does anyone know any good techniques for memorizing sindarin words? and could anyone still help me with the word order, such as prepositions, adverbs,...
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
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...
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maike
maikedulk
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...
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Evenstar
evenstar62
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...
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narfinde
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'...
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maikedulk
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...
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elmmire
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...
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maike
maikedulk
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...
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narfinde
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...
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"Beregond, Ander...
j_beregond
Nov 15, 2008 3:32 am
... You may perhaps use _ambar_ (as in _ambar-metta_). _Vanimambar_ sounds usable. Suilad, Beregond...
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maike
maikedulk
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...
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elmmire
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......
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
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...
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Robin Holliger
robin_holliger
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", with the void...
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maike
maikedulk
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 /...
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Rusty Swann
narfinde
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...
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Rusty Swann
narfinde
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,...
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enrombel
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...
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Jason Fisher
visualweasel
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...
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daanlib
Nov 26, 2008 1:17 am
Hello, I'm trying to find out the Quenya translation for 'my grandmother' (this is about a grandmother who is my mother's mother). First: I have found two...
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Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin
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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enrombel
Nov 29, 2008 11:52 pm
Thank you. The only font with the mentioned characteristics, as far as I know, is the cursive version of Tengwar Annatar, by Johan Winge, a very nice font...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Nov 29, 2008 11:52 pm
... The word _haruni_ you have found is Tolkienian enough, but comes from a very early source (the pre-1920 Qenya Lexicon). If you don't want to use that,...
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ramaroreo
Nov 29, 2008 11:52 pm
... "haruni" - grandmother and "haru" grandfather are from the Qenyaqetsa QL:39. Órerámar...
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narfinde
Nov 29, 2008 11:52 pm
Ok, i ran into an interesting dilemma(please feel free to put the emphAsis on the wrong sylAble... I love that joke).Alright... when writing a translation we...
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Stephen Cooper
elearen@...
Nov 30, 2008 1:43 pm
Yes you right the original vowel. Omissions are only in the spoken text. From: elfling@yahoogroups.com [mailto:elfling@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of narfinde ...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansbjorkman
Nov 30, 2008 1:43 pm
... No, you can leave out the vowel in the Tengwar transcription as well. The apostrophe is usually disregarded too. /Måns...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansbjorkman
Nov 30, 2008 1:43 pm
... Note too that a final vowel may be elided if the next word begins in a vowel, *regardless which one*. A prominent example is _Elen síla lúmenn'...
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enrombel
Dec 3, 2008 3:44 am
Oops, I was wrong! No known Tengwar font has ligatures. It should be noted that it were very difficult to introduce them, since the font should be "monospaced"...
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Tyler Kocheran
nottakenlogi...
Dec 3, 2008 3:44 am
Hello All! My wife and I recently took up learning Quenya as our second language, and we're thrilled to be learning it. I do have a question about how some ...
