Under WED in the Etymologies, there is a word vérë, which means "oath" or "treaty" ... I don't remember exactly. Anyway, this looks like a verbal from a verb...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Mar 13, 2009 12:35 pm
... Compulsion (obligation,...) and freedom from compulsion in Elvish is pretty consistently expressed in impersonal constructions. We find this exemplified in...
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Helge Kåre Fauskan...
hkfauskanger@...
Mar 13, 2009 12:35 pm
Expressing the idea of "should" with available Quenya vocabulary may not be so difficult, at least as long as "should" means "ought to". For instance: "You...
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Tyler Kocheran
rfkrockteekers
Mar 17, 2009 12:11 am
Thank you both for your input, I'll sort through all of this and apply it as it makes sense! ... -- And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to...
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iroquen@...
iroquen
Mar 17, 2009 12:16 am
Perhaps, then, if a verb ver- is possible, it should be used as an impersonal construction? So I need to do X would be, Verë nín carë X. Or should X appear...
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Tyler Kocheran
rfkrockteekers
Mar 17, 2009 12:16 am
I hadn't thought of doing that. Thanks, Helge, again this clears things up! ... -- And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of...
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iroquen@...
iroquen
Mar 17, 2009 12:16 am
Since we're on the theme of verbs that are, in English, modal auxiliaries, I figured that I'd field a question about which I've been wondering for some time....
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iroquen@...
iroquen
Mar 18, 2009 10:15 pm
I learned Quenya through Mr. Fauskanger's course a while back, and since Mr.. Renk's includes more new material. Mr. Renk's course lists the pronouns like so: ...
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tuilinde42
Mar 18, 2009 10:15 pm
... Iroquen, if I may, I'd like to refer back to your first mention of _ver_ I have checked my Oxford Thesaurus, and I cannot see any way in which _oath,...
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iiipitaka
Mar 18, 2009 10:24 pm
I've been informed by some of its organizers that there will be a Lord of the Rings concert event at Radio City Music Hall in New York City from October 9 to...
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Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch
Mar 19, 2009 7:16 am
Somehow this didn't go through the first time round. ... According to VT 42:34 _nauva_ can be used to express "would be", and one may tentatively assume that...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Mar 20, 2009 12:32 pm
Pronouns in Tolkien's shifting concept of the language are a long story - a good part of which you can read up in The Quenya Pronominal System - a summary ...
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lohryx5
Mar 21, 2009 4:41 pm
First post…sorry to bother everyone with this, but I'm looking to translate a short phrase into Quenya. I've gone through the various lexicons and...
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
Mar 21, 2009 4:41 pm
Perhaps this is not as far fetched as it may seem. In Spanish, "cumplirse con deberes" means "to do one's duty", but "deber hacer algo" can mean that one ought...
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Petri Tikka
petristikka
Mar 21, 2009 4:41 pm
There is scant information on formations equivalent to the English "would" in Quenya. One might use the subjunctive mood which is, alas, attested only two...
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morthegil@...
morthegil...
Mar 24, 2009 2:45 am
Is it possible that Quenya verbs do not necessarily possess special forms for subjunctive use? ~~like Chinese verbs, which always stay the same, whether used...
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J Graney
iroquen
Mar 24, 2009 3:16 am
Well, vérë means, very broadly, "something that should be done." An oath, compact, or treaty is an obligation; following it is a duty. But that's not very...
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TF
percival64
Mar 24, 2009 12:26 pm
Hi Petri, it should also be noted that Parma Eldalamberon 16 has 3 tables showing full paradigms of the verb _tul-_ (3 variants of the full paradigm, that is),...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Mar 26, 2009 2:27 am
... translates into an idea of "I have/need to leave." In Quenya, would this be translated as "Saminyë maurë auta" -> "I have a need to leave"? I guess I’d...
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iroquen@...
iroquen
Mar 26, 2009 2:28 am
[I apologize in advance for this lengthy post.] A little while ago I posted a Sindarin Babel text. However, I did not include an index of neologisms, and...
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Palatinus
elfiness
Mar 27, 2009 1:06 am
I think Helge (aka Mr. Fauskanger) doesn't update his Quenya Course. The pronouns you provide here are the theoretical attempts made by some linguists about 10...
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Tyler Kocheran
rfkrockteekers
Mar 27, 2009 1:06 am
So in dialogue, one would just inflect what is being said based on what's going to happen, right? Like so: "Lelyuvan, er..." -> I *would* go, but... "Lelyuvan...
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J Graney
iroquen
Mar 27, 2009 2:12 am
My Sindarin Babel text didn't display well on my computer. If the same is the case on yours, and you would a copy of it to comment on, just use the "reply to...
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exuyangi
Mar 27, 2009 12:27 pm
... I got a mix of Chinese and Russian. Would you try again, please?...
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J Graney
iroquen
Mar 28, 2009 3:56 pm
Ok, Take 2. This is plain text this time. Genesis 11:1-9 1. Ah i geven bant aw lam erui a bith imin*. I. And the whole Earth had a single tongue with the same...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansbjorkman
Mar 30, 2009 11:18 pm
Sarmendili! On April 3, my web site Amanye Tenceli (http://at.mansbjorkman.net/) turns ten. To celebrate this I will add various content to the web site over...
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truffles_koboi
Mar 30, 2009 11:18 pm
Le suilannon, I am only just learning Sindarin and Quenya, and came across this poem in Quenya: Ai lintulinda Lasselanta Pilingeve suyer nalla ganta Kuluvi ya...
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J Graney
iroquen
Mar 30, 2009 11:18 pm
It displayed well on my computer. I have already been notified that "ceven" and "menel" should probably not be lenited per the example in the Ae...
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Palatinus
elfiness
Mar 31, 2009 12:22 pm
v' ematte seems to be "ve ematte" that means "like ematte". I dont know what ematte is but look in some dictionaries pilingeve could be the possessive case of...
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Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin
Mar 31, 2009 12:22 pm
This is lines 5-9 of the Qenya poem 'Narqelion'. Vinyar Tengwar #40 is devoted to this poem which is analyzed by Christopher Gilson. By the way, your...
