... na ... that ... Instead of "condemned" I would suggest to use "doomed": _barthannen_ (past participle of _bartha-_), instead of "killed" - "slain": ...
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kuldaris
Jul 26, 2005 8:47 am
Yet another post from a poor newbie who's asking for help.. sorry ! I've wanted to learn Elven for a good number of years - I actually transcribed some script...
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Aaron Shaw
maethorgalad
Jul 25, 2005 6:42 pm
It's been a while since I have had time to work on Elvish material. I realize that the forum to I-Lam Arth has been down and that the site is in need of a...
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aelindis
Jul 23, 2005 3:08 pm
... I would like to point out Bill Welden's analysis of the "Ae Adar" (VT44:24), where he wrote: "This [= _eneth_] looks like a gerundial form of a verb _en-_...
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Gildor Inglorion
elfiness
Jul 23, 2005 5:35 am
... nope... the verb is analysed as root ES+ verbal ending -ta- ... I don't know.. this is just how Elves (or Tolkien) preferred the root ES to evolve. Roots...
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Navaer Lalaith
elvenswordsmith
Jul 22, 2005 2:26 pm
... Thanks! ... Yes, that too. ... Why though? Also in Quenya there is the verb _esta-_ which could also suggest the -st ending, couldn't it? This is where I'm...
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Gildor Inglorion
elfiness
Jul 22, 2005 2:26 pm
... Welcome to the list ... It is widely known, after Tolkien's own words, that the word 'Hobbit' has no actual origin or explanation. It was just a funny...
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Atwe
percival64
Jul 21, 2005 7:58 pm
Dear Friends, I am happy to announce that we have started a new place for discussingTolkienian languages. It is called Aglardh, and can be reached throughour...
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aelindis
Jul 21, 2005 12:15 pm
Influences of the 'Kalevala' and of the Finnish language on Tolkien's tales and on Quenya respectively have been subject matter of quite a bit of research... ...
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The Entwife
maialaia
Jul 20, 2005 9:57 pm
Well if you go read the Kalevala (Finnish folktales) you'll figure out where he got almost all his stories (and the basis for Quenya). ... ...
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aelindis
Jul 20, 2005 12:02 pm
Hello Given the usually farfetched speculations I am very sceptical about coincidences, but this one _might_ be an exception. I'm rather referring to...
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ttfse@...
ttfse
Jul 20, 2005 5:42 am
Hello Apologies, this doesn’t fit exactly this list, but this list seems the closest to my question. “In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit....
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ramaroreo
Jul 19, 2005 3:29 pm
... Okay, ... Aiya, I would just like to add to my earlier reply that I did not mean to change your text by my English translation. Orenyanna is fine, I ...
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Gildor Inglorion
elfiness
Jul 19, 2005 4:54 am
congrats, only a technical note: in the phrase 'Greek letters phi, theta and chi to denote...', you have forgot to close with the </i> tag after <i>chi. ...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jul 18, 2005 10:34 pm
I just uploaded an updated version of my article about Primitive Elvish: http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/primelv.htm I have tried to incorporate information...
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Gildor Inglorion
elfiness
Jul 18, 2005 8:14 pm
... good luck :) ... no, we know the verb because of the attestation 'estathar' in the King's Letter ... good thought, but it's better if you think about ...
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ramaroreo
Jul 18, 2005 8:13 pm
... Hi, As there is no English translation, I take the liberty to make one from what I understand from your text: My words are heavy and falling from my heart ...
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quenarth
Jul 18, 2005 8:13 pm
Oh, good heavens! I actually forgot to put up the translation! Okay, here you are. (ooh, and thanks for 'laicith') Again, sorry about no translation... "My...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Jul 17, 2005 11:36 pm
I think the discussion is really interesting, and Helge has brought up some good points (and I do hope some other people can make sense of what we write here...
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Atwe
percival64
Jul 17, 2005 7:52 pm
Hi, it would help if you posted the English version, too. BTW **laicith is most certainly not okay - no word ends with th in Quenya. Cheers, ... foot, but I've...
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quenarth
Jul 17, 2005 3:51 am
This will probably be like shooting myself in the foot, but I've got to post some time :-) Here is the first part of a poem I wrote (and set to song) for a...
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Navaer Lalaith
elvenswordsmith
Jul 17, 2005 3:49 am
I'm starting to try my hand at reconstucting words, and I would like everyone to pick and preen over the way I did this so I can learn from it. ES- from the...
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Petri Tikka
petristikka
Jul 16, 2005 9:03 pm
Aiya! Here's a Quenya poem I just wrote... It's called _Mana? Man? Masse? _ "What? Who? Where?". - Vanime hnima ea andnesse. San i vilya luine n, aldar...
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Petri Tikka
petristikka
Jul 16, 2005 7:51 pm
... I suspected someone might say something to this effect as a reply... But this was not my intention. The question _was_ that whether there is any...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jul 16, 2005 4:50 pm
... second-last syllable: _nd, nt, mp, mb, nc (nk), ng_: e.g. glorfindel? _nd_ might be considered one consonant, as it is written as one tengwa (_ando_) with...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jul 16, 2005 4:34 pm
... the evidence. But let's do one thing at a time. For one thing, the verbs I would ascribe to this "mixed conjugation" are not at all numerous, so this is...
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Melroch 'Aestan
melroch
Jul 15, 2005 10:12 pm
... Likewise it would be nice for me if Finnish had the same system of marking definiteness and completed action as Swedish (I say _luen kirjan_ almost every...
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Petri Tikka
petristikka
Jul 15, 2005 3:23 pm
... Yes, indeed. _estennin_ it is. ... Yes... I see that they should be _cenir_ and _firir_, using the attested present tense. But the conjugations _conar_...
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aelindis
Jul 15, 2005 10:54 am
Mae govannen! Your poem is very impressive. Here are a few observations, mainly regarding typos. ... _penestennin_ would maybe be lenited? It also seems that...
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calwen76
Jul 15, 2005 9:13 am
... Aha, didn't know that. Then, it is obvious I was wrong. ... I know it became _n_ finally. I just copied what's in the Appendix E. And I tried to explain...
