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  • Category: Tolkien, J.R.R.
  • Founded: Sep 5, 1998
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Both Tom Bombadil and Treebeard claim the title of eldest but who is really eldest? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of...
6 Jan 5, 2006
6:21 am

ipsi
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I'm just a kid, but I have a theory on the Sindarin pronominal system. Specifically, I am focusing on the 3rd person singular and plural. _E_ is attested in...
7 Dec 31, 2005
12:30 pm

elhath *
elenyona
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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_,...
16 Dec 31, 2005
12:03 pm

Helge K. Fauskanger
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Hi, I'm translating a brief poem and some numbers into (Neo-)Sindarin for a friend and would appreciate some feedback on my attempt. I'm sure there is plenty...
3 Dec 30, 2005
11:39 pm

psalm19us
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Special Christmas 2002 Gifts from Gwaith-i-Phethdain for all our friends! Welcome to http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/language.htm Gaerlin Legolas by Ryszard...
13 Dec 30, 2005
1:13 pm

Evenstar
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hi. you all probably get really sick of posts like these but please hear me out.. My 11 year old cousin died on Nov 30th and he loved lotr and elvish. i have...
4 Dec 29, 2005
3:20 pm

LukᚠNovák
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Aiya! I have made new recordings of Tolkienian texts with improved sound quality. I hope you enjoy them: <petrisamueltikka.tripod.com>. - Petri...
1 Dec 29, 2005
1:47 pm

Petri Tikka
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... and stumbled over some rather unexplainable "things". I am not sure, if these are really errors, but it seems so They are errors all right. You see, when...
1 Dec 29, 2005
10:14 am

Helge K. Fauskanger
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Hi, I decide to present this translation (first published on Elendili Forum)I hope that it wont't be full of mistakes and you are enjoying it (hmmm... today...
1 Dec 29, 2005
7:24 am

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1 Dec 28, 2005
5:25 pm

elimloth
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I mentioned in an intro I have a love for writing Quenya poetry (thank you Mr. F. for the little knowledge in the language I do have). I still am not quite...
5 Dec 28, 2005
2:19 am

roberthahl
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can anybody translate this for me? "emme cin-endome" (the O has an accent mark over it) any good translation sites on the web?...
2 Dec 27, 2005
11:48 pm

Arthur Boccaccio
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Aiya! With this flood of sound files in Tolkienian languages, I've added some of my own to the web. You can download them (hopefully without problems) here:...
11 Dec 27, 2005
6:16 am

C Masuoka
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As promised, comments on Petri's pronounciation (Namaarie only): You do not have the fluency of speech, especialy in the first half of the poem. If you look at...
7 Dec 26, 2005
12:57 pm

rainalcar
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I have wondered for a while what the translation of this river is. _glin_ being something related to music, but what is _tei-_? Would greatly appreciate any...
1 Dec 26, 2005
8:34 am

quenarth
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In Letter #211 Tolkien wrote that the Woodland elves have a slightly different version of Sindarin, and that laeg-->leg because of this dialect. Has anyone...
2 Dec 24, 2005
9:53 am

Palatinus
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... Ofcourse. ... to ... but this ... I can tell you like this: in croatian there is both dark l and ly (lj in our ortoraphy). Your l is some times much closer...
1 Dec 22, 2005
10:34 pm

rainalcar
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... Quenya first, other If I find some time, and only the last version of Markirya: You said that there aren't a lot of differences between our ...
3 Dec 22, 2005
10:15 pm

Roman Rausch
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Concerning the part of the site which concernes pronounciation, I have rerecoreded Cirion's Oath (it should be better now :)), rerecorded Namaarie (Petri Tikka...
5 Dec 22, 2005
1:41 pm

Roman Rausch
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Greetings, I know the verb stem for "to praise" is _egleria-_ , but what of a noun form for the word "praise"? "Worship" and "adoration&quot; are giving me a hard...
3 Dec 22, 2005
8:23 am

elhath *
elenyona
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I am working on a translation and suddenly needed a Q word for "loins". Any ideas? There was a list of Qenya words for various bodyparts in one of the recent ...
4 Dec 22, 2005
4:56 am

ramaroreo
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I was considering buying parma eldalamberon 1-5 from eldalamberon.com but there is no information about thier contents. I was wonderind if someone could tell...
1 Dec 22, 2005
4:53 am

arvedui_last_king
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Hello Aglaril, Your idea sounds interesting. Like you I have been studying Tolkien's languages for about three years, but unlike you I am primarily...
6 Dec 22, 2005
12:58 am

elhath *
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"Mereth Veren e-Doled Eruion! Garo Idhrinn Eden Veren!" I just hope that it means (in Sindarin) what I want to say to everybody : "Joyeux Noël et Bonne...
1 Dec 20, 2005
12:38 pm

Fredon Le Hobbit
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... _Bach_. Well, according to Appendix E the sound [x] did remain medially, yes. One statement in VT41:9 may however complicate the picture: "In Quenya and ...
1 Dec 19, 2005
10:29 am

Helge K. Fauskanger
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I am new to quenya and would like some knowledgable person to verify and offer constructive critisism on the following translation which I have tried to...
4 Dec 18, 2005
1:42 pm

Atwe
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The page is www.geocities.com/rainalkar. It is in croatian language; you will find the recordings just above the links (where the size in kilobytes is...
6 Dec 16, 2005
10:47 am

rainalcar
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Greetings, After quite some time of absence of my "Mellyn-in-Edhil" site I am happy to announce that a new version has just been launched. Since the Sindarin...
3 Dec 14, 2005
1:56 pm

Florian Dombach
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I'm trying to come up with an accurate translation of the phrase: "Nodos Virtute Resolvo" (I untie knots by virtue) _Vëarenen ilnutin nardar_ _Vëarenen_ is...
2 Dec 14, 2005
10:39 am

Atwe
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hello to whom ever takes an interest in this text. i am a long time tolkien fan and just now taking up to learning the language or languages. previous efforts...
2 Dec 14, 2005
4:41 am

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