... I don't know if I would call short remark in the outlook a quite notable error, but for what it's worth _naneth_ and _Gilthonieth_ seem to be an oversight,...
Hi Olga, you're not the only one with such a crazy idea. Here's a scheme I've circulated on the MERP-List: TREE OF ELVEN-TONGUES Tolkien gave each Elvish...
... Dang, it looks like the text lost most of its formatting on its way through the mailing list. I can send the original formatted text via email to anyone...
... scheme ... gave ... Here's ... Yeah, but there's nothing French, German, Native American or Polynesian-flavored on your list of languages (and "African" ...
... We may have different purposes in our conlang pursuits. My goal is to make languages that fit in a specific time and place of the "Secondary World" - the...
... Well, sort of. The material that was included in the "Tree of Elven- Tongues" post can be found in the archive of the MERP-List. The version I on Elfling...
... Ohhh, I forgot to mention, for example, Portuguese, (Middle and Modern) English, and Romanian. You also should be aware that "French" and "German" can also...
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trilogy9@...
Jan 19, 2007 7:50 pm
Can someone please help? I am looking for a short prayer in Sindarin (with a translation, if possible) to put on a card for a dear friend in the hospital....
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jan 20, 2007 5:21 pm
... a translation, if possible) to put on a card for a dear friend in the hospital. It would mean so much. Thank you. My own father is in hospital, so I can...
You might find something here- http://www.geocities com/petristikka/elvish/index2.html Hope you friend gets better soon. Anne ... From: trilogy9@... Date:...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Jan 22, 2007 12:42 pm
After some break, a bit more discussion: (2) _Tangado haid! Leithio i philinn!_ translated as 'Hold [your] positions! Fire the arrows!' I have no comments on...
... I'd prefer 'sui iest liin', but sui was not known back then...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Jan 22, 2007 2:43 pm
... One wonders why - _be_ in the original context _ben genediad Drannail_ 'in the Shire-reckoning' seems to imply lit. '*according to Shire reckoning'. On the...
... [snip] ... supposed to ... 'help'" ... stem ... seems ... (examples of ... I'll ... [snip] I can't comment on the conjugation or the underlying reasoning...
... I wonder why Arwen is naming Frodo in Common Speech here. We are explicitly told that the Eldar 'felt it absurd and distasteful to call living persons who...
Hello, I'm a newbie. Have a little experience of elvish but not as much as u guys! This is a quick simple question that will probably make me sound stupid,...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Jan 24, 2007 8:37 am
(5) _Ingon i athrad dammen beriathar aen._ 'I guess the ford will be held against us' This again involves _aen_ as passive marker, for the discussion see (1). ...
A touching short poem by James Joyce, sung poignantly by Syd Barrett. Also posted on Aglardh. All comments welcome. ... Lean out of the window, Goldenhair, I...
Firstly, I'm principally interested in translating English into Quenya (or Sindarin), so do folks here think my posts should be on the 'quenya' Yahoo-group, or...
... I think it is perfectly allright to use the English tengwar mode to write supposedly English names ;-) You shouldn't use the Quenya mode to write it; as...
Hello and welcome Nikki, I suggest you ask this question on elfscript, where expertise on tengwar and modes is regularly discussed. But, if by "English mode...
... Try Googling Parma Tyelpelassiva. ... They're all helpful in some way, but the Etymologies in The Lost Road have lots of Qenya and Noldorin entries, but...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Jan 25, 2007 7:44 am
... Right, excet for the small fact that that Quenya doesn't have e.g. any word beginning with a _b-_ or a single _-b-_ somewhere inbetween, so _umbar_ which...
... Quenya group is supposdly created for communicating in that language (as possible as it would be) but AFAIK and IIRC, it was never very alive. This groups...
I've been following all the discussions on the film dialogues and related matters with great interest - especially Bill's comments, and have done as he...
