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Hi all, my name is Davide and I'm going to marry my girlfriend Elisa. I want to engraving our wedding rings in elvish using the Tengwar Annatar fonts (I think...
... Actually, you wouldn't need the personal markers because the subjects are stated, so it would become _Meldon mele Eruve mele_. ... Given that "Elisa" is...
Jerome Colburn
jcolburn@...
May 4, 2004 8:14 am
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Hey all, someone (his name is Tim) asked me to help him with a translation of this sentence: 'You are my always shining star' and he gave his own translation...
... -rly'- (and possible -rl- too) is an impossible cluster in Quenya; -nny- needs something also due to its "nnnggh-ish" nature. :P Anyway, _nar_ is a plural...
'I would like to create a ring as a memorial, but have been struggling with finding an appropriate phrase to put on it. Whatever I come up with, it's going to...
Jerry Aurand(Fillan)
aurandfillan@...
May 4, 2004 3:02 pm
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Those are good ideas, but if I use them, it would seem more fitting to put them in future tense. How about something like (please correct my horrible ...
Paul McMillan
Paul@...
May 5, 2004 6:33 am
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Aiya, ... I ... Erm, what do you mean by "usually"?:-) AFAIK there are two attested examples of the nai-formula, the other one being in CO, where it certainly...
I had considered that poem, but hadn't looked closely at the ending. Good suggestion, I think it will be appropriate. That would be Quenya (Frodo mentions that...
Paul McMillan
Paul@...
May 5, 2004 8:26 pm
29572
So, we've settled on Istyanisse (using the -sse ending because it's prettier in Tengwar, even though the shortened form is preferred in compounds usually) but...
hi, i was just wondering if anyone could help me with a transcription i've done. <img src="http://img20.photobucket.com/albums/v59/superseven/random% ...
srry to bother u guys, i was wondering what an elvish name that translates in english to Jewel of the Night would be. I don't know a lot about the elvish ...
Erm, the "usually" comes from the study of too many secondary sources. :-) Could someone (preferably with a copy of "The Road Goes Ever On" in hand) look over...
Paul McMillan
Paul@...
May 5, 2004 8:28 pm
29576
... It looks perfect to me. Shine on, ===== Thomas Ferencz "We're a hundred and forty miles from Chicago, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." "Hit it!" ...
... would it be better to write Istyanisse Elpinoine? does it matter? What are the attested name forms? Are there names that include descriptors? Like...
... You didn't specify which Elvish language. The names of the Elves in 'Lord of the Rings' are in Sindarin, and Sindarin is their daily language, so my...
... text. In Elvish I think is "Meldon meliro Erùve melire" Is it right? I would use the aorist form of MEL-, which is _melë_. Also: the names need to be in...
... how slightly different? the pix look perfect to me. it actually doesn't matter what font you're using, the point is to get the word WELL WRITTEN. and they...
... names need ... loved by ... The accusative was only marked in Classical Quenya and it disappeared during the Exile of the Noldor. I would not use it since...
... If you wanted it in Quenya, it would probably be: _Lómírionë_ from _ló_ (night) + _mírë_ (jewel)+ _-ion_(possesive ending- jewel OF the night) + _ë_...
... I think that the genitive ending is unnecessary and confusing, since grammatically it should be appended to _lóme_, not _míre_. Shine on, ===== Thomas...
... This translation is not really correct, or rather, I should say was carelessly translated in one text by Tolkien in this fashion. _Nai_ should have been...
... Why not just _Lomíriel_ or instead? _Lómírionë_ doesn't seem to follow the usual construction of names in Quenya, especially for women. You might also...
Cool, thanks everybody. I'll post again once I get the project completed... Paul...
Paul McMillan
Paul@...
May 7, 2004 5:25 am
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There are two ways of forming genitives: 1) proper noun as in _Annyn Durin, Aran Moria_ (Doors of Durin, King of Moria)here word order alone denotes the...
I found this very helpful. Thank you. I did mix the two, but not on purpose as my dictionary did not specify Q or S next to the words, also i read the wrong...
Thomas Ferencz wrote (replying to Janice Henderson) ... Right. More, casual endings are, to my knowledge, never seen in coumpounds. Sébastien Bertho...
... King ... denotes ... Haven't you forgot the third (and previously mentioned) possibility: compounds? As far as I understand this matter, compounds are used...
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