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34677 S P
elenyona Send Email
Jan 8, 2008
5:39 pm
... PE17 or some else material I do not possess might have better insights on Noldorin or even LotR Sindarin verb-noun correlation. There are of course older...
34678 Mark Williams
adanvae Send Email
Jan 8, 2008
5:47 pm
Thanks Elhath - much food for thought there. I'm not keen on calquing the Welsh cael + VN passive in S as it's colloquial, unlike the -ir and -wyd Welsh...
34679 Peter
pengolodh_dk Send Email
Jan 8, 2008
6:11 pm
... I didn't even expect to hear from her ... It's wonderful to hear that the Tolkien Estate has been so forthcoming with your book and your use of Elvish. I...
34680 jesper
simplyanalogue Send Email
Jan 9, 2008
7:39 am
... Good sign of the estate taking stuff seriously - sounds good. I keep my fingers crossed for you! -- electronically yours, jesper - -- --- ---- ----- ----...
34681 elffanatic2000 Send Email Jan 9, 2008
1:22 pm
http://home.netcom.com/~heensle/lang/elvish/elvish.html: this site has Elvish on it and i was wondering if it was right or if it was wrong. i've been looking...
34682 Luinelda
luinelda59 Send Email
Jan 9, 2008
1:22 pm
Aya, I would like to write in Quenya: Gil-galad, Great King of Noldor: Gil-galad, Ingaran Noldoron. But, Gil-galad is Sindarin. Then, my question: Gil-galad...
34683 Annaka Shultz
crowbabe74 Send Email
Jan 10, 2008
2:33 am
Suilad mellyn nin, ... idea of writing a book about Tolkien and Elvish, and have been a bit daunted by the rumours of the past about how difficult the Estate...
34684 maikedulk Send Email Jan 10, 2008
2:33 am
When I subscribed to this list last weekend I got a message from the list admin, in wich it said: "To be connected with a study partner, you may contact <email...
34685 trilogy9@... Send Email Jan 10, 2008
2:34 am
Oh, best of luck with estate!!!!!!!!! Congrats! ... From: jesper <jesper@...> To: elfling@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:39 pm ...
34686 aelindis Send Email Jan 11, 2008
6:22 pm
... has ... The presentation of "THE ESSENTIALS OF SINDARIN GRAMMAR" on this site falls far short of what would seem to be the minimum level of 'correctness&#39;...
34687 number1mn Send Email Jan 11, 2008
6:22 pm
Hey Maike, I'd love to study with you. I've been studying Sindarin on and off for the past couple months, but I haven't gotten very much done. So if you're...
34688 Annaka Shultz
crowbabe74 Send Email
Jan 11, 2008
6:22 pm
Suilad (Hello) Elffanatic, I too am new to the study of Sindarin, and have found many valuable resources on Ardalambion. www.uib.no./People/hnohf/ I started...
34689 Andrew Higgins
asthiggins Send Email
Jan 14, 2008
4:51 pm
Suliad! For the new year I am taking up again my study on Sindarin and on the train to work on my new mini laptop I am working on translating the letter fromm...
34690 Travis Henry
traversetravis Send Email
Jan 14, 2008
4:51 pm
Some folks from the Middle-earth Roleplaying list are trying to find (invent) the Adunaic name for the followers of Sauron (a.k.a. "The Wizard") in...
34691 elffanatic2000 Send Email Jan 14, 2008
4:52 pm
... site ... wrong. ... site ... él_, ... used ... _i ... Sindarin. ... what about Quenya, or is that wrong, too? I want to be able to speak the correct...
34692 Roman Rausch
rausch_roman Send Email
Jan 14, 2008
5:35 pm
... _Nimruzîr_ is derived from c. _nimir_ 'Elf' put into the objective _nimru_. So you have to put _Zigûr_ into the objective and append _-zîr_. According...
34693 crowbabe74 Send Email Jan 15, 2008
2:38 pm
Suilad all, I am using the following phrase in my story manuscript, and want to make sure it's correct before I use it. The phrase is 'by the stars' I am...
34694 maike
maikedulk Send Email
Jan 15, 2008
2:38 pm
Hi Andy sounds interesting, but please note that I am still an absolute beginner! Cuio vae, Maike...
34695 Robin Holliger
robin_holliger Send Email
Jan 17, 2008
2:42 pm
Hope I can help a bit. First of all, the preposition that translates as "with, by" or "to, towards, at" is _na_ when uninflected. The variant _nan_ you speak...
34696 elffanatic2000 Send Email Jan 17, 2008
2:42 pm
Since Tlkien had no other languages other than sindarin and quenya can itbe the languages above?...
34697 Annaka Shultz
crowbabe74 Send Email
Jan 17, 2008
10:07 pm
I have since been told that using 'nan in' one after the other is repeating the same word (the) twice...and to use either 'nan' or 'na in' for 'the'. Annaka ...
34698 Annaka Shultz
crowbabe74 Send Email
Jan 17, 2008
10:07 pm
Okay, now I feel really stupid...as much as I love you all, I meant to sign that letter with 'Hannon le', not 'Meliam le'. Hope no one thinks I was hitting on...
34699 aelindis Send Email Jan 18, 2008
11:47 am
... It seems, however, that Tolkien reconsidered the etymology of _gil_ at a later date, after the publication of LotR, cf. his commentary on _Gilthoniel_...
34700 Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@... Send Email
Jan 21, 2008
3:52 pm
... If I may ask, how or where did you "find" that Sindarin/Quenya are copyrighted? There are, indeed, certain internet sites (including that of the man whose...
34701 Annaka Shultz
crowbabe74 Send Email
Jan 23, 2008
12:39 pm
Suilad Helge, Thanks for your comments and input. Below is a excerpt from the FAQ page on the E.L.F. homepage. I followed the link provided and read...
34702 Luisali Send Email Jan 28, 2008
3:34 am
Hi! As a Birthday gift for mi niece I'm writting her the story of Snowhite from a J.R.R. Tolkien elvish perspective. I was wondering if a apropriate and...
34703 Melroch 'Aestan
melroch Send Email
Jan 28, 2008
7:54 pm
... I think many would be irate if you borrow the languages too. I wouldn't. Only sad, because creating ones own language is great fun, as Tolkien would have...
34704 miasunta Send Email Jan 31, 2008
2:08 pm
Hello and greetings, all. I've just joined the group and don't really know how much I can contribute to it in the future, but I'm genuinely interested in ...
34705 Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen Send Email
Jan 31, 2008
5:00 pm
... Welcome, Mikko! I think the plural of _êl_ is _elin_ rather than _*êlin_. As for "stone," _sarn_ is the best thing I can think of as well, save trying a...
34706 thegnome_2 Send Email Feb 1, 2008
1:11 pm
hello i am new here and iv been trying to learn as much elvish/tengwar possible im new to all of it as well im not sure what kind of help i can be but im...
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