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30799
Hi, ... Your translations are in Quenya, not in Sindarin, if that's okay with you. ... Almost. _Síre ar melme tiesse cuilelyo._ (BTW is this "on" with the...
Atwe
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Dec 1, 2004
8:24 am
30800
I think it is rather the distinction in spelling that is mentioned in UT. Compare English THink / THis. In Sindarin it would be written as *THink / *DHis. Lucy...
calwen76
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Dec 1, 2004
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30801
... sound ... of ... sound, is ... CH is found in Sindarin as well: _i Cherdir i Drann_ "the Mayor of the Shire" (Samwise) in SD 128-131. It is alike German...
calwen76
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Dec 1, 2004
11:32 am
30802
... I understand that KH in Khuzdul elaborates the K and H apart more, hence it is not the exact same phoneme as in Sindarin (German, Hebrew, etc.)? Q.v. LotR...
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elenyona
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Dec 1, 2004
3:54 pm
30803
Ok, this is my first atempt to translate anything but my name. (So please don't shoot me :) The sentence is: Shut up when you're talking to me! (Yes i know...
melgalon
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Dec 1, 2004
4:40 pm
30804
Suilad! I've just finished translating an excerpt from the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen (Appendix A)as part of a surprise for a friend's wedding (who is a great...
house_of_feanor
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Dec 1, 2004
4:42 pm
30805
Hello, all! A singing group I know is singing a Latin version of this carol, translated from the English, translated from the German, so I felt like trying the...
ladyinque
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Dec 1, 2004
4:42 pm
30806
... I found the quotation. It is on page 267, the last page of /History of Galadriel and Celeborn/. It reads as follows: It may be mentioned here that...
Iain Dalton
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Dec 1, 2004
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30807
... Right now I think dative might be the best choice before genitive or possessive in Quenya... plus _aista-_ is a verb, not a noun (but would the noun take a...
elhath *
elenyona
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Dec 1, 2004
5:01 pm
30808
... Or just _enni_. ... Since _golwen_ comes from an NG-root and not a G- one, the definite form is _i ngolwen_ (pl. might be written _in gelwin_ or _i...
elhath *
elenyona
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Dec 1, 2004
5:35 pm
30809
Petri Tikka wrote: "*attayunque '24, lit. two-twelve' < atta 'two' + yunque '12' (PE14:82; evidently the same in later Quenya, cf. stem yunuk(w)- in...
Cherie Campbell
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Dec 1, 2004
11:42 pm
30810
I, personally, have always used _avbedo_ for "shut up." It's a negative imperative meaning, "don't speak." I think. I use it in _havo dad ah avbedo_ - Sit down...
ladyinque
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Dec 1, 2004
11:42 pm
30811
Hello, I have no linguistic comment, since my knowledge of Sindarin approaches to zero, but if you mean the carrol I think you mean (sopran: c-c-c-d-c-c-a,...
Lukas Novak
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Dec 2, 2004
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30812
... chers ... In fact, Tolkien tells us in Appendix E that Dwarvish 'kh' is pronounced more or less as the 'ckh' in English 'backhand'. He also tells us that...
i_degilbor
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Dec 2, 2004
6:55 am
30813
So, _Ir pedich enni, avbedo!_ would be better? From: "ladyinque" <ladyinque@...> ... [...]...
melgalon
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Dec 2, 2004
9:21 am
30814
... Where did you get that? _vb_ doesn't look like a legitimate Sindarin cluster. -- /BP 8^)> -- Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch at melroch dot se ...
Melroch 'Aestan
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Dec 2, 2004
1:45 pm
30815
... Because _yurasta_ apparently means *'two twelves' (PE14:17) and the elements meaning 'two' and 'twelve', here #_yu-_ (cf. _yúcale_, _yuale_ 'twilight',...
Petri Tikka
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Dec 2, 2004
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30816
Suil, ... I would say : _...i trenar uin govaded ..._ ... For 'in' you seem to prefer _mi_. I would tend to use _vi_ or sometimes _ned_, but I woun't comment...
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arodeth
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Dec 2, 2004
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30817
i was wondering, are there were guidlines for using sarati to write Sindarin? Hannon le, Yavie...
yavieatanone
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Dec 2, 2004
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30818
Maybe _it u-bedich enni, avbedo_ Since you want, if I have this correctly, the person to shut up if he or she is NOT talking to you. Neh? Jessica...
ladyinque
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Dec 2, 2004
6:48 pm
30819
... [...] Well no.. the sentence is supposed to be a funny phrase. "Shut up WHEN your talking to me" Audun...
melgalon
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Dec 2, 2004
8:30 pm
30820
I am very doubtful that even the most learned Sindar would have written with the Sarati, if indeed any were familiar with it. If you insist upon using it,...
Michael Keegan
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Dec 2, 2004
10:21 pm
30821
... between ... That is, Quenya and Sindarin modes of tengwar. Forgive my mistake. :)...
Michael Keegan
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Dec 2, 2004
11:38 pm
30822
Arodeth, ... Sure, but I didn't want to use the patronymic here, but the full form when Aragorn is elaborating on his lineage. ... Yes, but isn´t _Dúnedain_...
house_of_feanor
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Dec 3, 2004
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30823
What is the actual translation for "Ossemakil"? I don't want to give the impression that this is Osse's sword. ... From: "elhath *" <sp12@...> ... ...
Charles Gadda
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Dec 3, 2004
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30824
... I think it is supposed to be rather *_Avo bedo_ since the cluster _vb_ is not possible in Sindarin, BMO too. Second, **_an nin_ is not used either it is...
calwen76
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Dec 3, 2004
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30825
... 'Sword of terror' Quote Etym:359: "GOS-, GOTH- dread. Q _osse_ terror, as name _Osse_". WJ:400 later says that (at least!) the name of the Maia is an...
elhath *
elenyona
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Dec 3, 2004
10:55 am
30826
... _I Ndúnedain/In dúnedain_, actually, since the root is NDU-. Although the construct phrase (of ownership) doesn't seem to require any intermediary...
elhath *
elenyona
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Dec 3, 2004
11:07 am
30827
... From: "calwen76" <calwen.rudh@...> To: <elfling@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 4:01 AM Subject: [elfling] *_vb_ in Sindarin [was:...
Michael Keegan
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Dec 3, 2004
2:34 pm
30828
... Sure, both should be okay. Your choice :-) ... Well, I thought of something in analogy to _aran Moria_ . But your idea could work as well. It is like in...
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arodeth
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