I think Feanor would hit the roof of the Halls of Mandos of he heard the word's "Silmaril Earendillo". ... From: ithidrielnarsilion <cardozac@...> ...
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ithidrielnarsilion
ithidrielnar...
Aug 3, 2011 10:58 am
No doubt! But alas! He was long gone when Earendil acquired it! As it became part of Earendil's constellation, I think it is proper to give him ownership! ...
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
Aug 3, 2011 11:06 pm
... word's "Silmaril Earendillo". Well, he always was a poor shot with a bow. I would assume he would be aiming at the bard anyway ... -- Often wrong,...
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Dan Yetman
ffvi_locke_cole
Aug 4, 2011 12:08 pm
-I would assume he would beaiming at the bard anyway ...- Doesn't everyone? ________________________________ "And as an aside, the quantum physics involved...
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CLH harding
clh8518
Aug 4, 2011 12:09 pm
But isn't ownership expressed by the possessive case '-va'. Wouldn't the genitive case imply that the Silmaril originated with Earendil? [Non-text portions of...
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ithidrielnarsilion
ithidrielnar...
Aug 6, 2011 1:35 am
This is a good point. I struggled with this for a while before choosing to use the -o ending. It would depend on whether you saw the origin as Feanor or...
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dreamingfifi
elvenswordsmith
Aug 12, 2011 1:48 am
Thus far, the analysis has been that _mn_ means both "our" and "we". What if it just means "our"? No wait, hear me out. There are several instances of...
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Language Creation Soc...
dedalus5150
Sep 2, 2011 12:23 pm
The LCS is launching a new online journal called Fiat Lingua: http://fiatlingua.org/ A new article will appear on the first of every month. Articles will be...
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janine.kaihau
Sep 21, 2011 1:50 pm
Before it becomes permanent, could any member please verify my translation below into Quenya: I LOVE YOU ALWAYS I LOVED YOU MORE THAN LIFE melnyt illum ...
Thanks so much, Mans, that's fantastic. Are there any umlauts included in that translation? Thanks again Janine To: elfling@yahoogroups.com From:...
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Mans
mansbjorkman
Sep 25, 2011 1:19 am
The dots over the letter "e" are not umlauts but diaereses, used to emphasize that the letter is not silent. They can therefore be omitted, as Tolkien...
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Olivier Scheeck
olivier.scheeck
Sep 26, 2011 1:33 pm
Hello. A couple months ago I posted in this group about a paragraph of the Silmarillion which I tried to translate into Quenya. I am trying now to transcribe...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Sep 26, 2011 8:50 pm
I have uploaded a rough version of my revised Quenya course here: http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/lessons.rtf There is still no link from the Ardalambion main page,...
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Andrew Higgins
asthiggins@...
Sep 27, 2011 8:33 pm
Helge This is brilliant your work in the past has been very helpful and will eagerly read this through and give you any comments. Working on Finnish at the...
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ramaroreo
Sep 27, 2011 8:34 pm
Thank you, Helge, for this revised course. I look forward to reading it. ... The font size and the capitals can easily be corrected by everyone: - save the...
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Pavel Dimov
dimmov
Sep 27, 2011 8:34 pm
Thank you very much! Harya alasse! ... Ammornil Henduluin On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Helge K. Fauskanger < ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Janine Morris
janine.kaihau
Sep 27, 2011 8:34 pm
Thanks once again Mans for such technical advice. I can successfully get it set in stone now. Janine To: elfling@yahoogroups.com From: at@... ...
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Yvonne Van Brimmer
hobbitwife
Sep 28, 2011 6:05 pm
Thank you for the update on the Quenya course. Most appreciated! Yvonne Yvonne Van Brimmer aka.Tamurile Halfelven "Nai Laivin caluva tielyanna!" [Non-text...
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César Rojas
ghancesarghan@...
Sep 29, 2011 8:41 pm
I plan to take the course during university holidays, but now i'll take the revised one then. Much appreciated, César ________________________________ ...
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fra.veneziano
Oct 1, 2011 12:50 am
I am a bit puzzled by the construction of the comparative, as my two main sources disagree on this: Fauskanger gives a construction using _lá_ _Anar ná...
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fra.veneziano
Oct 1, 2011 12:50 am
Thanks, I'll read it carefully in the next days. A pdf version would be greatly appreciated for portability and consistence. I have a doubt about the use of...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Oct 2, 2011 7:55 pm
... Of course it doesn't matter whether you write or e, but do we have any example of Tolkien using the spelling "" at the end of a monosyllabic word like...
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Jonathon Omahen
trumpetingba...
Oct 3, 2011 9:23 pm
With regards to the diaresis: since it is intended to indicate to *non-speakers* that final _e_'s are to be pronounced, not only are they superfluous with...
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yitzik_ua
Oct 6, 2011 11:25 pm
Máriessë, a moinë nildonyar! ... First of all, I'd like to express my sincere gratitude to Helge for his excellent course. It was my starting...
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Mans
mansbjorkman
Oct 6, 2011 11:26 pm
... Yes, you are probably right that _e_ with diaeresis does not occur in any monosyllabic words. Since the diaeresis is redundant anyway, that would really be...
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fra.veneziano
Oct 8, 2011 1:13 pm
I have encountered on some websites the expression _vanya súlië_ variedly translated as good/fair wind(s), presented as a form of farewell. Do you know any...
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fra.veneziano
Oct 8, 2011 1:13 pm
In Lesson 13, at the end of the section "The pronoun we", it says "whereas -mmë (formerly exclusive plural) ended up as dual inclusive “we”, with either...
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pfstrack
Oct 9, 2011 10:08 pm
I'd also like to thank you for producing your Quenya course, which was my re-introduction to Tolkien's languages after many years of absence. For formatting, I...
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Linda Naush
jouzinka
Oct 13, 2011 11:32 pm
Greetings to you all. =:) Thus far I was merely contented with transcribing texts, but now I decided to take the plunge for translation and I don't know if I...
