passive... hrrr... ;D OK we don't know. ... You don't like *_nayal-_? ;) ... Quenya is such a beautiful language that even coinages like...
20012 Kai MacTane
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Dec 3, 2002
5:25 pm
... Probably, but it might not be grammatically correct. In theory, _maurya_ would suffice for "her [two] hands", but _máryat_ is attested. ... I'd say _Ter...
20013 Alex Bolton
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Dec 3, 2002
5:55 pm
Aiya ilyë Im not sure if you noticed or not, but in the credits after the film, just before Peter Jackson's thankyou's appear, this is written: _he mihi nui...
20014 Petri Tikka
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Dec 3, 2002
5:56 pm
Aiya Ilúvatar! Hail All-father! Some ramblings concerning a very important matter, which I think has been confused for quite a while. I don't expect this post...
20015 Eruesso .
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Dec 3, 2002
5:56 pm
Suilad, I've been wondering if there is a word for "prophet" in Sindarin? Also, are there words for "glad" and "rejoice"? I know there is _gell_ and _meren_...
20016 Thomas Ferencz
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Dec 3, 2002
6:03 pm
I guess it's in Maori... Bye, Thomas ... __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up...
20017 Thomas Ferencz
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Dec 3, 2002
6:14 pm
Hlaford min, ... Nah, it's not agent passive, it's the -ima "-able" adjectival suffix? ... Not at all...:-) ... What do you mean "almost fitting"? It's...
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