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28015 darklordanduril Send Email Jan 3, 2004
7:53 pm
... You might want to replace úvell with 'faeg' - weak. ... I would use the suffix Ala- to make Alanad, which IMO flows better. ... You might use the verb...
28014 elhath *
elenyona Send Email
Jan 3, 2004
11:52 am
Aia! Some comments, if you will. ... I think I might just use _û_ for "there is not", or possibly add _ennas_ (but _ú no/nâ îdh_ could be OK too); and for...
28013 C Masuoka
cmasuoka@... Send Email
Jan 3, 2004
1:24 am
In The Silmarillion, Maedhros (Nelyafinwë) said: "'Now what ships and rowers will you spare to return, and whom shall they bear hither first? Fingon the...
28012 Kathleen Lynne
reodwynceluien Send Email
Jan 3, 2004
1:22 am
... lol, thanks-- thats what i was thinking! I wasnt sure if i should drop the g in _gwaith_ or not... it sounded pretty odd with it. thanks again! Rodwen...
28011 Kyle Schuler
kyleschuler Send Email
Jan 3, 2004
1:21 am
Suilad Mellyn, I have tried to translate again another poem that I have written, while this poem is not as happy as the last I do believe it was still good...
28010 Atwe
percival64 Send Email
Jan 3, 2004
1:20 am
... You do not need to use the plural marker after a plural pronominal suffix. Hence: nalme meldar . If, ... I do not think you can say it like that....
28009 elhath *
elenyona Send Email
Jan 2, 2004
7:09 pm
... Here the ownership is expressed with the genitive case: _Wilwarindo ráma ná helmarya_ (or _helmarya ná_, unless Namárië has a poetic word-order ;)) ...
28008 Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin Send Email
Jan 2, 2004
5:20 pm
Suilië, Among other things I'm a certified Braille Transcriber for the Library of Congress. Normally, when brailling an English text that has foreign language...
28007 Texasshuffle@...
fincaron Send Email
Jan 2, 2004
5:12 pm
Hello again. It's time I saught some help for the next section of my original poem entitled 'Amauriel&#39; . I'm having a hard time finding a few words AND I'm...
28006 Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin Send Email
Jan 2, 2004
5:12 pm
Suilië, ... Actually, it's not too difficult to keep them straight. The way I remember the difference between inclusive and exclusive is in the following ...
28005 michiru_benson Send Email Jan 2, 2004
10:40 am
... elfling@yahoogroups.com, "Elrohir" ... And, also, CoE(Council of Elrond) provides a set of course easy for newbies to learn and follow with if you want to...
28004 ssjsalation Send Email Jan 2, 2004
5:31 am
I'm having huge amounts of trouble with this word. I have gathered that there are four forms (singular inclusive, singular exclusive, plural inclusive and...
28002 elimloth Send Email Jan 2, 2004
4:19 am
... [...] I find it very hard to find reliable resources both on the ... Start with these and follow their links: http://www.elvish.org ...
28001 Elrohir
jmjarrett2000 Send Email
Jan 2, 2004
3:53 am
Dihena nin Danny, Please forgive me for bringing the Gray-Company to this board that was not my intention. But, in my only form of defense that I have from...
28000 Aislinn Malmeril of L...
aislinnoflorien Send Email
Jan 2, 2004
3:09 am
Hi, hope you all don't mind if I lurk until I figure out what's going on. I partially feel I'm in over my head, but my New Year's resolution is to learn...
27999 pityanyello Send Email Jan 2, 2004
3:09 am
Hi, as you might have noticed this is my first message to the group, and so my introcuction as well. Actualy I intend to read the posts more then writing many...
27998 gildir_2 Send Email Jan 1, 2004
5:57 pm
What's the current wisdom on the etymology of S *_pinna_ < _pinnath_ "ridges"? Is there a matching root in the Etymologies? Ná alya i vinya loa ar alasse...
27997 320082509922-0001@... Send Email Jan 1, 2004
5:53 pm
Hi Florian, ... Yep, you're right. You are speaking of the 'I cannot find' -line, right ? Well, it should be _hired_. I was in a little hurry when I wrote...
27996 Aaron Shaw
maethorgalad Send Email
Jan 1, 2004
4:20 pm
... Im, not entirely sure I believe in DO lenition. I don't have a specific arguement yet but it seems funny to me and I suspect we are really seeing a...
27995 michiru_benson Send Email Jan 1, 2004
3:47 pm
... Nope...quite consist with the common theory for me:) MOY: Q moina, ON muina > N muin OY: Q Oiolosse, ON Uigolosse > N Uilos ROY1: Q roita-, N rhui ROY2: Q...
27994 d_daniel_andries@...
i_degilbor Send Email
Jan 1, 2004
7:55 am
... To try to figure out Grelvish, you should really contact the Grey Company rather than a mailing list devoted to Tolkien's languages. Few, if any, of us...
27993 Lukas Novak
lukas.novak@... Send Email
Jan 1, 2004
6:16 am
... I agree with Mr. Colburn in finding [2] hardly justifiable. I also find [1] and [3] hardly justifiable. I suppose that the reason of banning someone is not...
27992 Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@... Send Email
Jan 1, 2004
6:14 am
Nienna wrote: _Maer elei, muindornin._ Good dreams, my brother. Well, the plural form of _ôl_ "dream" was _elei_ in the Noldorin of the Etymologies, this...
27991 ESFSR
esfsr@... Send Email
Jan 1, 2004
6:12 am
Thank you for your amazing answer. I have no doubts anymore....
27990 Maria Blackrose
kamuinomiko_x Send Email
Jan 1, 2004
6:11 am
My apologies. -.-'' In my last email, I had come up with the name 'Sarmine Mornavíre' as the Quenya version of my nick, Maria Blackrose. However, I just...
27989 Elrohir
jmjarrett2000 Send Email
Jan 1, 2004
6:11 am
The phrase is: Lle ista malia ten amin. I've searched both Sindarin and Quenya and can only find these two ista = know or knowledge and ten = 10 the other's I...
27988 Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin Send Email
Jan 1, 2004
6:10 am
Suilië. ... Can't help with the Quenya but I'm not sure about the heraldry itself. "Orange" is "tenné" in heraldic terms and was usually used as a sign of ...
27987 Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin Send Email
Jan 1, 2004
6:09 am
Suilië Leizl, ... [...] I found that it could be either "Erunyauve&quot; or "Eruvande";. ... Welcome to Elfling. As far as your name goes, that's entirely up to...
27986 Florianus Piscator Vi...
NYC.shade@... Send Email
Jan 1, 2004
6:09 am
Thanks to elhath and Arodeth for reviewing my faulty material ;) Your comments were very helpful. I have to disagree in one point though. In the Sindarin...
27985 elhath *
elenyona Send Email
Dec 31, 2003
5:06 pm
... Lol no, it is Noldorin _puig_ "Sindarinized&quot;, i.e. updated phonologically (as with _bui_ > !_boe_). Is this somehow inconsistent with the common theory? ...
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