Thorsten, thanks for your reply. Feel free to self-deprecate, but I suspect that at least part of the problem was that I wasn't smart enough to phrase my...
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Grant Hicks
ghicks02
Nov 28, 2009 12:42 am
Thanks, Helge. Am I right that _laia_ is present tense of _lá_? If I wanted an aorist equivalent, would this simply be _lá_? - Grant ... From: "Helge K....
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mithrennaith
Nov 28, 2009 12:44 am
Hi, Claire, I get the impression Tuilinde is right - I've looked at the Festival in the Shire site and at their Cafepress merchandise e-shop, and I can find no...
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Palatinus
elfiness
Nov 28, 2009 12:46 am
I tried to ponder whether the famous "three Sindarin dialects" (Falathren, Mithrim and Doriathrin) as known from the Etymologies could still be considered as...
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Evenstar
evenstar62
Dec 1, 2009 3:36 pm
Hi! On my forum, we are trying to translate "by a dream", that is "olos (olor-)" with an instrumental ending. But how can we do that? Should we consider that...
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tanya stacey
tanstacey02
Dec 1, 2009 3:36 pm
Hi friend, do you know of anyone who has put the Elvish language on tape or cd? Thanks, tanyaisa...
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faelach69
Dec 1, 2009 3:36 pm
... I would appreciate opinions! ;) BJ...
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faelach69
Dec 2, 2009 11:00 pm
... For audio of elvish being spoken, I would first and foremost point you to Tolkien's own recordings. These can be found in the "JRR Tolkien Audio...
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Morthegil
morthegil...
Dec 2, 2009 11:01 pm
I don't see how its dative plural form supports **oloinen, for, I think, it will be *olorin(from earlier *olosin). Its instrumental singular should be...
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faelach69
Dec 2, 2009 11:01 pm
... 1. First off, the _r_ is surely not a "standard consonant". The Primitive Base that this word is derived from is stated in ETYM as being "LOS". The noun is...
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faelach69
Dec 2, 2009 11:01 pm
Hello Again! After posting my previous answer, I was mulling your question around in my mind... It seems you could also use the form _olornen_, as the liquid...
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faelach69
Dec 2, 2009 11:03 pm
Hello Folks, On page 49 of PE17, Tolkien states (concerning the name Nimrodel): "... Nim is evidently the Telerin word nimbi 'white'. Cf. Nimrais ...
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Roman
rausch_roman
Dec 5, 2009 1:24 pm
... There is simply a confusion of terms here, Tolkien sometimes uses 'Telerin' to refer to the third tribe of the Eldar, i.e. to the Sindar, the Teleri of...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Dec 5, 2009 1:39 pm
... (olor-)" with an instrumental ending. But how can we do that? The example _fazne, farne_ "foliage" from a root PHAS (VT46:9) would indicate that...
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Palatinus
elfiness
Dec 6, 2009 8:34 pm
... At least in some point Tolkien seems to consider it a gerund. In Quendi and Eldar we see the word "yomenie" not "yomenTie";, therefore pointing to stems...
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siska.robert
Dec 6, 2009 8:34 pm
Mae govannen, mellyn :) Today I finished the ascii tengwar font, which supports all characters from Daniel S. Smith's classic keymapping Little tool for using...
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michiru_benson
Dec 7, 2009 1:58 pm
Hi All, I would like to know if there is any hint or resource from Tolkien himself that Sindarin c/p/t are aspirated as in English cap/pop/top rather than as...
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coegwendeth
Dec 8, 2009 4:28 pm
Hello, From Appendix E of LOTR: "C always have the value of 'k' even before e and i". The Appendix doesn't specifically list 'p' or 't', but I've never heard...
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michiru_benson
Dec 9, 2009 4:03 pm
Hi Ruth, Thank you for your reply! Sorry but here I actually refer to the different values between voiceless aspirated stops as 'C' in English "cot" and...
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claire.richards40
claire.richa...
Dec 10, 2009 12:25 am
Thank you for the reply. I'm sorry to be so late in responding - real life keeps getting in the way! I contacted the organisers about the "Elvish" merchandise...
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meneldilv
Dec 11, 2009 1:34 pm
You can listen to this recording and try to hear for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/user/GlorendilElemire#p/u/1/MdfYy4gW9L4. Unfortunately there are only two...
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Roman
rausch_roman
Dec 11, 2009 1:34 pm
... Well, I've never heard about them being aspirated... The reason Tolkien only lists _c_ is because he wanted to prevent a pronounciation /s/ as in 'cinema',...
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marize2t
Dec 11, 2009 1:34 pm
So, my friend wants to ask her boyfriend to marry her in Elvish (because he's a LotR fan) but she doesn't speak Elvish at all. I was trying to help her...
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cgilson75
Dec 12, 2009 4:25 pm
... The source for the interpretation of _omentie_ as 'meeting of pathways' and containing the word _tie_ 'path, road' is Tolkien's commentary on the Elvish...
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George M
pans_lair
Dec 12, 2009 6:16 pm
Suilantan ilquen!  I am delighted to have discovered your group.  I and a good friend of mine are serious and mature men who have always secretely loved...
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maike
maikedulk
Dec 13, 2009 1:16 pm
Suilad Qumran! I am delighted to read your message, because I have a similar disposition towards the elven languages. I have found in the two years that I have...
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michiru_benson
Dec 14, 2009 2:48 pm
Thank you Boris and Roman, I got your idea now and actually the hints that Sindarin C/T/P are unaspirated you pointed out are already very significant to me. I...
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Andrea
andrea10tacle
Dec 21, 2009 7:31 am
Hi all! Following your advices and pointers I've researched the word respect in quenya by first looking at the etymology. respect (n.) c.1300, from L....
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
Dec 21, 2009 8:10 pm
The root of the latin goes back to an Indo-European root 'spek-' (as in Greek *skeptomai*, with metathesis), which seems to be more to the meaning of...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Dec 27, 2009 2:02 am
Christmas is here, and for the occasion I have tried to produce a Neo-Quenya version of the nativity story in Luke 2: http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/Luke2.rtf I have...
