Tyler, you are right in thinking that Quenya doesn't have a word for the conjunction _to_ when constructing verb phrases. The important thing to check is that...
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Petri Tikka
petristikka
Jan 1, 2009 1:44 pm
Happy New Year! I'm sorry I'm bothering you with so many YouTube videos, but I've recorded another one to celebrate the New Year: ...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jan 4, 2009 3:32 am
... you or Petri, or Thorsten have had time to absorb them and revise everything, or would you not have felt pressured by the effort of trying to keep up? ... ...
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Susan Frances Edwards
tuilinde42
Jan 4, 2009 3:33 am
Greetings to you all! I have now finished my poem "The Glory of Gondolin" written in Turgon's voice. IT swiftly decided that it wanted to become an epic!!...
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Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch
Jan 4, 2009 5:05 pm
... Sairon Mairon nátane* Mauron* Sauron! Very well written. One thing only: Tolkien obviously had the notion that words could become 'blended' through their...
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Tyler Kocheran
rfkrockteekers
Jan 6, 2009 3:52 am
Susan, thanks so much! That makes total sense. Hantanyël! On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:50 AM, Susan Frances Edwards ... -- And do this, knowing the time, that...
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Petri Tikka
petristikka
Jan 7, 2009 1:20 pm
Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo! I hail you formally (as is usual in sc. Neo-Quenya) with this popular expression in honour of the glorious holiday we are...
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Tyler Kocheran
rfkrockteekers
Jan 7, 2009 1:20 pm
I had a few questions about pronunciation of Quenya single and double consonants. In the word _queta_ (meaning "is speaking"), is the "t" pronounced more or...
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Tyler Kocheran
rfkrockteekers
Jan 8, 2009 1:32 pm
Happy Epiphany to you too Petri! I'll be checking out your compositions, thanks for the link! - TK ... -- And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high...
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Susan Frances Edwards
tuilinde42
Jan 8, 2009 1:32 pm
Regarding the pronounciation of the _t_ in _queta_ and _quettar_ they should both be unvoiced, but the example you gave of __mo-dor-cycle_ I would say is...
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Petri Tikka
petristikka
Jan 8, 2009 1:33 pm
There is no exact equivalent in English to how _t_ is pronounced in _quéta_ "is speaking". In American English, it is closest to how _t_ is pronounced in the...
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Tyler Kocheran
rfkrockteekers
Jan 10, 2009 12:53 am
Petri, thanks for getting back to me on this. I'm really trying to learn Quenya pronunciation as my primary purpose is to learn the spoken language rather than...
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Susan Frances Edwards
tuilinde42
Jan 10, 2009 12:53 am
Greetings! Here is the next instalment, in which I begin to describe the city using the Seven Names, the Seven Gates, and the Houses of the people. Nai elen...
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Paul Hahn
manynote
Jan 10, 2009 12:53 am
... Though most native speakers are not consciously aware of it unaspirated plosives are indeed used in English; they occur after an initial "s", for example....
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Melroch 'Aestan
melroch
Jan 10, 2009 9:17 am
... Except that /t/ in the middle or end of words is often pronounced as a glottal stop (aka "a catch in the throat") in modern British English, which is of...
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Melroch 'Aestan
melroch
Jan 10, 2009 10:10 am
... _recommend_ of course! The main disadvantage of the Dvorak keyboard layout is that M and W, K and X, O and E are just next to each other. I keep hitting...
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Petri Tikka
petristikka
Jan 12, 2009 1:40 pm
... Good point, forgot to mention it. I actually became aware of this in a conversation I had in Omentielva Minya. I, of course, hadn't pronounced _stop_ as...
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Tyler Kocheran
rfkrockteekers
Jan 13, 2009 2:37 am
So the single Quenya "t" is pretty apparent to me, due to Paul's example which really helped out a lot. However, I'm still a little unclear on the Quenya "tt"...
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Zach
zach1235
Jan 14, 2009 1:02 pm
I am trying to translate a phrase into Quenyan, I think I'm close but would like some expert help here. My true love forever anwie meles oira nanwa melme...
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Kjell-Åke 'ChO...
choken_se
Jan 15, 2009 1:08 am
_nanwa melme vorima_ means: "existing/actual/true love forever" If you want it to mean "MY true love forever", you have to put on the suffix -nya after the...
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Tyler Kocheran
rfkrockteekers
Jan 15, 2009 1:08 am
_Sulier!_ I had a few more questions about forming longer sentences in Quenya. I want to construct something equivalent to the phrase: "I want to know more...
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Petri Tikka
petristikka
Jan 15, 2009 1:08 am
Hello! I have sang the words of _Namárië_ to the theme from The Godfather. Here is the result: ...
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jesper
simplyanalogue
Jan 16, 2009 1:34 pm
... ...and I can hear that your finnish origin fits it perfectly. I bet Tolkien would have liked it (though I don't know regarding the film footage)! :D -- ...
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TF
percival64
Jan 16, 2009 1:34 pm
One could also ponder whether 'true' in this context means 'actual, not fake' or true as in 'faithful', in which case the adjective _voronda_ can be...
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Petri Tikka
petristikka
Jan 16, 2009 1:34 pm
Again, here's a more direct URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXTMeKr1ZsU Cheers! - Petri...
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Susan Frances Edwards
tuilinde42
Jan 16, 2009 1:34 pm
Zach, regarding your request for help, with this phrase you might end up with more than you bargained for! There are several options possible for the words _my...
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Susan Frances Edwards
tuilinde42
Jan 16, 2009 1:34 pm
Hi again, Tyler OK, for _I want_ you can use _méran_ which is the present, and therefore means _I am wanting now_ ; or _merin_ which is the Aorist, and...
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iroquen
Jan 16, 2009 1:35 pm
I have studied Spanish and Chinese. It is now very well-established that Quenya is heavily influenced by Latin and its descendant languages, as well as Greek....
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erasgoneby
Jan 16, 2009 1:35 pm
Hello everyone, I have the book "Languages of Middle Earth," but it has only wet my appetite for the works of languages that Professor Tolkien penned. I have...
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Zach
zach1235
Jan 18, 2009 1:46 pm
I just wanted to thank all of you for the help and advice in translating my phrase. My fiance whispers it in my ear every night as I fall asleep. As trite as...
