Le suilon, elmmire; I am a beginner as well so I cannot really say much more than that I find it wonderful .. and it is great that you give someone such a ...
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S P
elenyona
Apr 13, 2008 6:00 pm
Hi, elmmire, and welcome to Elfling on my behalf as well. I shall attempt a grammar check and provide some ideas, even though I'm not acquainted with the...
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Melroch 'Aestan
melroch
Apr 14, 2008 7:53 am
... Rather _Cuinon nuin yrn vellin_ as the subject 'I' is already expressed in the _-n_ of _cuinon_. With _im_ included it means something like 'I for my part...
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elmmire
Apr 15, 2008 1:40 am
... Ni meren gen govaded. And just your little greeting showed me that I simply have to take a course. My problem is that I work so much at the moment that I...
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elmmire
Apr 15, 2008 1:40 am
... Hello Elhath, and thank you very much for your suggestions. There is a lot yet to learn for me... I admit the "jargon" is a bit hard for me since my mother...
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Matthew Fox
rrmdl1
Apr 15, 2008 1:40 am
... It isn't working for me either. http://www.geocities.com/enrombell/files/Pack_en.zip = File not found. --Matt...
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enrombel
Apr 15, 2008 1:40 am
... Nothing wrong. Elfica is no longer on-line because it had some encoding problems detected by j_mach_wust and for this reason I must fix them. Improved...
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elenyona
Apr 15, 2008 8:02 pm
... Well, even with the ambitious attempt to use only attested words one must still keep in mind certain morphological basics or rules which, despite having...
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maikedulk
Apr 16, 2008 11:22 pm
... Le hannon a tholed! ... I would love to! I tried to work my way through Thorsten Renk's course, but I think it is much better to do that with at least one...
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maikedulk
Apr 16, 2008 11:23 pm
I memorised the Sindarin translation of The Riddle of Strider (the Ryszard Derdzinski version) the past weeks .. practice it when walking to work etc. I felt...
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elffanatic2000
Apr 16, 2008 11:23 pm
when i try to translate the word hope i usually get something like estelon or estelion. i was wondering if someone could help me say i hope in the correct form...
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elmmire
Apr 16, 2008 11:24 pm
... Hm, you have given me a lot to think about. I have noted the absence of "until" painfully indeed. Considering that Prof. Tolkien derived quite a few...
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TF
percival64
Apr 17, 2008 8:02 am
Hello, I have not listened to that particular rendering (yet), but as you describe it it definitely sounds as if the lady has made her own pronunciation rules....
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elmmire
Apr 17, 2008 12:38 pm
... Hello, eventhough I am very new, I would say that _estel_ is a noun for _hope / trust_, that is rather a state of mind and the corresponding verb for _to...
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elmmire
Apr 17, 2008 12:39 pm
Hi Maike, I would also trust people more that have been studying the language thoroughly and as far as I have come (okay, it“s not that far) I have not heard...
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Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen
Apr 17, 2008 7:11 pm
... Hello, Maike: As others have said, there is no 'general rule' and she is in fact making up her own and ignoring what Tolkien said. CH is pronounced as in...
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S P
elenyona
Apr 18, 2008 9:13 am
... Well, I myself could certainly make sense of that, at least by reading it as "For a time will approach from whereon to the west I desire to be following...
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elmmire
Apr 19, 2008 12:59 am
... I quite like the idea of "until" as "to a time when", so I have implemented that. If I may be so bold as to ask one last question: is the construct _nan...
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maikedulk
Apr 20, 2008 9:49 pm
thank you all! ... have ... why, yes - I agree, of course. That's why I was asking in here :) I thought the reason she gave for this alternative pronunciation...
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julialpz
Apr 20, 2008 9:49 pm
Hello Elflings! I translated and transcribed just a few simple single words into Quenia/Sindarin and Tengwar (annatar). It would be great if you could just...
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wmmgrant
Apr 20, 2008 9:49 pm
So I'm thinking about getting a tattoo in Tengwar. I decided to use Sindarin. I'm using this website as my main resource: ...
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S P
elenyona
Apr 20, 2008 10:10 pm
... I understand. As I previously wrote, it is warrantable for one to read _aphad_ as a haplological or poetical variant of the gerund (per analogy with other...
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S P
elenyona
Apr 20, 2008 10:46 pm
... OK, except for the G. In the English Tengwar modes that I know, Anga stands for the "jive, gem, jay" sound. You should use Ungwe instead. ... You probably...
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Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen
Apr 20, 2008 11:02 pm
... Hello, Julia: The main error I'd note is with the Yślien Sindarin / Sindarin Classic, where you represent Y- as the Sindarin vowel y (ü) rather than the...
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TF
percival64
Apr 21, 2008 8:48 am
... From: S P <sp12@...> To: elfling@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:10:14 PM Subject: RE: [elfling] Re: Hello, I am new here... Based...
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Isaac W Hanson
isaacwhanson@...
Apr 21, 2008 12:08 pm
Not quite. Attached please find some Tengwar help. Start specifically on page 32 I would spell it starting with ungwe. anga make a sound like a J in joe or ...
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elenyona
Apr 21, 2008 4:40 pm
... When was the pres 1 sg. _aphadon_ the first time? ;) (OK, thanks a lot for the tidbit. ... Btw, did Tolkien himself use the term "gerund" even? :-o) Elhath...
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Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen
Apr 21, 2008 8:03 pm
Regarding _*aphadad_ / _*aphadod_, Tolkien seems to have liked changing his mind (what else is new? xD): In a rejected sketch of verbs (PE13:126) for early...
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maerian
Apr 23, 2008 2:08 am
Hello, I have been lurking in the wings for a bit, usually very daunted by the much more advanced linguistic skills and knowledge of those who post here. My...
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Gil
elfiness
Apr 23, 2008 7:19 am
Welcome! If you haven't done so, google for 'Sindarin phrasebook' ... Fans usually use 'le hannon' ... I don't understand the 'plus -an', where does it...
