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29531 Eugenio M. Vigo
imaglang Send Email
Apr 23, 2004
7:02 am
Suilad, I was wondering how to compare in Sindarin. We know that in Quenya, for example, _Anar ná vanya lá Isil_ is used for "The sun is prettier than the...
29532 Ailin Faila
ailin_faila Send Email
Apr 23, 2004
7:04 am
Teehee. Am I the only one that sees the irony there? Though that's probably the wrong word for it. ... Namárie, Ailin Faila ... From:...
29533 calwen76 Send Email Apr 23, 2004
7:13 am
... r_) and *_hîn_ for n ... all situations where ... marker just ... I could understand this statement regarding the _ai gerir_ of the Lord's Prayer although...
29534 calwen76 Send Email Apr 23, 2004
7:31 am
... prettier ... Short answer is: we don't know :( David Salo wondered the superlative is formed by the ending _-wain_ but Bertrand Bellet has perfectly proved...
29535 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Apr 23, 2004
1:07 pm
... This is really just like the Quenya _i harar_ 'those who sit' or _i karir_ 'those who make' where it marks plural only, so I do not see why Sindarin should...
29536 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Apr 23, 2004
2:48 pm
After taking some time to study what is attested about the Noldorin/Sindarin verb, I would like to criticize some of the conclusions leading the 'Suggested...
29537 Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin Send Email
Apr 23, 2004
4:16 pm
Suilad Rodwen, ... The Sindarin equivalents are as follows (those with * are reconstructions, all others are attested): my, mine: nîn thy, thine (formal and...
29538 morwen_eledhwen@... Send Email Apr 23, 2004
4:38 pm
lol... okay, yeah, I see what you mean now. How would you suggest I say it, then? Any better suggestions are greatly welcomed! ~Rodwen~...
29539 morwen_eledhwen@... Send Email Apr 23, 2004
4:39 pm
... Le hannon, that helped very much! ~Rodwen~...
29540 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Apr 23, 2004
4:55 pm
... Although I believe in these 2nd person familiar forms, I have to object - there's no a priori reason that the Early Qenya Grammar can tell about Sindarin...
29541 Aaron Shaw
maethorgalad Send Email
Apr 23, 2004
8:24 pm
... I have written an artice to present my views and ... Article is now on I-Lam Arth. You can find this article here: http://sindarin.weet.us/verbs.html and...
29542 320082509922-0001@... Send Email Apr 24, 2004
6:32 am
Hi ! Okay, here is my humble try : _Ú-beth vi laim en-amar taned ianen le orchal anim_ 'No word in languages of the world to show how you eminent to myself' ...
29543 david reichlein
sirzodiacdarkjester@... Send Email
Apr 24, 2004
9:49 am
No crafted tounge can do my feelings for you justice. They are, indescrible, as you are to me. ... ...
29544 BertrandBellet75@...
bertrand_bellet Send Email
Apr 24, 2004
1:21 pm
[Cross-posted to Elfling and Sindict] In the Etymologies, a Noldorin word _enedh_ appears with the meaning "core, centre, middle" (V:356, 376), based on a root...
29545 elhath *
elenyona Send Email
Apr 24, 2004
4:25 pm
... an+bain would yield *_ammain_, I think. I'm presuming the i of the diphthong here does not cause umlaut (the root being BAN and all)..? If _lá_ "beyond"...
29546 Barbara Mogden
nwmommy62 Send Email
Apr 25, 2004
1:28 am
Greetings, I'm just another new person saying hello to the group. I have been reading and trying to keep up with the conversations for a while. I am just...
29547 Eugenio M. Vigo
imaglang Send Email
Apr 26, 2004
1:45 am
Suilad, ... idiomatics, then ... be ... What means _thar_? To use _athan/athar_ "beneath" sounds interesting because in Spanish such construction is possible:...
29548 calwen76 Send Email Apr 26, 2004
11:41 am
In his article Sindarin the Noble Tongue Helge Fauskanger writes: "One wonders if the lack of lenition was the reason why Gandalf misunderstood the inscription...
29549 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Apr 26, 2004
2:13 pm
... In my article 'Mutations in Sindarin' I discuss this question (subsection 2.2) http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/mutations.html My conclusions are that...
29550 sketchiegirl Send Email Apr 27, 2004
6:30 pm
I have looked up the meanings to king prince and wanderer (plural to be for wanderers). Could someone double check my translation from english to elvish? King...
29551 aphadiol Send Email Apr 27, 2004
6:31 pm
Suilaid! I heard that Helge Fauskanger (or someone... :?) had a theory about the possible sindarin copula nâ. Is there an article about this theme? If there...
29552 idhrenethmeril Send Email Apr 29, 2004
3:19 am
Why is there an 'o' on the end of both _aran_ and _ernil_? I've never come across these before. If I wanted to translate these phrases (and use the class...
29553 320082509922-0001@... Send Email Apr 29, 2004
6:23 am
Hi, I might be wrong , but shouldn't it be _randirrim_ ? Or maybe _randirath_ ? Suil, Arodeth...
29554 calwen76 Send Email Apr 29, 2004
7:08 am
... _randirath_ ? No, you're right, the plural ending is attached to a singular form. I'd say the _-rim_ would fit here better. ... The mutation of _r-_ after...
29555 Janice Henderson
eruanne_pand... Send Email
Apr 30, 2004
6:24 am
Aiya ilquen, I think perhaps there is some confusion in regards to which elvish language is being used for the translation- which is understandable because...
29556 Atwe
percival64 Send Email
Apr 30, 2004
7:11 am
... The trouble is that the original poster didn't specify Q or S, just wrote "elvish". shine on, ===== Thomas Ferencz "We're a hundred and forty miles from...
29557 calwen76 Send Email Apr 30, 2004
7:16 am
... The ending _-rim_ is a collective plural ending that is added to a singular form. As far as I know, Quenya doesn't have a collective plural. This is a...
29558 calwen76 Send Email Apr 30, 2004
12:09 pm
Hello all, today is a very special night for all Czechs (beside the IHWC match with Austria), a feast called 'Carodejnice&#39; ('Witches Night'). By tradition, we...
29559 Paul McMillan
Paul@... Send Email
May 1, 2004
3:36 am
Recently, a close friend who was well versed in the lore of JRRT and his languages died in an accident. I would like to create a ring as a memorial, but have...
29560 i_degilbor Send Email May 1, 2004
5:56 am
... Winds, may ... (and that's ... more ... Apparently _annui_ doesn't undergo umlaut in the plural. We find the plural _iMbair Annui_ in the King's Letter. If...
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