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Narfinde, _śvoro_ is fine, and would be understood by a reader with no difficulty. The other option would be to use _la_ which is another form of negation,...
1 Dec 30, 2008
1:17 pm

Susan Frances Edwards
tuilinde42
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I wanted to ask for a little bit of clarity when forming verb phrases in Quenya. I kind of understand the definition of an intransitive verb as per Helge's...
1 Dec 30, 2008
1:17 pm

Tyler Kocheran
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Greetings! For your perusal, here is the first part of a poem by a fictional Tuilinde of Dol Amroth. The English -version- has appeared in Amon Hen. The...
3 Dec 29, 2008
1:31 pm

Susan Frances Edwards
tuilinde42
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Any ideas on how one would construct "never" ? It's not in the lexicon and, as far as I know, not attested. The only logical thing I could come up with is the...
3 Dec 29, 2008
1:31 pm

narfinde
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Well, merry X-mas, folks! Preparing a Christmas Update for Ardalambion I finally gathered the courage to add the new words from Parma Eldalamberon #17 to my ...
2 Dec 28, 2008
2:43 pm

Evenstar
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Hi, Are there any further materials on David Salo's reconstructed Black Speech, as featured in the FotR movie soundtrack[1]? Given the scarcity of canon BS...
6 Dec 28, 2008
2:43 pm

iiipitaka
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Merry Christmas to all you Elflingers! To celebrate this glorious season, I'd like to share a video with you. I've sang a Quenya song of mine and put it on...
3 Dec 28, 2008
12:36 am

Petri Tikka
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This one's real quick: "i Heru i Cormaron" / "i-Chīr i-Chorvath"... is this right, or should I admit any or all of the articles? - Danny. ...
31 Dec 25, 2008
11:22 pm

Helge K. Fauskanger
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Hey all, I was wondering how to say "our lives" in Sindarin and this is what I came up with : cuilin min. I wasn't sure if this was right, so if anyone could...
9 Dec 23, 2008
3:20 am

aelindis
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Suilad! First post with the Elflings, although I have been reading the threads and studying Sindarin in my free time. I am not certain that I fully...
3 Dec 23, 2008
3:20 am

Laura
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I have finally made myself busy with a long-overdue wordlist update, adding to Quenyanna the hundreds of new words that appeared in Parma 17. Petri Tikka's...
3 Dec 18, 2008
1:19 pm

Helge K. Fauskanger
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Tyler, many thanks for your note of appreciation. If you have, or can lay your hands on a copy of _ The Road Goes Ever On_, you will find it most interesting...
1 Dec 13, 2008
12:57 pm

Susan Frances Edwards
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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 ...
10 Dec 12, 2008
12:21 am

Tyler Kocheran
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I found iFlipr to be a great idea for studying language, but I am wondering if anyone has found an application that does translation and/or transcription?...
1 Dec 6, 2008
3:14 am

David
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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...
4 Dec 3, 2008
3:44 am

enrombel
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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...
4 Nov 30, 2008
1:43 pm

Mans Bjorkman
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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...
4 Nov 29, 2008
11:52 pm

ramaroreo
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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'...
11 Nov 16, 2008
2:45 pm

Rusty Swann
narfinde
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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...
2 Nov 16, 2008
2:44 pm

maike
maikedulk
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Ambar Eldaron is very proud to present the book version of the now famous Thorsten Renk's Quenya Course "Quetin i lambė Eldaiva" revised, in paperback format...
1 Nov 6, 2008
4:33 am

Evenstar
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does anyone know any good techniques for memorizing sindarin words? and could anyone still help me with the word order, such as prepositions, adverbs,...
3 Nov 4, 2008
1:19 pm

maike
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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...
1 Oct 24, 2008
12:42 pm

maike
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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...
1 Oct 15, 2008
11:48 am

jeff_meininger
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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...
1 Oct 9, 2008
2:35 am

elffanatic2000
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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...
1 Oct 8, 2008
6:51 am

elffanatic2000
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Hi, im looking for a good Sindarin-english dictionary. Anybody know where i can find one? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
4 Oct 7, 2008
12:23 pm

davidkiks
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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...
1 Oct 5, 2008
9:37 am

ckaphaem
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I'm a new member of this list, and I wanted to say hello to all of you guys. I'm a translator, and I'm very interested in languages (being learning quenya or...
1 Sep 26, 2008
11:56 am

Nona
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just finished learning quenya from ardalambion and did a quick and not too great translation of 'may it be' from the fellowship of the ring. would like some...
4 Sep 26, 2008
11:55 am

ramaroreo
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Hi all! A lurker here...I am in need of translation help is anyone can. I am wondering if someone can translate: Windsong into Quenya (and Sindaran.) It is...
15 Sep 25, 2008
12:06 pm

maike
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