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...
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Chris
galleddrim
May 8, 2009 1:21 pm
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...
35416
aelindis
May 8, 2009 1:21 pm
... 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...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
May 8, 2009 1:23 pm
... 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...
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traversetravis
May 9, 2009 12:39 pm
... A person can be a devoted religionist and have a serious interest in esotericism. Barfield remained an active Anglican. ... notes of his language creation...
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iiipitaka
May 9, 2009 12:52 pm
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...
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rehtaehmusic
May 11, 2009 12:30 pm
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...
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aidadjikic
May 14, 2009 12:32 pm
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...
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Palatinus
elfiness
May 14, 2009 12:33 pm
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...
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Larry
boonedale
May 14, 2009 12:34 pm
Anyone know how to get ahold of the group owner/moderator there? its fallen into the black hole of spam and needs someone to drive the spamers out....
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Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch
May 15, 2009 7:52 am
... 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....
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Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch
May 15, 2009 8:02 am
... Typo for 'to have'! /BP...
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iroquen
May 15, 2009 11:56 am
"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...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansbjorkman
May 15, 2009 11:56 am
... Unfortunately, the moderator of Elfscript seems to have vanished into thin air. I highly recommend joining the spam-free "Elfscript2" group instead:...
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aelindis
May 15, 2009 11:56 am
... 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,...
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Tyler Kocheran
rfkrockteekers
May 16, 2009 11:40 am
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 ...
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Evenstar
evenstar62
May 16, 2009 11:41 am
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...
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tiurmann
May 18, 2009 9:19 pm
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...
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tanya stacey
tanstacey02
May 18, 2009 9:20 pm
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...
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J Graney
iroquen
May 18, 2009 9:21 pm
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...
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iiipitaka
May 19, 2009 12:37 am
... I have not created an audio course for any of the Elvish languages, and I have no present intention for doing so. I do not recall ever having said that I...
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
May 19, 2009 12:37 am
Given Tolkien's love of Finnish, you might also constructions such as "there is a head ache on me" or "There is a headache to me", or even "I am with ...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
May 20, 2009 12:13 pm
... This illustrates rather nicely a problem frequently seen in translating into Elvish - what is idiomatically correct Elvish? And it is a good idea to test a...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansbjorkman
May 20, 2009 12:13 pm
... Indeed. Take a look at this site: http://www.jrrvf.com/~glaemscrafu/texts/index-a.htm Yours, Måns...
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imabiah
May 21, 2009 1:37 pm
It's that time of year again - Pentecost, and the requisite Bible readings in different languages. A few years ago, I worked on this translation with the...
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Abrigon Gusiq
abrigon@...
May 23, 2009 11:36 am
Interesting.. Makes you wonder? Anyone done other ancient languages using Tengwar or like? Mike ... From: "Shreyas Sampat <laopooh@y...>" <laopooh@y...> ...
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Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch
May 23, 2009 8:32 pm
... Tolkien himself 'did'[^1] Old English and Latin. I and perhaps others have used Tengwar to write ancient Greek. [^1]: What's wrong with "write"? BP 8^)> --...
35441
tammierussellca
May 28, 2009 1:36 am
Hi There! If someone could help with this I would greatly appreciate it. I'm trying to translate a phrase, and I think I've found most of it, but there are...
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CLH harding
clh8518
May 28, 2009 11:41 pm
I think the instrumental case would work best, but then it's also possible that 'arwa' (having) could be used. It depends on the exact context you want. Do...
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Tyler Kocheran
rfkrockteekers
May 28, 2009 11:42 pm
How do I change an adjective into a noun? I'm looking to express the idea of 'holiness,' but I don't know how to adapt it. I understand how to say "holy" of...
