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26542 Nath Kuijpers
nath_kuijpers Send Email
Sep 1, 2003
6:28 pm
One Last Cold Kiss (Lyrics by Felix Pappalardi, sung by Christy Moore) First the whole song in English and Quenya, followed by a list of some of the words I...
26543 Florian Dombach
florian_loth... Send Email
Sep 1, 2003
7:42 pm
Teithant falcon41usa ... Thanks, but this is where I have about plus-minus 100% of my North- Sindarin knowledge from ;) Meneg Suil, Florian Dombach...
26544 sirenr Send Email Sep 2, 2003
3:08 am
HI everybody And yes, I am attempting to translate this myself, and I havent much to go on except for this translator site which, for the word "valor" in...
26545 Maethor
maethoreruvenn Send Email
Sep 2, 2003
4:18 am
... Estel híla be 'îl mi môr. _síla_ is lenited, as in 'guren bêd enni'. _Mi_ is in Ae Adar Nín..._i vi menel_...no other word is attested in Sindarin...
26546 Nelley P.
watergirlout... Send Email
Sep 2, 2003
4:27 am
Michael Kimball <michael@...> wrote: f the languages are 'living&#39; languages they should also be capable of dealing with newer concepts and...
26547 falcon41usa Send Email Sep 2, 2003
4:33 am
... lol. There isn't much about it on the whole web. It's a pretty tough laungauge 2 learn and find! namaarie, ohto sgiathatch...
26548 elimloth Send Email Sep 2, 2003
4:35 am
... This isn't much help, maybe, but try this http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/pdf/nsindarin.pdf It's the only thing I could find- I looked everywhere Try looking...
26549 elimloth Send Email Sep 2, 2003
8:51 am
... word "valor" ... It really helps to cite your source because then we can tell if the source is reasonable. Am I correct in guessing this is what you saw: ...
26550 charmblssm Send Email Sep 2, 2003
8:56 am
Hello, I am new to the list. I am attempting to learn a bit of Sindarin. I don't need an exact translation, but would be interested to know if I am on the...
26551 Vendis
veendis Send Email
Sep 2, 2003
4:11 pm
I'm having trouble with this one. Would "uulamma" be a possible word for "silence"? Or has anybody come up with a better idea? [Non-text portions of this...
26552 quendil_gondolindrim
quendil_gond... Send Email
Sep 2, 2003
4:12 pm
I am thinking about a translation for the planet PLUTO. I didn't find an official Quenya or Sindarin equivalent. Pluto/Plouton was the name of the Greek "god...
26553 Maethor
maethoreruvenn Send Email
Sep 2, 2003
4:14 pm
Hmm...you're on the right track, I guess. I'd say: _Cenin idh roeg bain ir telir sinan_. _Sinan_ is unlikely to exist, but it's the best that I could come up...
26554 Atwe
percival64 Send Email
Sep 2, 2003
5:26 pm
... Hi,, there is the Qenya word _quilde_ "hush" from Qenyaqetsa. ===== Thomas Ferencz "Síve or, tambe nún." __________________________________ Do you...
26555 duskblossom@...
sirenr Send Email
Sep 3, 2003
2:37 am
In a message dated 9/2/2003 4:52:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... [...] ... Yes that was the entry exactly....
26556 Martin Pühringer
ohtaralta Send Email
Sep 3, 2003
2:39 am
Good evening! I would like to introduce myself to this list with a short question. I've translated the phrase "For writing the elven-language with the ...
26557 Nelley P.
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Sep 3, 2003
5:09 am
Hi everyone! i was wondering, how would the phrase "Anything new under Isil?" sound in Q maybe Ma' qua vinya nu' Isil? please share ur opinion nai Isil siluva...
26558 shaurl Send Email Sep 3, 2003
5:15 am
The vowel ë, what is the pronunciation of this vowel in regards to elvish? And, consequently, what would be the symbol / tehtar for this? Is it one of the...
26559 Atwe
percival64 Send Email
Sep 3, 2003
5:57 am
... It is simple e. Tolkien used it to indicate to his native English-speaking readers hat these e-s must be pronounced clearly. There is no difference...
26560 Vendis
veendis Send Email
Sep 3, 2003
3:35 pm
... _eldatecinen_, or maybe _eldateciinen_. IF this is "elven-writing":) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
26561 Lena
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Sep 3, 2003
4:53 pm
... no, the prefix is not the same, though they look alike. The prefix in "arphen" means "royal" and is a variation of "ara-" with the same meaning (it was...
26562 falcon41usa Send Email Sep 4, 2003
3:31 am
I was wondering what it really means to be "immortal";. I have heared many different theories, and I want the truth. Do you just not age, and can be killed in...
26563 Rácsai Róbert
rcage@... Send Email
Sep 4, 2003
7:21 am
... [...] Hi, as far as I know, only elves are really immortal, that is they do not die of illnesses or because of their age. However they can be killed - by ...
26564 Moritinuviel
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Sep 4, 2003
7:28 am
Hi to everybody I don't know, do anybody know a bit of polish, if yes, i`d like to invite you on my page: http://amon_ethir.w.interia.pl If you will write to...
26565 Lukas Novak
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Sep 4, 2003
9:19 am
... I would lenghten the the -e- in penultima: eldatecieenen: "Cuivieenen&quot; and "eldalieeva&quot; suggests that -e- in final -ie- is lenghtened when a syllabific...
26566 iiipitaka Send Email Sep 4, 2003
1:29 pm
It's not well known that Tolkien suffered from dyslexia. This might se= em like an odd claim, given Tolkien's ability to produce sheets of beautifully= clear...
26567 Atwe
percival64 Send Email
Sep 4, 2003
2:59 pm
... There are two kinds of immortality in Tolkien's world: one is "true" immortality, which is the attribute of the Ainur: the lifespan of their feas is not...
26568 falcon41usa Send Email Sep 4, 2003
4:15 pm
thanks a ton. I have another question, though. As far as I can tell, The valar are basically angels, and gandalf, Saruman, and that one something the...
26569 shaurl Send Email Sep 4, 2003
4:25 pm
Ah. Thank you! ... [...] There is no difference between e and e-with-dots in tengwar writing....
26570 Rácsai Róbert
rcage@... Send Email
Sep 5, 2003
3:49 am
... part ... Yep, you're. Gandalf, Saruman, Radagast and the two others were maias originally if I am not mistaken (Gandalf's name was Olórin, I think) though...
26571 Bill Karwin
bkarwin Send Email
Sep 5, 2003
3:52 am
On a related note, my girlfriend (a great Tolkien fan herself) and I were speculating about the nature of Elven marriages and partnerships, given that elves...
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