Hello again, I wanted to be the first to point out my own errors - at least I am finding them now, albeit AFTER I post them for the world to see! ... SHOULD be...
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Cameron Cernunnoes
mortal_trash@...
Dec 5, 2002 7:30 am
Sorry to but in on the conversation. Im from Brisbane as well, new member of this list. Just trying to learn Quenya, im one of the suggested online courses. ...
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Steamboat28
Dec 5, 2002 7:32 am
I've often heard that the best way into the water is with a big splash, creating a clamor and getting in over your head. I believe this approach will suit me...
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Thomas Ferencz
percival64
Dec 5, 2002 8:34 am
Aiya, ... I think you need to pluralize the adjectives, even if they stand here as predicates; also, I would put the copula _after_ the adjective (cf. "vanwa...
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Alex Bolton
xelanotlob
Dec 5, 2002 4:19 pm
Aiya ilyë, I am currently on lesson 13 of the Quenya course, and it seems to me that Quenya has many, many more case endings then Sindarin. So could Sindarin...
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lotrluvr32
Dec 5, 2002 4:19 pm
I don't quite understand the meaning of the participle thing. You form it by adding -la but what does it do. The perfect tense covers past participle. How...
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crispy_42076
Dec 5, 2002 4:23 pm
... I agree. I caught this one after I had posted. also, I would put the ... OK, I remeber now reading that that is the correct placement. I have been a...
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Petri Tikka
petristikka
Dec 5, 2002 4:23 pm
Aiya! Welcome to Men Eldalambinen http://www.geocities.com/petristikka/ On this fine day of _Ringarë_ I have added a little essay about the various Quenya...
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Alex Bolton
xelanotlob
Dec 5, 2002 4:24 pm
Gerunds have confused me greatly, surely they are the same as infinitives???? Can someone give me a simple explaination please? Varno...
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Alex Bolton
xelanotlob
Dec 5, 2002 4:29 pm
eteecie lotrluvr32 ... covers ... As far as my knowledge extends, i think that the particle acts as a kind of adjective which describes how the noun carries...
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Michael Gray
lingua@...
Dec 5, 2002 4:30 pm
... No worries :) ... I'm the odd one out here, I'm from Sydney. Australia's *real* capital . . . Any other Australians out there?? -Michael...
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Guillaume Chata
real_yome
Dec 5, 2002 4:31 pm
Aiya, Thanks for answered me folks ! So now I maybe be able to start the translation...works to do this week-end !!! I'd like to say that I really happy to...
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brethwen
Dec 5, 2002 4:44 pm
... Gerunds are verb forms that acts like a noun in a phrase. In English, they are typically (always?) -ing words. Ex: "His *swimming* has improved." Here,...
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D. Daniel Andriës
uialdil@...
Dec 5, 2002 5:30 pm
... In some things, yes. Like English, Sindarin has discarded most of its declensional baggage. However, the consonant mutations make it difficult to claim...
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D. Daniel Andriës
uialdil@...
Dec 5, 2002 5:41 pm
... In English, the infinitive and the gerund differ in form. The infinitive is indicated by the basic verd preceded by the word 'to'; the gerund takes the ...
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D. Daniel Andriës
uialdil@...
Dec 5, 2002 5:43 pm
... In English, the infinitive and the gerund differ in form. The infinitive is indicated by the basic verb preceded by the word 'to'; the gerund takes the ...
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Kai MacTane
kmactane
Dec 5, 2002 7:27 pm
... Both the adjective and the verb need to match the subject in number: for "leaves" _ande_, and for "the grass" (treated as singular) _né_. I think grass is...
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Kai MacTane
kmactane
Dec 5, 2002 7:45 pm
... You use a participle (either passive or active) when you want to use a verb as if it were an adjective. For example, in the sentence "I have hidden the ...
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Kai MacTane
kmactane
Dec 5, 2002 7:45 pm
... Bingo; right in one. --Kai MacTane ... "Deadly angels for reality and passion..." --Shriekback, "Gunning for the Buddha"...
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lotrluvr32
Dec 5, 2002 9:24 pm
... Maybe but I couldn't imagine it. That is just aorist tense is it not, but i could be wrong im new....
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Amanda R
alatea_enora
Dec 5, 2002 11:05 pm
I'm not really australian, but my foster family lives in Australia (Melbourne) and Singapore. Amanda ... No worries :) ... I'm the odd one out here, I'm from...
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Alex Bolton
xelanotlob
Dec 5, 2002 11:06 pm
... _vanime_. ... Did you mis-read Kai? It seems that you say it should agree in number on the word _tunda_, and you advise it to be changed to _tunda_. I'm no...
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Alex Bolton
xelanotlob
Dec 5, 2002 11:08 pm
Teithant lotrluvr32 ... Aorist describes a general or timeless truth, like "sheep eat grass". "eat" here being the Aorist. Whereas the particple is a verb ...
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helkabeleth
Dec 5, 2002 11:08 pm
Hello Elfling! I guess I have to introduce myself, now, too... Well, I'm Helkabeleth [or at least according to BarrowDowns.com a long time ago]. I'm a high...
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iiipitaka
Dec 5, 2002 11:29 pm
... This is not quite right. "Sheep eat grass" is simply a generic sentence (expressing a general fact about the species sheep). But the verb is not...
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Kai MacTane
kmactane
Dec 5, 2002 11:55 pm
... No the aorist would be if the brook actually carries out the action: "The brook is foaming". In this case, the verb is "flows"; "foaming" acts as if it...
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Kai MacTane
kmactane
Dec 6, 2002 12:20 am
... This is a typo. I meant to say that _tunda_ (singular) should be changed to _tunde_ in the plural. Sorry about that. --Kai MacTane ... "And the Devil in a...
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lotrluvr32
Dec 6, 2002 1:17 am
and its only a participle if it is used predicatively right. like the brook is flowing flowing is the present tense of to flow right and not an active...
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gatowhite2000
Dec 6, 2002 1:30 am
[Helge K. Fauskanger mentioned] [I have a revised version of Lesson 13 ready,] Is the updated material also in the PDF document?? Gato Branco...
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Thomas Ferencz
percival64
Dec 6, 2002 9:29 am
Aiya, ... A participle is not always acting as a predicate. As others before me have written: participles are originally verbs, which receive participle...
