Well, the subject pretty much says it. Nothing seemed particularly obvious, so I thought I'd ask here. This is part of my first try at writing anything in...
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Cirk Bejnar
eluchil@...
Aug 5, 2000 4:38 pm
... Well '3' is not used in the transscription of either Quenya or Sindarin (only PQ "Primitive Quenderin"). In the essay "Quendi and Eldar" Tolkien used 'H'...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:44 am
... **It is. Writers usually use *_-re_ for "she", *_-ro_ for "he". Also there is _-s_ probably covering all "he", "she" and "it". *_meliro_ "he loves" ...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:44 am
... **_Anwa_ is adj. "true", not n. "truth". What about _neer anwa naanye_ "true man I am"? ... **You mean _lire_. Acc. of "the tales" would be _i nyaarii_,...
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profesorr@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:44 am
... mauya could be formed directly from the root MBAW ... _amávië_ (amaavie). I think you have written ... Yes. Thak you for the answer and explanation! ...
3058
profesorr@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:44 am
We have the phrase _utuulie'n aure_. It seems to be a ... but it is not certain what it is. Could possibly be "utuulien in aure" ? Lukas...
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profesorr@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:44 am
... language that has ... and continuative, Not exactly the distincion between "aorist" and "continuative", but in general the distinction between "perfect"...
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Rich Alderson
ALDERSON@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:43 am
... There is a little bit of confusion here. The (Greek) aorist properly speaking is a past tense with punctual aspect (that is, the action is taken as a...
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Ice Pick
icepick3000@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:30 am
I thank all of you very much, for the time, effort, and patience for such a young, foolish, and inquisitive person ( thats me :-) ). So in fact, Murder IS...
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John Rateliff
sacnoth@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:30 am
... He stated in a radio interview that his model for the dwarven culture was the ancient Hebrews, so it's more likely that Hebrew was his model rather than...
3053
Mike Adams
abrigon@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:30 am
I believe their is a dictionary of known Khazad words, where?
Looking for ideas on how to expand it and like..
It is a wide open subject, and less defined...
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Eleder
josugp@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:30 am
Another simple question... that was appointed from a lamendil in Lambenor, a couple of days ago: If we employ to say "to kiss" _miqu-_... Which would be its ...
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Marcus Smith
smithma@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:30 am
... It looks to me like the possessive suffixes are enclitics rather inflections. If this is true, then it really doesn't matter if the space is included or...
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Angasule
angasule@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:29 am
... follow = hilya down = undu Angasule...
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Myrtheos@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:29 am
In a message dated 8/1/00 8:06:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, profesorr@... writes: << "Aorist" is a name of a tense of a verb. The word itself means...
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Jerry Dunham
jerry@...
Aug 3, 2000 2:23 am
... Thanks. I wasn't really expecting such a response, but it is interesting. ... Hmmmm.... What would be Q. for "follow"? Another common command is "down"....
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Jerry Caveney
jcaveney@...
Aug 3, 2000 1:35 am
Ack! Two posts in three days, and this one is even a bit relevant. :) I write not to criticize the post I'm replying to, but to dig a little deeper into the...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Aug 3, 2000 1:35 am
... It seems reasonable that the perfect could be formed directly from the root and not from the present stem, when the suffixed variant used in the present...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Aug 3, 2000 1:35 am
... I was, like, assuming that Amanya Telerin have the same rules for stress as Q and S. When I think about it, I don't think I've ever read ANYTHING on stress...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Aug 3, 2000 1:35 am
... Should be "Wir sind" ... Should be "Sie sind" Andreas ... ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
Aug 3, 2000 1:35 am
... Not really. The similarity is AFAWK limited to sharing one major structural trait (triconsonantal roots and vocalic infixes). Beyond that -- other...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Aug 3, 2000 1:34 am
... **Maybe _mii_ (_mí_) "in the". It is assumed that it is _mi_ "in" + _i_ "the". We have the phrase _utuulie'n aure_. It seems to be a contradiction, but it...
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Lukas Novak
profesorr@...
Aug 3, 2000 1:34 am
... I rather dobt this. "posse" is very wide in its meaning, although its primary meaning is just "be able to" (potis="able" + esse="to be"), regardless to...
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Rich Alderson
ALDERSON@...
Aug 3, 2000 1:34 am
... We should define "gnomic" for the original enquirer, who is very young and has stated that he knows very little grammatical or other linguistic...
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Peter Cole
carnivor@...
Aug 3, 2000 1:34 am
At 7/30/00 1:55:00 PM, you wrote: .. ... verbs in the imperative: sit = haara stay = mara (abide - as close as I can get.) fetch = neta plural noun: walkies =...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Aug 2, 2000 12:05 am
... You can try _hara!_ or _hama!_ Or perhaps it should be _a hare!_ or _a hame!_ Well, the dog probably won't get it anyway... - HF...
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Lukas Novak
profesorr@...
Aug 2, 2000 12:05 am
... "Aorist" is a name of a tense of a verb. The word itself means "unlimited" or "undetermined" or such (greek "alfa privativum" + "horos"="limit") and in...
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daniel andreasson
daniel.andreasson@...
Aug 2, 2000 12:05 am
... Well, join CONLANG and send all the info you have on your conlang there for god's sake! :) www.egroups.com/group/conlang Daniel Andreasson...
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BP Jonsson
melroch@...
Aug 2, 2000 12:05 am
... I wonder how _vanimelda_ fits into this picture if at all? At Ardalambion (<http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm>, keyword _-lda_ you, Helge, say ...
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Jerry Caveney
jcaveney@...
Aug 2, 2000 12:05 am
(If this is too much off topic, I won't be offended if it's kept from going out to Elfling. :) ) I most often just lurk, but once in a while I can't resist...
