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30174 Melroch 'Aestan
melroch Send Email
Aug 1, 2004
8:43 am
... Why not. I've seen worse Neo-Quenya. If JRRT would have considered it wellformed or beatiful is a whole other matter, of course. -- /BP 8^) -- B.Philip...
30175 dekanerab Send Email Aug 2, 2004
6:38 am
I've been in love with LOTR for years now and have wanted a tatoo written in elvish for some time now. I really want to make sure that it is done right. So...
30176 Atwe
percival64 Send Email
Aug 2, 2004
8:02 am
Hello Arthur, ... My assumption was based on the Etym entry S-: S- demonstrative stem. s, s he (cf. -so inflexion of verbs); s, s she (cf. -se...
30177 calwen76 Send Email Aug 4, 2004
12:48 pm
... 'show' < *TA-N- 'show, indicate'. ... _tanatha_ to _danatha_ because the verb follows the noun directly. And you are sure of this word-order-lenition...
30178 Eugenio M. Vigo
imaglang Send Email
Aug 5, 2004
4:07 am
Hi, I really want to know what's the difference between both Sindarin _law_ and _baw_. Pedin Edhellen says that _baw_ is used to negate plans and _law_, facts....
30179 elimloth Send Email Aug 5, 2004
5:27 am
... _law_ is a NeoSindarin word constructed by David Salo. It is back formed from Quenya lá, lau, laumë; LA-, UGU-., meaning: prefix  no, indeed not. It was...
30180 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Aug 5, 2004
12:54 pm
... I am currently working on a revised edition of Pedin Edhellen (Version 2.0) and have indeed marked _law_ as a reconstruction there which I had omitted...
30181 taalenmaple Send Email Aug 5, 2004
4:27 pm
Has anyone ever compiled a list of PE roots? Just the roots, with maybe a word or three from various Eldarin languages to exmplify meaning? And if so, anyone...
30182 Atwe
percival64 Send Email
Aug 5, 2004
6:06 pm
... Is there any better list than the Etymologies? Or do you mean something else? ===== Thomas Ferencz -- love is the shadow that ripens the wine -- ...
30183 Hadley
le_verseau30 Send Email
Aug 6, 2004
4:50 am
Would "Hadley" therefore be something like Lantdorthiel? Sounds funny though, I'll have to revise! Seymore could be...Aeluin? I'm basing this only from...
30184 Brian S.
maeglin_anwa... Send Email
Aug 6, 2004
8:08 am
Suilad! I'm a newbie here. My name is Brian, but in Elvish Sindarin it is Maeglin. I don't know alot about Sindarin or Quenya yet but I am a student in...
30185 calwen76 Send Email Aug 6, 2004
10:50 am
... Maeglin. ... in progress. ... possibly can. Welcome! If you want to study "TRUE Elvish", you may avoid expressions like _suilad_ ;o) Wish you good luck and...
30186 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Aug 7, 2004
1:20 am
Mae govannen! I would like to announce that I have written a new article investigating the question how the various cases are marked in Sindarin. It can be...
30187 Dave
hisilome Send Email
Aug 7, 2004
7:12 am
Hi, I may easily have overlooked something, but I couldn't find anything on this in the archives etc, so please help me out. I was wondering how you would...
30188 Morgana Luna
morganaluna00@... Send Email
Aug 7, 2004
7:13 am
Mae Govannen! I'm sure you'll find sooo much here to learn... well..welcome!!!! morgana __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired...
30189 Mari Dole
dole.marianne@... Send Email
Aug 7, 2004
7:14 am
Hello Brian, Welcome. As a lover of the Eldarin tongues for forty years, and a serious student for two (when I found there were courses in them), I can tell...
30190 Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin Send Email
Aug 7, 2004
3:16 pm
Mae govannen! Got your article on the Sindarin case system. Should be very helpful, especially when composing texts in Sindarin. I've also downloaded Part II...
30191 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Aug 7, 2004
5:07 pm
I can't see anything wrong with ambiguous sentences - they are part of every language and usually context does a good job resolving them. I admit I even...
30192 enajetovic@...
eldin_of_cui... Send Email
Aug 7, 2004
8:26 pm
A Friendly Invitation <http://www.sms.ac/registration/Intro.aspx?InviteId=8cvgb3207u00659p1usj 1fa5kjeb64e2xmlq37e9l> Hey elfling@yahoogroups.com, Eddin...
30193 Ulysses Thomas II
uet2 Send Email
Aug 8, 2004
12:21 am
Could someone tell me the Sindarin word for music? ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. [Non-text portions of this message have...
30194 Nikke De Young
nikki_deyoung Send Email
Aug 8, 2004
6:27 am
... Could someone tell me the Sindarin word for music? I searched www.councilofelrond.com and found no sindarin word for music, but... song is: 1.) glîr...
30195 Tony
ripplespic Send Email
Aug 8, 2004
6:27 am
... I believe the closest word Ive found is _lind_ meaning "melody" Hope it proves useful....
30196 Dave
hisilome Send Email
Aug 8, 2004
5:08 pm
Yes, totally agreed of course that the context almost always clears up possible ambiguities. Maybe there is no unequivocal answer, but I was mainly just...
30197 Morgana Luna
morganaluna00@... Send Email
Aug 8, 2004
5:09 pm
Ayia! well..I'd like to ask your opinion about this translation of this short poem of mine into Sindarin.. 1 the long days are fading into the west _ i oer...
30198 320082509922-0001@... Send Email Aug 9, 2004
6:32 am
Hi, I am in a bit of a hurry, but here are some short comments :-) ... _... firir nan Annún_ ... _erin felais velthin vi calad e-gelaidh_ ... _gerin lasto...
30199 calwen76 Send Email Aug 9, 2004
8:54 am
... A Sindarin word for music is not given by J.R.R.Tolkien, there is only a presumed Quenya word _lindale_ (from _Ainulindale_ 'music of the Ainur', though...
30200 calwen76 Send Email Aug 9, 2004
10:48 am
... short poem of mine into Sindarin.. ... I agree with Arodeth concerning the word order. ... °_erin_: I think that _erin_ is not used locally but concerning...
30201 Atwe
percival64 Send Email
Aug 9, 2004
11:31 am
... Are you sure? It looks rather like an example of indirect speech to me: "Do you hear that the fair voices call?" In which case the use of the gerund is ...
30202 calwen76 Send Email Aug 9, 2004
11:56 am
... If I were to 'translate&#39; this, I would go two ways: 1) 'Do you hear the calling of fair voices?' > than it is indeed a gerund > *_Last-? i ganed i lamath...
30203 jshebroe75 Send Email Aug 9, 2004
5:24 pm
[I edited out the tengwar related sections of this post - mod] Hello everyone, I Am having some difficulties in translating and transcribing some quenyan and...
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