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32461
... This is my first translation for anyone on this group, so some other opinion would be recommendable: Na vórima tenna qualme (or effírie, depends on the...
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Oct 1, 2005
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32462
... This is my first translation for anyone on this group, so some other opinion would be recommendable: Na vórima tenna qualme (or effírie, depends on the...
rainalcar
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Oct 1, 2005
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32463
... word, is ... number, ... Not sure what you mean. Can you give me an example?...
quildarener
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Oct 1, 2005
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32464
... But _-ta_ would be preferred before multiple ... As Quenya lieeva would be preferable to lieo, at least on grounds of euphony. Thanks for the explanation....
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Oct 1, 2005
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32465
... difference ... that ... varies? ... suppose ... some ... This helps, thanks, but then where would the dh and the k come from? And would the addition of k...
quildarener
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Oct 1, 2005
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32466
Could we possibly move this topic out of Elfling? I can see discussing Finnish as it relates directly to Tolkienian linguistics, but I think it has stretched...
Michael John Keegan
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Oct 1, 2005
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32467
... sorry quildarener i wrote it totaly wrong, don't know what I was thinking; here goes an example: if you have an independent pronoun te 'they' and declinate...
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Oct 1, 2005
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32468
Some further thoughts on _vea_: Wynne's comments over at Lambengolmor seemed to suggest a certain dislike of "neo-Elvish practitioners" and their supposed ...
Helge K. Fauskanger
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Oct 1, 2005
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32469
... material! Word reaches me that some people (or at least one) misunderstood this, thinking that I _resent_ the making of such bound books. I was, of course,...
Helge K. Fauskanger
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Oct 1, 2005
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32470
I would like to thank Atwe, Palatinus and Michael Keegan for pointing me toward a number of Tolkien calendar sources, both in the Corpus and elsewhere, that...
Byron Bray
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Oct 2, 2005
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32471
... i sometimes use exclamation marks in the middle of sentences to emphasise, or show the incredularity of, just a part of the sentences. i don't know if this...
daniel
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Oct 2, 2005
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This is a quotation from the chapter "Shelob's Lair" in LotR/TT; no exclamation point follows _Aiya_ in the text, so it's incorrect to use it when making the...
Michael John Keegan
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Oct 2, 2005
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32473
You are, of course, most welcome! Nai i ingolmor ëauvar andavë! M...
Michael John Keegan
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Oct 2, 2005
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32474
... I have kind of an idea what you are referring to, but imo the wording is most misleading and creates a wrong impression with people. Qenya is _not_ an...
Thorsten Renk
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Oct 2, 2005
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32475
... Should read Hence, I remain with my statement that the evolution from Qenya to Quenya in the real timeline HAS NO equivalent in real world language...
Thorsten Renk
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Oct 2, 2005
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32476
Thanks caio Graeme ... From: "elimloth" <draco@...> To: <elfling@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:49 PM Subject: [elfling] Re:...
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32477
... thinking; ... and ... words, is the ... As far as I know this point has not been settled and unless/until it is, use of the plural suffix with pronouns is...
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Oct 2, 2005
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32478
... perfectly ... As I said, ... ago. I ... something like ... 1 above, ... _Vëantur_ and ... normal ... _vëan_ ... *"Sea ... similiar if ... _vëa_ #1 ... ...
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Oct 2, 2005
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32479
... 1 above, ... _Vëantur_ and ... normal ... _vëan_ ... *"Sea ... similiar if ... _vëa_ #1 ... lord" (see ... this name ... later ... _vea_ "sea" had ... ...
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Oct 2, 2005
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32480
... Also the allative of _te_ would probably be *_tienna[r?]_, since the dative applied by Tolkien in Átaremma (VT43) is _tien_. Elhath...
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Oct 2, 2005
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32481
... and ... form ... wording is ... assume ... By "in imaginative terms" I mean "in its evolution in Tolkien's imagination," not "as what Tolkien imagined to...
quildarener
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Oct 2, 2005
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32482
... VT44:12 _omesse_ 'on us', not _**omessen_ Cf. for the discussion of Quenya pronomial forms and their grammar ...
Thorsten Renk
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32483
Few questions: In a phrase tulie Númen(o) 'moving of the West', should the noun Númen be in genitive or accusative case? For it is obviously an object of the...
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Oct 2, 2005
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32484
... I believe the English word is "pronominal" rather than "pronomial" ( Cf. L _pronomen_, _pronominalis_). M...
Michael John Keegan
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32485
Few questions: In a phrase tulie Númen(o) 'moving of the West', should the noun Númen be in genitive or accusative case? For it is obviously an object of the...
rainalcar
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Oct 2, 2005
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32486
In my annual reading of The Lord of the Rings this year, I looked upon the name of the horse of Glorfindel with a renewed interest: what does it mean? In his...
Michael John Keegan
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Oct 2, 2005
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32487
This theory is quite intriguing to me. I don't pretend to know if it is plausible, but I certainly like the implications of speed, which, of course, the noble...
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Oct 3, 2005
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32488
... Hi, in my opinion this is a case where the possessive should be used. Cf. _nurtale Valinóreva_ "the hiding of Valinor" in Silmarillion - if your intended...
Atwe
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Oct 3, 2005
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32489
... <michaeljohnkeegan@...> wrote: I was stubborn and did not want to ... The name may be connected to SPÁLAS-, variant of the root PHÁLAS- in Etym;...
Atwe
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32490
... _Athelas_ means "King's foil". I think the Q _asëa_ is connected to the first element of the word - or actually vise versa :-). Lucy...
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