Suilië, Here is a poem on the Death of Glorfindel at the Fall of Gondolin which I was inspired to compose while translating the Silmarillion text into Quenya....
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Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch
Dec 6, 2003 8:49 pm
... You can just write the vowel double: _iin_. /BP 8^) -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@... (delete X) ...
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Hirvadhor
londeoronti
Dec 7, 2003 6:23 pm
... True... But in that case how would it sound like in Sindarin, is _Naer_ a "good" phonetic translation from _Naira_? Thank you Hirvadhor ...
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mach
machhezan
Dec 7, 2003 6:24 pm
Hi all I've just uploaded three pdf's on Tolkien's phonetic modes: An overview and two reconstructions that I hope enable others to use his modes. It can be ...
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Baksai Karoly
aegnor@...
Dec 8, 2003 6:32 am
Aiya Elendili! I have a question ß) (what else?) Qhat would you say is the best Quenya translation for 'midnight'? "endelóme" or "lómende" sounds good, but...
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Baksai Karoly
aegnor@...
Dec 8, 2003 5:19 pm
... I nearly forgot... I need the Quenya/Sindarin/Khuzdul/Adúnaic etc translation of the following sentence: "Don't disturb (me) after midnight!" Is "áva...
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Atwe
percival64
Dec 8, 2003 5:39 pm
... It's dual instrumental of _má_. Shine on, ===== Thomas Ferencz "Manuel!!! Que? I'm so sorry, he's from Barcelona." __________________________________ Do...
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Lukas Novak
lukas.novak@...
Dec 9, 2003 12:16 am
... Just a note: I have heard that the correct form is "TheodEric", not "TheodOric" (it has nothing to do with Greek "Theodoros", which probably is the source...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Dec 9, 2003 6:08 am
... Which place), hece 'sinome' (Sina+nome. in that place). Quite plausible, but personally I would prefer _masse_, sc. the interrogative element _ma-_ with...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Dec 9, 2003 6:11 am
... TEÑG). ... _ngwalme_. No need for interjections. Actually the roots TEK and TEÑ are _both_ correct, just not at the same time in Tolkien's conception. In...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Dec 9, 2003 6:11 am
... he was not pretty sure about it. I'd go for *_endóme_, which is _ende_ "middle" + _-dóme_ the older form of _lóme_ "night". - HKF...
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hobbitofthenorth
hobbitofthen...
Dec 9, 2003 6:26 am
Could someone verify that this is grammatically correct? The large part orininates in pre-existing (Namárië, UT) text (Cheating I know ;-b ) so I believe...
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Yvonne Van Brimmer
hobbitwife
Dec 9, 2003 6:53 am
I know I don't post much, but I'm trying to translate 1 Corinthians 13 for my daughter's wedding next month. It is the Scripture that has " Love is patient and...
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Ryszard Derdzinski
galadhorn
Dec 9, 2003 10:35 am
Gwaith-i-Phethdain (www.elvish.org/gwaith) update from December 9, 2003: 9 new Sindarin lyrics from The Return of the King soundtrack! New version of Jessica...
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Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch
Dec 9, 2003 10:45 am
... In actual Latin sources -o- predominates, and in actual Gothic it was IIRC an -a- _Thiudareiks_, so the bottom line is that -e- is a Germanism. ... ...
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elhath *
elenyona
Dec 9, 2003 4:23 pm
Thanks, Ryszard, this is highly fascinating stuff (_i chathoL_ is still spelled without the L in "Andúril" btw... ;)) What really interests me are few of...
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Jerry Aurand(Fillan)
aurandfillan@...
Dec 9, 2003 5:03 pm
"I'm not sure which tense in Greek it was in the original text. Does it matter?" Well, I can't answer your question, but perhaps someone more knowledgable In...
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Shawn Evans
digital_shaolin
Dec 9, 2003 5:58 pm
Greetings to the list!! I'm new to the list and have found the few posts I've read to be rather interesting!! I'm new to the path of reading, writing, and...
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Rácsai Róbert
rcage@...
Dec 9, 2003 5:59 pm
... me that ... form of ... I think I was that friend :))... my "problem" with _lómende_ was to do something with the root of that word, i.e. it is _lómi-_,...
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Greg Szydlo
only4frytca
Dec 9, 2003 6:01 pm
I think that if it would, as you say, be masse, then the word for there would be 'tasse' which doesn't exist. Don't u think? ... Which place), hece 'sinome'...
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Celene Estelle
watergirlout...
Dec 9, 2003 6:02 pm
maybe "in life" could be translated "cuilesse";? Celene hobbitofthenorth <kellykids@...> wrote: « Anar kaluva tielyanna ar mi cuilë hiruvalyë nolwë ar ...
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Kai MacTane
kmactane
Dec 9, 2003 6:12 pm
... For "in life", I'd use the locative case: _cuilesse_. Or even phrase it as "in your life", _cuilelyasse_. ... I suppose you could put a comma before "and",...
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Mornon
lucaemauro@...
Dec 9, 2003 6:15 pm
From Yvonne Van Brimmer ... I would use Aorist, for this could be intended as a "timeless"; affermation... Mornon....
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Jerry Aurand(Fillan)
aurandfillan@...
Dec 9, 2003 6:25 pm
concur that 'naira' probably does not represent any kind of compounding. Rather, it like represents a matter of association, of connotation based on the...
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Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin
Dec 10, 2003 4:17 am
... [...] Thanks for the suggestions. I rather like the first greeting since it would be the equivalent to "Seasons Greetings" and the like. I'm still very new...
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Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin
Dec 10, 2003 4:26 am
[Moderator note: I am getting dozens of these basic requests daily now. New members receive an email listing our FAQ and welcome page, but they seem to miss...
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Kris Kelly
hobbitofthen...
Dec 10, 2003 4:27 am
Thank you very much for your help ;-) Kris K ... [...]...
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elhath *
elenyona
Dec 10, 2003 10:52 am
... I don't know enough Khuzdul or Adûnaic (lol), but in Sindarin, or at least in Neo-Sindarin, one would perhaps say _Avo bresto ab berdhu/ennaw/etc._. ...
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Atwe
percival64
Dec 10, 2003 12:03 pm
... I only see copulas in this sentence... they can be omitted altogether, anyway, we wouldn't know what the present continuous of "be" would be, would we? Now...
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Maethor
maethoreruvenn
Dec 10, 2003 5:09 pm
... I think it's likely to be _entassë_, because of Sindarin _ennas_ in the King's Letter. Maethor http://maethor.weet.us...
