So, I am curious about something - what are the most urgent problems in Elvish linguistics? If you could ask Tolkien one question about Elvish and he would...
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Atwe
percival64
Nov 2, 2005 10:12 am
... Hm, a full paradigm for the verb "to be" in the major languages, maybe? I am sure there could be other important questions, but that's what came off the...
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aelindis
Nov 2, 2005 11:39 am
... answer it ... Granted that Tolkien had already answered the previous questions, I would like to ask him about Sindarin prepositions, especially "in" and...
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Palatinus
elfiness
Nov 2, 2005 12:20 pm
... my quesiton would be quite simple and straightforward. Since the Elvish Linguistics is divided in (at least) two large portions, I would ask him if he'd...
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Peter
pengolodh_dk
Nov 2, 2005 12:27 pm
... answer it ... I'd ask him to provide the texts (in Elvish) and translations of the _Nurtale Valinoreva_, the _Noldolante_, and the _Aldudenie_. I'll ...
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LukᚠNovák
lukas.novak@...
Nov 2, 2005 12:28 pm
Just a single question? Hmm... I would ask him how The Silmarillion and the LotR would read in Sindarin and Quenya... ;-) Lukas...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Nov 2, 2005 2:20 pm
Recently I came across a reply to my message #31915 in this list posted by Naneth on CoE - unfortunately not in a place where a reply would be possible. ...
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Bertrand Bellet
bertrand_bellet
Nov 2, 2005 2:32 pm
... I would ask him about the most basic order of constituents in a Sindarin sentence. Sindarin syntax is so fertile with puzzlements that I would be sure not...
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aelindis
Nov 2, 2005 9:33 pm
Mae govannen, Jordan River Vardi ~ Alcarilo ~ Aglaril, curunír (curunís?) na enith rim! Im meren a ndangweth lîn. Aníron egleriad i deithad lîn, edregol i...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Nov 3, 2005 7:07 am
Erna and Jordan River Vardi - when you reply to an Elfling message, it goes to the list, because that is what's in the 'reply to' fields. In the case you don't...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Nov 3, 2005 7:29 am
Taking an extended look into Tolkien's works, I have to write a few Addenda and Corrigenda to yesterday's message: * The name _Enner_, of which Naneth claims...
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calwen76
Nov 3, 2005 7:56 am
... Both intelligent and crazy a question of yours indeed :) I'd probably ask about the synthax, but there are much more candidates (morphology, the...
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elistir
Nov 3, 2005 7:57 am
In VT#47:35 we find that the Telerin word for "glass" in _calca_, like the Q equivalent; _KALAK- > calca_. Roman Rusch in his article on T says: "T. calca...
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elistir
Nov 3, 2005 7:57 am
In VT#47:35 we find that the Telerin word for "glass" in _calca_, like the Q equivalent; _KALAK- > calca_. Roman Rusch in his article on T says: "T. calca...
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Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
Nov 3, 2005 3:24 pm
... Yes, I mention _*kal'kâ_ further below - with loss of the _sundóma_ in CE (according to VT47:13) - this is of course possible. ... In Q&E App. D Tolkien...
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Ugo Truffelli
elistir
Nov 3, 2005 6:44 pm
... one. ... KALA > KALAT(A), KWE > KWETE, KWENE. In VT47:8 we see the same: PAL *PALA > PALAT, PALAN-. In Q&E we also meet the pairs DELE/DEL, HEKE/HEK and...
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Evenstar
evenstar62
Nov 3, 2005 6:50 pm
Here we are! Ambar Eldaron is glad to present you our Quenya Verb Chart in PDF format you can download here: http://www.ambar-eldaron.com/verbs_quenya.htm We...
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Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
Nov 3, 2005 7:34 pm
... The passage in VT47:8 clearly implies that _palan, palta, palda_ and so on are derived from the extensions - either PALAT- ot PALAN-; and not really from...
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Ugo Truffelli
elistir
Nov 4, 2005 3:59 am
... the ... the CE ... has ... I was not confused by macrons and accents. Instead you confused PQ words with CE ones. ;-) In Quenya and Sindarin stree depend...
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vinyatan
Nov 4, 2005 4:52 pm
First of all, let me apologise should this not be the correct group for this type of question. Pointers to groups better suited to the question are of course...
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Atwe
percival64
Nov 4, 2005 7:00 pm
... I've started to study Quenya recently, and am trying to translate some stuff for practice. I'm having trouble with the following phrase: "...the darkness...
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Terry Dock
melhael
Nov 4, 2005 9:45 pm
... Hi! I stumbled upon the line where the verb _cen-_ is conjugated and I noticed it was translated as "make". I thought I'd let you know so you can make the...
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Evenstar
evenstar62
Nov 5, 2005 4:35 am
Great thanks! I've corrected it ;-) Evenstar http://www.ambar-eldaron.com Le Monde des Elfes...
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Cameron Holly
camman977
Nov 6, 2005 2:47 am
Aiya! Some time ago i decided i wanted to learn quenya but never really did anything to try. At one point i did find the elfling website and go through the...
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Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
Nov 6, 2005 12:41 pm
... Really? Where? But Tolkien doesn't always distinguish them, just talking about 'primitive forms'. Distinguishig is needed when it comes to differences, but...
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vinyatan
Nov 6, 2005 4:55 pm
... [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... thepossessed thing but there are examples for the opposite as well). ... Hmm, how do you arrive at sámalyo again? Is that...
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selina y
fairybabypri...
Nov 6, 2005 4:56 pm
hi! I need some help translating a song (Moon River) to Quenya. I've done some of it, but certain words like Friend have several translation. I need some help ...
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calwen76
Nov 7, 2005 4:50 pm
Hello everybody, I was asked to help with a translation of a team name: "Squirrels Hunters" into Sindarin. Now, the "hunters" may be adopted from N _faradrim_,...
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Atwe
percival64
Nov 7, 2005 6:12 pm
... I was asked to help with a translation of a team name: "Squirrels Hunters" into Sindarin. Now, the "hunters" may be adopted from N _faradrim_, I guess. But...
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lsgallant
Nov 8, 2005 4:05 am
There are a couple of other websites where you can get a Quenya Study Buddy. One is the CouncilofElrond, which is very active, but I have not had much luck...
