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35736 narbeleth Send Email Apr 2, 2010
12:27 am
You are right, however we have _Fen Hollen_ (< _Fen Chollen_) in LotR, and if we assume that the past participle is derived from the 3rd singular past tense...
35737 petristikka Send Email Apr 2, 2010
12:28 am
Hello, I recorded Átaremma, the Lord's Prayer in Quenya, at midnight, on the first hour of Good Friday. The Quenya translation is by J.R.R. Tolkien (published...
35738 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Apr 2, 2010
9:21 pm
... But we know the past tense of _dag-_ - it is attested in PE17:131 as _adhag_ and in PE17:131) as _adhanc_ - both forms show an augment - so this argues...
35739 iiipitaka Send Email Apr 2, 2010
11:21 pm
... LotR, ... and ... _*holl_ ... it? ... the ... Point one: PE17:131 does not specify that "adhag", "adhanc", and "adharch" are past tenses. That's a...
35740 Algoroth Draconis
algoroth_dra... Send Email
Apr 3, 2010
8:46 pm
Ok let me start by saying thank you to everyone for actually going through and critiquing my post. I actually expected it to be ignored. Second, it was asked...
35741 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Apr 3, 2010
8:50 pm
David, ... No, it is of course not hard to imagine. In fact, there is no need to imagine it at all, given that we have examples for nasal infixion on primary...
35742 michiru_benson Send Email Apr 5, 2010
1:08 am
Hello to All, I have a question on the Quenya pronunciation in Helge's Quenya course: In the course regarding the short vowel _a_, it is mentioned that...
35743 iiipitaka Send Email Apr 5, 2010
1:08 am
... long-vowel ... or ... aval- ... (ĂBAL, ... I made an error above, overlooking the form onur (*o-nooree) from the root ĂNOR, past tense of the verb nor-...
35744 winterhavik Send Email Apr 5, 2010
1:10 am
1 Corinthians 13 (the first 8 verses) in Quenya: 1 Qui nye quete lambinen atanion ar valaron, mal melme u' harya, nye na tombo lamyala hya rauta nambala. 2 Ar...
35745 petristikka Send Email Apr 13, 2010
6:26 pm
Aiya! I have translated the quintessential Finnish tango into Quenya: Satumaa "Far Away Land of Dreams" (often called "Fairy Tale Land"). The original melody...
35746 Kris Kowal
cowbertvonmoo Send Email
Apr 16, 2010
6:51 pm
Mae Govannen, I'm working on a Map of Middle Earth with labels in layers for Sindarin, Quenya, and English, with both Tengwar and Latin orthography. I'm in a...
35747 jacoishjr Send Email Apr 23, 2010
8:50 pm
Hi, I was just looking over my copy of Vinyar Tengwar 47 and was wondering if anyone knows the word for 72 (half-gross) that is alluded to on pg 17 (Author's...
35748 Charles Gadda
GammaFlightL... Send Email
Apr 24, 2010
7:52 am
I ask because I'd really like to get the current set of articles from VT 41-49 (Vol. 5b), but don't want to have to buy that only to have to turn around and...
35749 michiru_benson Send Email May 4, 2010
7:19 pm
* Music video with Sindarin & English subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6QdUzf4IIM * The English lyrics are based on phel53's version...
35750 Julian Jarosch
julian.jarosch Send Email
May 13, 2010
11:24 pm
Hej! Some time ago, I’ve written a paper on Quenya from a typological point of view. Based on Tolkien’s claim that Quenya is intended to be recognizably...
35751 Edin Najetovic
enajetovic Send Email
May 14, 2010
11:09 pm
Dear Julian, A nice subject that I would not have considered looking into myself. I have some doubts personally about methods like the SAE that you describe,...
35752 michiru_benson Send Email May 19, 2010
8:06 pm
Hail Elflings, A news for the Neo Elvish writers: Neo Quenya Wiki: http://neo-quenya.wikia.com/wiki/Neo-Quenya_Wiki Looking forward to seeing more articles...
35753 Raphael Moras de Vasc...
bambubrasileiro Send Email
May 19, 2010
8:10 pm
Dear members, I am since the 90's a fan of Tolkien work as a writer and language creator, and had already followed your list for some time years ago....
35754 abrigon@... Send Email May 20, 2010
1:17 pm
Compassion means? Roots can help? Mercy Love Understanding? Empathy What else does it synom with? Mike Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T...
35755 Raphael Moras de Vasc...
bambubrasileiro Send Email
May 25, 2010
3:23 pm
Dear Mike, compassion = com+passion com = from the latin *with* (together, adjointly) passion = from the latin *suffer, endure*. Should mean the ability of...
35756 Phillip Wayne
exuyangi Send Email
May 25, 2010
3:32 pm
Ok, maybe I can help. First, compassion is NOT an old word. It's first recorded use (AFAIK) is the 14th c. It is probably derived from com- (PIE with, near,...
35757 tencedil Send Email May 28, 2010
12:00 pm
Oment'alassë, What does the word "tellepsalinnacontar" mean? A friend of mine assures me that it is Quenya, and means something like "bringing forth a silver...
35758 Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@... Send Email
May 28, 2010
12:00 pm
... <http://neo-quenya.wikia.com/wiki/Neo-Quenya_Wiki> Yes, this project deserves every possible support. But is there any reason why the regular Wikipedia...
35759 Aidan Grey
taalenmaple Send Email
May 29, 2010
2:46 pm
You've got to go look at it, Helge. It's not a wiki about Neo-Quenya (and even then, conlangs on Wikipedia are often subject to deletion, no matter how big and...
35760 julian.jarosch Send Email May 30, 2010
11:18 am
That's not the point. http://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88efpa%C4%9Do – Wikipedia in Esperanto http://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/ralju_ckupau – Wikipedia in...
35761 Terry Dock
melhael Send Email
May 30, 2010
11:19 am
Well, even so: Wikipedia has pages in many languages. :)...
35762 Aidan Grey
taalenmaple Send Email
May 31, 2010
12:32 am
D'oh! I totally spaced that. Sorry, Helge! On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 9:02 AM, julian.jarosch < ... <snip other conlang wikipedias> ... [Non-text portions of this...
35763 michiru_benson Send Email May 31, 2010
12:35 am
Years ago when Jimmy Wales as a co-founder of Wikipedia came to attend a Wikipedians&#39; gathering in Taiwan, I asked him if it's possible to include some...
35764 finsen@...
ravenduongla... Send Email
May 31, 2010
12:53 am
Because there is a lack of supporting material. Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS to see what Wikipedia calls "Reliable Sources". ...
35765 Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch Send Email
May 31, 2010
11:17 am
Not only that. They have some rather strict standards for which "artificial&quot; languages are candidates for projects -- essentially international auxiliary...
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