Everything except "nyeva" in that sentence is grammatically correct. (If it is OK to add the possessive case suffix to pronouns, it would probably be _niva_ or...
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:23:23 +0300, Ancient Languages <philoxenos@...> ... That's exactly what i was thinking. Anyway... the general agreement is that...
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:19:56 +0300, <clh8518@...> wrote: Thanks for the reply and the help! The double 'a' in _naa_ was supposed to mean an accentuated...
... I have learned by past experience in other Tolkien communities which are not specifically about Elvish linguistics that there is a dividing line, and I...
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May 2, 2009 11:45 am
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clh it is understood on this listing that if your computer makes it difficult to put in an accent in an email, as mine does, then it is acceptable to type a...
sorry, I'm new to the listing :) ... From: tuilinde42 <tuilinde@...> Subject: [elfling] Re: help on a sentence To: elfling@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday,...
... You can have it (as good as) fulfilled today :-) Just take your pick, use Helge's Quenya as standard, or the Quenya of my course if you like it better. The...
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May 5, 2009 3:59 am
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I believe that's what we all want. Unfortunately, a lot of Quenya is left up to interpretation, so in some ways, you have to become your own "Lambengolmo," or...
Thank you Thorsten! I've been reading this discussion and thinking about it, and I think you summed up everything excellently. I do want to add one small...
... Maybe you can't, but I won't deny myself of both. :-) I am confident that beyond a dreamy naive appreciation of the stories, and further beyond a dry...
It has been a loooooong time since I attempted anything new in Quenya. About ten years, actually. So this is probably pretty rusty. Also, I wrote the poem in...
Oh, a couple more difficulties I had. "mine," as in the possessive pronoun. I used "inya," which is really "my." Not sure if that works. "Meet" vb. as in the...
... Based on the index in "The Letters of JRR Tolkien" edited by Humphrey Carpenter, I am unable to verify any statements/explanations by Tolkien pertaining to...
... I'd like to point out that Tolkien's spirituality was that of a Roman Catholic. I have come across many works tracing Christian ideas in his works, for...
Thorsten Renk
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... A person can be a devoted religionist and have a serious interest in esotericism. Barfield remained an active Anglican. ... notes of his language creation...
I'm going to ask that further discussion of J.R.R. Tolkien's private views on philosophy, religion, politics, or other non-germane topics be deferred for the...
As I am preparing to record this in a couple of days, I want to get a bit more input from the other members here regarding correctness. I have been working...
I have a question on a phrase: does Ostiant or Chalenduin seem to you like a valid Sindarin construction that would be easily understood? And am I correct in...
I found an old reference on Parma Eldalamberon 17 which lists the Sindarin verb "sevin" but it doesn't mention its meaning. This reference also suggests its...
... Right. ... Right. There is no lenition in Quenya! PE 17 p. 173 gives the forms "[√SAM Q. _samin, sáme_: S. _sevin, aw (< ahawv)]". Q. _sáme_ and S....
"Sevin" means "I have." It is from the root SAM (that's not in the etymologies, I think, but that's what it must be considering the Quenya cognate) with...
... Unfortunately, the moderator of Elfscript seems to have vanished into thin air. I highly recommend joining the spam-free "Elfscript2" group instead:...
... S. _sevin_ from SAM- means "I have", its Q. cognate is _samin_. As the entry is very short it may be permitted to quote the whole passage: " PEN 'lack,...
Spurred on by a recent discussion in the list, I began to question whether I understood the Quenya verbs for 'have.' Can someone help me confirm that I'm ...
Hi Everybody, Ambar Eldaron is very proud to propose you it's Quenya-English Dictionary, in book-format (Pocket (292p.) and Royal (196p.)). As always, you will...
I was hoping you could help me verificate the transcript of the names of my children, which I need for my tattoo. Their names are Sander & Charlotte. I have...
hi E, do you know of any AUDIO dictionary or language teaching tools. If not, would you be interested in recording one? I thought David Salo was doing an...
I think you might be reading a little too much into this. _Sam-_ and _harya-_ are, I believe, synonyms. _Sam-_ is Tolkien's latest verb for "have"; it's...