... Well, I beg to disagree. "Good" and "bad" are concepts that describe degree of conformity to some norm that states what should and what should not be. As...
35944
winterhavik
Oct 16, 2010 4:44 pm
I'm working on a translation of Psalm 42 and was wondering how Quenya handles this: Psa. 42:1 *As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for...
35945
CLH harding
clh8518
Oct 16, 2010 4:44 pm
A long time ago I heard that the Quenya words for "yes" and "no" were 'ná' and 'lá', but now I don't remember where I found this or how accurate it is. I did...
35946
CLH harding
clh8518
Oct 16, 2010 4:44 pm
Arguing about the right way to say "in heaven" aside, maybe the guy who wrote it didn't mean for it to be a locative at all. Maybe he simply meant to say "Be...
35947
CLH harding
clh8518
Oct 17, 2010 6:06 pm
I would use the dative. But wouldn't it be better to try to adapt the Sindarin word 'aras' than use a Finnish word? ... From: winterhavik...
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starinthedarkness
starinthedar...
Oct 17, 2010 6:07 pm
... He lost his chance when he failed to include so much as a single word in english :p -Star...
35949
CLH harding
clh8518
Oct 18, 2010 2:07 pm
I did a little looking, and going by what's listed in Fauskanger's article on Quenya under "Elementary Phonology"...
35950
Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Oct 18, 2010 2:08 pm
... Let's investigate that at the example of a real language, then the issue becomes rather clear. If you were to take a course in Japanese at a university and...
35951
Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Oct 18, 2010 2:09 pm
... Well, this is getting into deep philosophical waters, and I'm not sure I want to discuss that much further on this list. So, my first question would be...
35952
magistertuus@...
magistertuus
Oct 20, 2010 1:02 pm
... In addition to the many excellent points made by Mr. Renk from the point of view of quantum mechanics and developmental psychology, there is also plenty of...
35953
Jonathon Omahen
trumpetingba...
Oct 20, 2010 1:04 pm
"Well, this is getting into deep philosophical waters, and I'm not sure I want to discuss that much further on this list. So, my first question would be what...
35954
winterhavik
Oct 20, 2010 1:05 pm
Good thoughts - I didn't know about the Sindarin word. Those are good suggestions you have for a quenyarized version. I also thought of perhaps changing aras...
35955
Josiah McCoy
josiahmccoy63
Oct 22, 2010 2:51 am
I would first like to offer my humblest apologies. I'm afraid I worded my original response rather poorly, and this has led to a severe miscommunication. My...
35956
TF
percival64
Oct 22, 2010 2:51 am
Hi, equel: "... 'rv' isn't even a permitted Quenya consonant combination, so 'hirva' really wouldn't work." What about Arvernie, Arvalin, carvalyo, Curvo,...
35957
winterhavik
Oct 22, 2010 3:42 pm
Thanks for your help on the word for deer. I do like connecting the word with sindarin 'aras'. Belated thanks also to posters regarding the ninya, lenya forms....
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Oct 22, 2010 3:43 pm
... Here is where you lost me, because I fail to see the distinction. '**I are going into town.' lacks number agreement and has therefore not a valid...
35959
tuilinde@...
tuilinde42
Oct 23, 2010 2:39 pm
Below is information you might have an interest in. Tuilinde ~ Susan "Return of the Ring" is the next large International event being planned by the Tolkien...
35960
CLH harding
clh8518
Oct 25, 2010 2:06 pm
I think when you add a case ending to an independent pronoun in Quenya you use 'ni' not 'nye', so the allative would be 'ninna' not 'nyenna'. Also is their a...
35961
CLH harding
clh8518
Oct 25, 2010 2:06 pm
... Oh, I guess it is then. I was just going by the list in Fauskanger's article. ... From: TF <percival64@...> Subject: Re: [elfling] Dative or what? ...
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Vito Corleone
arodreth
Nov 3, 2010 11:00 pm
I'm a little confused about this. According to the LotR Appendix E: "In Sindarin long vowels in stressed monosyllables are marked with the circumflex, since...
35963
maike
maikedulk
Nov 3, 2010 11:00 pm
Suilad, I've been working on a new version of a (desktop) Sindarin dictionary, preliminary named "Ithildin";. It is in essence a new version of Didier Willis'...
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Palatinus
elfiness
Nov 4, 2010 10:34 am
... The circumflex is only a reminder that such long monosyllables are extra long. It seems to me that it is a general rule with no notable exceptions,...
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
Nov 4, 2010 10:35 am
Just as a suggestions, why not release the sources (and data) to the public domain. That would put a lot more eyes on it, and your goals (which are excellent)...
35966
maike
maikedulk
Nov 5, 2010 12:28 pm
That's a good idea, thanks. I will consider that! It has not occurred to me before - maybe because it is after all a very small application with a very small...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Nov 6, 2010 12:48 am
And what are we to think about the _polysyllabic_ words where Tolkien uses the circumflex instead of the acute? _Annûn_ "west", for instance? I have some...
35968
iiipitaka
Nov 6, 2010 3:59 am
... instance? ... on ... set ... While this conjecture seems plausible enough, it requires some sort of historical explanation. Why would not annžn...
35969
Evenstar
evenstar62
Nov 6, 2010 2:29 pm
Hi! I need some help concerning the days of the week into Quenya. Of course I know the six day's Eldarin week, and the five day's Valian week. But when we talk...
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elhanan_austin
Nov 7, 2010 4:05 am
Hi Evenstar, Whoever compiled this list of week names was not being very careful. In Appendix D, Tolkien gives us the Quenya days of the week, in the following...
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Giraudeau David
davidkiks
Nov 7, 2010 4:05 am
... On (real) _Otsola_, see the interesting chapter "Otsan and Kainendan" in Parma Eldalamberon 14 (pp. 16-22, and especially p. 21). ... Note that the forms...
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slasher_tb
Nov 7, 2010 4:05 am
Sorry but I think that must be a little confused, what I have is this: Elenya, Saturday Anarya, Sunday Isilya, Monday Aldúya, Tuesday Menelya, Wednesday ...
