From: "aquinasmojo" <aquinas@...> ... _Nai Valaron cále varyuva ni moreo lúmesse_, I think. Mornon....
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Mornon
lucaemauro@...
Apr 28, 2003 3:06 pm
Some time ago I was thinking about the formation of _Valinor_; I think it comes from _Vali_, plural of _Vala_, and _nóre_ (as _Númenóre_ > _Númenor_),...
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Mornon
lucaemauro@...
Apr 28, 2003 3:06 pm
From: "Lord Gulash" <lordgulash@...> ... Isn't "to heaven" singularo, so _Menelenna_? For the rest, I agree with Thomas. Mornon....
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Vendis
veendis
Apr 28, 2003 3:28 pm
... Quenya. I hope you can help. There are some constructed words. ... LAKE OF FIRE ... (where do the bad folks go when [after] they die) Maybe just "qualmë "...
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mtcpost2001
Apr 28, 2003 3:29 pm
... trying ... In the foreward to the second edition of LotR (in the first paragraph) Tolkien wrote: ". . .I wished first to complete and set in order the...
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Robert B Wilson
han_solo_55
Apr 28, 2003 4:50 pm
On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:05:54 +0200 "Mornon" <lucaemauro@...> ... pí i petta _valinor_ na vonótale carna nó _-r_ "was brought in and used in all words...
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amanibhavam
percival64
Apr 28, 2003 5:02 pm
... I am quite sure there is no such thing as "uvalvente"; one doesn't stick objective endings to the negative verb, for one thing; for other, the object...
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Gildor Inglorion
elfiness
Apr 28, 2003 5:16 pm
... it's not some rule, but a matter of appeal... i think val(i)mar represents such matter: valmar being the 'singular' form.. cf. elf-friend vs friend of...
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Mornon
lucaemauro@...
Apr 28, 2003 5:16 pm
From: "Robert B Wilson" <han_solo55@...> ... But my doubt isn't about -i/-r, but about hte plural itself; why _Valinor_, and not **_Valanor_, similary to...
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Robert B Wilson
han_solo_55
Apr 28, 2003 5:50 pm
On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 19:06:52 +0200 "Mornon" <lucaemauro@...> ... perhaps tolkien thought _elendil_ sounds better than _elenindil_? the plural seems more...
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Didier
almacq.geo
Apr 28, 2003 6:35 pm
... One such example could be Orophin, an unstranslated name as far as I know, but that could be interpreted as "mountain ridge" (_orod_ (*_orot-_) +...
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charles kellner
basiceparts
Apr 29, 2003 3:11 am
Thanks LadyMeg My 17 year old son, informed me that he changed his name to Isilnar. He's big into Tolkien, and his brothers tell me he's learning elvish. He...
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Jerry Aurand(Fillan)
aurandfillan@...
Apr 29, 2003 3:11 am
"I am fluent in American Sign Language, which has it's own sentence structure, words, and culture. So, it IS a language, but not yet officially recognized as...
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charles kellner
basiceparts
Apr 29, 2003 3:39 am
Hola Maria, Me gustaria ir a Barcelona. Posible para viajar por los montanas de los pyranees como un "quest" de elves. [ Hello Maria, I would like to go to...
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Jerry Aurand(Fillan)
aurandfillan@...
Apr 29, 2003 3:42 am
[...] Concerning double negation: in some languages (especially Latin, the grammar of which provides the model by which other languages are often compared--no...
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Mornon
lucaemauro@...
Apr 29, 2003 10:37 am
From: "Jerry Aurand(Fillan)" <aurandfillan@...> ... Maybe using two negation are more emphatic than the simple affermation; "Io devo andare" ("I must...
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Ester Fjellander
matvejevna
Apr 29, 2003 3:50 pm
... Hm... really interesting! Do you know any conlangs that does? Any of Tolkien's, maybe? /Elen...
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Vendis
veendis
Apr 29, 2003 3:55 pm
amanibhavam <percival64@...> wrote: [added attribution - Mod] ... ending '-t' clashes with the sg "you", anyway, what do you suggest instead of...
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amanibhavam
percival64
Apr 29, 2003 4:34 pm
... -t as "you" is not attested AFAIK; whereas -t as "them" is; also there is no rule that the object pronoun _has_ to be stuck to the verb; you can say ...
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Jerry Aurand(Fillan)
aurandfillan@...
Apr 29, 2003 7:51 pm
"My 17 year old son, informed me that he changed his name to Isilnar. He's big into Tolkien, and his brothers tell me he's learning elvish." I wonder if he...
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Jerry Aurand(Fillan)
aurandfillan@...
Apr 29, 2003 7:52 pm
"'I wonder if there are any natural languages that distinguish this by the use of one particle of negation for a multiplicative form and another for an...
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Johanna Pfleger
j.pfleger@...
Apr 29, 2003 7:53 pm
Hi everyone! I have joined this list some time ago and I guess I'm expected to introduce myself... My name is Johanna Pfleger, and I'm a 16 year old girl from...
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The Entwife
maialaia
Apr 29, 2003 9:26 pm
I'm thinking about getting ... Hooray! More people with Elvish tattoos! I have "Thy Will be done" in Quenya around my wrist. Well actualyl it's closer to "Be...
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Robert B Wilson
han_solo_55
Apr 29, 2003 10:19 pm
On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:48:33 -0500 "Jerry Aurand\(Fillan\)" ... well, if there's a conlang that does it, i'm sure there's a natlang that does (ANADEW - A...
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Mike
abrigon
Apr 30, 2003 5:55 am
I should work on the cursive form I once did for a Tengwar form I once did years ago, but adapt it for Tolkien Tengwar.. I think you can do Tengwar in a celtic...
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Vendis
veendis
Apr 30, 2003 2:15 pm
... "them" is; also there is no rule that the object pronoun _has_ to be stuck to the verb; you can say _úvalve cene te_ **uvalvente is not correct, I am sure...
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Vendis
veendis
Apr 30, 2003 2:19 pm
... For "Lord" choose between "Eru"(The One) and "Ilúvatar"(glossed 'Father of All'); "Ai Eru/Iluvatar!" Man nin hostanel(ye) / ohoostiel(ye) altafoalyasse...
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Kai MacTane
kmactane
Apr 30, 2003 10:37 pm
... Why not the better attested _harma_ for treasure? (From Appendix E.) --Kai MacTane ... "I think that somehow/Somewhere inside of us, We must be similar/If...
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Lord Gulash
lordgulash@...
May 1, 2003 1:59 am
Firstly thanks for helping me. Secondly I need to make few things clear. [Vendis's post] ... qualmenta"(after their death); I wanted to stick to the orignial...
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Szofia
haldalasse
May 1, 2003 2:00 am
Hi! I have just subscribed to this list, so I thought I'd introduce myself to those already immersed in Tolkien's languages. My name is Sofia, I am Hungarian,...
