Inching my way through the Gospel of Mark I encountered a new problematic word: "Envy." Sure enough, we have Quenya words for greed and desire, but envy isn't ...
... tongues, I tend to believe that it would be disrespectful – and foolish – to reject it and settle for a word that has no claim whatsoever to be ...
To address my own little challenge the other day: Here is a text intended to illustrate the main changes in two phases of Quenya development: OLD QUENYA: ...
Hi! I'm brand new to this group, and I have a question. I've been doing some fundamental research into Quenya and want to properly translate the term 'Lord of...
... I’m also seeing the same as Måns does, and have the same general experience with the yahoogroup lists. ... I don’t think Måns necessarily does, I do...
At my university there's a study on the dialects of English spoken in Montana. I went to a presentation of some of their findings, and was quite surprised by...
On the subject of mustard, it seems that the word is composed of *mustum *(young wine) and *ardent *(hot), which is not very surprising since mustard contains...
With the publication of the two latest issues of Parma Eldalamberon, we have now have fairly detailed information about the phonology of various forms of...
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...
It has been called to my attention that an artist by the name of Doda has a string of little videos on YouTube that include little phrases in "Elvish". I...
Greetings, Years ago, when working on Hisweloke's Sindarin dictionary project, dictionary applications were made available our users: first my own web-based...
Thanks for various comments! ... was my re-introduction to Tolkien's languages after many years of absence. (...) If you'd like, I could email you the cleaned...
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...
A friend of mine worked on this and I would really appreciate your oppinion and help. It looks pretty good to me, but...that's just me =) Ortai i tie omenties,...
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...
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...
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...
Thus far, the analysis has been that _mín_ means both "our" and "we". What if it just means "our"? No wait, hear me out. There are several instances of...
I was wondering if someone could give me a hand with a quote I'm using. I want to translate a phrase from a song into Sindarin; however, I attempted it once,...
Háno yo meldo After the terrible crimes committed in Oslo and at Utoeya on July 22, 2011, I would like to express my deepest sympathy with the Norwegian ...
or another who can speak the entire language of the lexicon, english to elvish translations of words and phrases in audio form. I would buy this and would...
Hello everyone! It has been a number of years since I have subscribed to or posted on Elfling. However, I occasionally read through messages on the Yahoo...
I was nursing a theory based on _Man agorech_, based on my pet "oblique -n on pronouns" theory. _Ma_ would be the root, and the –n on it marks the oblique...
Greetings, I am new to the list, so please forgive me if this question has been asked before. I did a search but did not find the answer I was seeking. This...
Hi folks, I'm tinkering with the idea of a map/picture of the Solar System, as drawn by a young Vanya Elf of Valinor. I wanted to make sure my Quenya, esp. the...
I realise it is too hard to memorise Quenya grammar without some practice, so I want to try composing, or at least translating, something. As first step, I...
greetings I Have been looking forever, and i can't find the Quenyan word for "because". I was thinking about combining the word "be", but i couldnt find...
PARMA ELDALAMBERON 12 Qenyaqetsa "The Sounds of Qenya" and "Qenya Dictionary" By J. R. R. TOLKIEN <http://www.eldalamberon.com/parma12.html> Tolkien's earliest...
... lord of the rings, and The silmarillion. I think that is a perfectly decent basis. Some people who call themselves Tolkien fans never got as far as the...
