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35106 ckaphaem Send Email Oct 5, 2008
9:37 am
Hey Everyone! I've decided to get an Elvish tattoo, but I need a little help. I've consulted many resources and want to make sure I get this right before it...
35107 Evenstar
evenstar62 Send Email
Oct 6, 2008
12:54 am
Hi everybody, In the context of the new English part of our website, we propose you our Sindarin Dictionary in English, in book format (Pocket and Royal) but,...
35108 davidkiks Send Email Oct 7, 2008
12:23 pm
... our Sindarin Dictionary in English, in book format (Pocket and Royal) but, as always, for free download too. [...] No etymology, only words and...
35109 elffanatic2000 Send Email Oct 8, 2008
6:51 am
One of my friends who is also studying Sindarin translated a prayer of redemption and I was wondering if it was correct in the grammar of Sindarin and if it...
35110 elffanatic2000 Send Email Oct 9, 2008
2:35 am
In case anyone was wondering the Sindarin translation for the prayer I posted last time is below: Lord Jesus Christ, come (into) my heart and life. Rid my of...
35111 jeff_meininger Send Email Oct 15, 2008
11:48 am
I used the "Phonetic tehtar mode based on Tolkien's use" PDF document from http://machhezan.tripod.com/phonological_calligraphic/id5.html to attempt a...
35112 Roman Rausch
rausch_roman Send Email
Oct 16, 2008
3:38 am
I'd like to present you a new article entitled 'On the different forms of 'we' in Eldarin'. I know that the topic has been discussed a lot in the past....
35113 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Oct 17, 2008
12:28 pm
I think this is a very nice article on a complicated subject with a very clear presentation of the relevant material. Certainly better reading on this...
35114 maike
maikedulk Send Email
Oct 24, 2008
12:42 pm
Suilad, when I decided that I wanted to learn Sindarin as good as possible I figured that just studying the words / courses on paper was not enough. That's...
35115 elffanatic2000 Send Email Nov 2, 2008
12:50 pm
does anyone know any good techniques for memorizing sindarin words? and could anyone still help me with the word order, such as prepositions, adverbs,...
35116 Phillip Wayne
exuyangi Send Email
Nov 4, 2008
1:14 pm
My suggestion: do not memorize individual words. Instead use phrases, and substitute words in them. E.g. ROCHathar min Now, substitute other verbal roots for...
35117 maike
maikedulk Send Email
Nov 4, 2008
1:19 pm
You could of course resort to rote memorization, but I think things stick in memory a lot better if you use them. Hence, reciting poetry worked very well for...
35118 Evenstar
evenstar62 Send Email
Nov 6, 2008
4:33 am
Ambar Eldaron is very proud to present the book version of the now famous Thorsten Renk's Quenya Course "Quetin i lambë Eldaiva" revised, in paperback format...
35119 narfinde Send Email Nov 10, 2008
1:29 am
It's been a while since I've been able to pursue my linguistic addiction, so please excuse any...novil qeustions. Some where, some one has translated Aragorn'...
35120 maikedulk Send Email Nov 10, 2008
1:20 pm
Suilad, the poem is referred to as "The Riddle of Strider". I've only known in in Sindarin, but I found this Quenya version on the internet: Ilya i ná malta...
35121 elmmire Send Email Nov 10, 2008
1:20 pm
Hi, I knew that this Poem, which I have seen only titled "Riddle of Strider", had a Sindarin translation on the Fellowship of the word smiths...
35122 maike
maikedulk Send Email
Nov 11, 2008
1:34 am
Aye, before I get whacked across the ears* - the numerals in that translation are not part of the text .. I overlooked the footnote references and forgot to...
35123 narfinde Send Email Nov 14, 2008
3:29 am
thank you SOOO Much for your help. Can you help me with another? I'm trying to translate 'beautiful world'. I have vanima ilu. It's a multi use phrase my wife...
35124 "Beregond, Ander...
j_beregond Send Email
Nov 15, 2008
3:32 am
... You may perhaps use _ambar_ (as in _ambar-metta_). _Vanimambar_ sounds usable. Suilad, Beregond...
35125 maike
maikedulk Send Email
Nov 15, 2008
3:32 am
Suilad Narfinde, I'm sorry, but I don't know any Quenya. I just happen to know that that poem you mentioned is called "the Riddle of Strider" and I certainly...
35126 elmmire Send Email Nov 15, 2008
3:32 am
... I can´t help you with Quenya unfortunately, but if you want Sindarin, too, I suggest _amar vain_. All the best......
35127 Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@... Send Email
Nov 15, 2008
3:32 am
Sometimes people ask for help as regards learning Elvish vocabulary. Flash cards (foreign word on one side, gloss on the other) are useful for memorizing...
35128 Robin Holliger
robin_holliger Send Email
Nov 15, 2008
3:32 am
I think you could consider using _Arda_, which as I understand it is basically the Creation of Eru, so that it does not include "everything&quot;, with the void...
35129 maike
maikedulk Send Email
Nov 16, 2008
2:44 pm
maybe that is a really good idea ... I have never used flash cards before, but it's worth researching .. here's some free flashcard software: linux / osx /...
35130 Rusty Swann
narfinde Send Email
Nov 16, 2008
2:45 pm
  So it would be vanima arda ? Or reversed, for those that like the 'Yoda' style phrasing. Narfinde I place no stock in religion. There have been all manner...
35131 Rusty Swann
narfinde Send Email
Nov 16, 2008
2:45 pm
  Cool. Thank you. But wouldn't this phrase's ...multi-contextual-ness' be better suited by maintaining each individual word in the translation? You know,...
35132 enrombel Send Email Nov 25, 2008
12:10 am
Aiya! I have just released a new Tengwar Font: Tengwar Beleriand. Get it at http://www.geocities.com/enrombell/welcome.htm It was derived from Elfica and...
35133 Jason Fisher
visualweasel Send Email
Nov 25, 2008
11:54 pm
Very nice work. :) Have you ever considered doing (or does anyone know of) a font in which the characters connect to each other like ligatures (or like cursive...
35134 daanlib Send Email Nov 26, 2008
1:17 am
Hello, I'm trying to find out the Quenya translation for 'my grandmother&#39; (this is about a grandmother who is my mother's mother). First: I have found two...
35135 Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin Send Email
Nov 26, 2008
1:01 pm
Generally, most people will use the neo-Quenya form _anamillë_, modeled after the neo-Sindarin _daernaneth_ which literally means "great-mother". This...
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