... One possible neologism would be to use the unattested verb *séya- "seem" from THÉ-: *Mana séyas... or *Manen séyas... Another, oh, horrible, thought...
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Atwe
percival64
Oct 1, 2003 8:21 am
Suilad, this is a stab at the first stanza of the Pink Floyd song Cymbaline into Sindarin. Please help me out with your comments and suggestions. The original:...
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Petri Tikka
petristikka
Oct 1, 2003 9:20 am
... Congratulations! I applaud you. A very good translation. ... _Sí_ means "here" (RGEO:72); use rather _si_ < soft mutated _hi_ "now" (LotR:II:IV). Petri...
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Atwe
percival64
Oct 1, 2003 11:21 am
... Thank you. I felt inspired today. ... True. I will change that. Thanks for the appraisal, that gives me a push to tackle the remaining two stanzas. ===== ...
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Chris Ruzin
cdruzin
Oct 1, 2003 2:03 pm
How would you write "I could travel" in Sindarin? Is that possible? I can't figure this one out to save my life! Thanks, Chris -- Chris Ruzin ...
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osmithuin
Oct 1, 2003 2:04 pm
Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone could help me out with the pronounciation of the vowel diphthongs in Sindarin. I gather that _ai_ is pronounced like...
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elbenherz@...
selariana
Oct 1, 2003 2:04 pm
Hello again! ... I guess I mixed some things up... I intended nasal mutation (like triggered by _an_ or _dan_) which would have lead me to _Mam meleth?_...
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Hirvadhor
londeoronti
Oct 1, 2003 2:05 pm
Suilad! I'm trying to write a headline to a painting and it goes like this: "I am Hirvadhor and these are my children, sparkling like jewels" and what I came...
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Calwen Rudh
calwen76
Oct 1, 2003 2:05 pm
Suilad, Since Erufailon mentioned it, I am also waiting for ANY comments to my lullaby. Please, even if it is all wrong or there are serious errors and you...
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elimloth
Oct 1, 2003 2:08 pm
... pronounciation ... [...] Try the Mellyn in Edhil site: http://dombach.florian.bei.t-online.de/index.htm ...
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Atwe
percival64
Oct 1, 2003 5:07 pm
... Well, my take on this is that the shortening of í in thiw was because of the enclitic nature of the following hin (<sin), right? So then I think that in ...
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Jerry Aurand(Fillan)
aurandfillan@...
Oct 1, 2003 7:19 pm
"Who can to tell me the translation of the word "pink" in Quenya?" Another reply pointed out that there was a Qenya word translated "rosy, pink". It might be...
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Aaron Shaw
maethorgalad
Oct 2, 2003 2:37 am
... the enclitic nature of the ... Well I don't think anyone can say its a correct assumption ;-) but it is the only one proposed thus far that makes sense to...
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Aaron Shaw
maethorgalad
Oct 2, 2003 2:45 am
... I'm not so sure that these are not one and the same adverb. For example: Edro hi ammen Le nallon sí di-nguruthos In the first, hi is quite obviously in...
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Celene Estelle
watergirlout...
Oct 2, 2003 3:34 am
hi everyone! i need your help can somebody suggest a word for "sudden" or "unexpected" or something of the kind? in this case i think even some sort of...
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osmithuin
Oct 2, 2003 3:34 am
Thanks so much for the advice! This is a great site, I can't believe I hadn't found it before! osmithuin...
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Hirvadhor
londeoronti
Oct 2, 2003 3:35 am
... Thank you for your answer! I believe you are correct and you help a great deal. I don't have a clue what an "enclitic demonstrative adjective" is and...
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Yvonne Van Brimmer
hobbitwife
Oct 2, 2003 3:38 am
Hantale, Elistir! At least I think I'm on the right track! I don't know how to add the punctuation or grammatical marks. Is it okay to translate words by their...
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Ryszard Derdzinski
galadhorn
Oct 2, 2003 5:27 am
Gwaith-i-Phethdain (www.elvish.org/gwaith) update from October 2, 2003: Today we present new musical composition by Jessica Butler! Listen to her Laer...
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Travis Waith-Mair
keeperofthec...
Oct 2, 2003 7:49 am
I find it an interesting topic since I am fluent in Thai. Thai doesn't have any articles. You would never seem to know weither its any old book or THE book....
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Calwen Rudh
calwen76
Oct 2, 2003 7:50 am
... [...] ... Well, as guys said, we don't know why the vowel in _thiw_ is shortened, it was just an assumption it's because of _hin_. What if you put the...
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elhath *
elenyona
Oct 2, 2003 1:53 pm
... (_Man_ means "who?" in Quenya... [ed. note :<]) ... Or *_mávea_ (cf. Lat. qualis; Finn. millainen), etc... I guess *_maite_ would be off for conflicting...
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Rácsai Róbert
rcage@...
Oct 2, 2003 3:10 pm
Aiya ilquen, I wrote the following poem last week in Hungarian and Quenya. It has already appeared on some Hungarian sites and now I'd like to show it to the...
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Calwen Rudh
calwen76
Oct 2, 2003 3:11 pm
Hello, I was wondering what is the stem for _míriel_, this being specified as a participle. Would it be _*mir-_ "(to) sparkle like jewels"? I haven't found it...
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Jerry Aurand(Fillan)
aurandfillan@...
Oct 2, 2003 4:18 pm
'can somebody suggest a word for "sudden" or "unexpected" or something of the kind? in this case i think even some sort of "u'-sompound" would work but i cant...
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Atwe
percival64
Oct 2, 2003 4:41 pm
... to expect => to foresee => _apacen-_ expected => *apacénima sudden, unexpected => **alapacénima? ===== Thomas Ferencz "Síve or, tambe nún." ...
... But _miiriel_ is the form in the _A Elbereth Gilthoniel_ poem, and it's clearly a present rather than a perfect participle there: _(1)[silivren] (2)[penna]...
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Jerome Colburn
jcolburn@...
Oct 3, 2003 6:43 am
... My vote's for *_maave_ lit. "in what manner". Then "what your day is like" or "how your day is" would be *_maave aurelya naa_. ... At last I can answer...
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Atwe
percival64
Oct 3, 2003 7:01 am
... The literal meaning is that; but AFAIK Tolkien used _apacen_ in the meaning "foresight" in Laws and customs among the Eldar. ===== Thomas Ferencz "Síve...
