Hello, ME> 1. By "Our Father" you mean, I guess, Eru Iluvatar. If so, then ME> you should probably use the ending -lma, so Atarelma. Ah! Shame on me! Of...
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Josiah McCoy
josiahmccoy63
Apr 25, 2012 1:46 am
In PE18, I believe Tolkien mentions that a word of the form _kantka_ has an impossible stress pattern in Quenya, so perhaps **_led-j-'n_ > **_lelyne_...
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Sarah
imabiah
Apr 26, 2012 5:16 pm
Thank you, thank you Helge! Wondering if "Given of the Father" would be a bit less evocative of unwanted insects (to the non-Elvish among us). At this point, I...
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pfstrack
Apr 29, 2012 11:23 pm
I wouldn't claim to be an expert either, but here is what I'd suggest. First, there is a phrase in existing corpus very similar to the lines in your prayer: ...
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Algoroth Draconis
algoroth_dra...
Apr 29, 2012 11:23 pm
Hey thanks for that. Yes, for "you" I was assuming many persons but alt-tabbing back and forth between my dictionary, the Quenya course, and the dictionary...
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Algoroth Draconis
algoroth_dra...
Apr 29, 2012 11:23 pm
... I was just looking over my notes on this and thought that I might be able to clear up why I/how I came up with this particular line. minyatoronemma...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
May 3, 2012 8:12 pm
I have uploaded an updated version of the Quenya-English wordlist: http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.doc I have added a number of Qenya Lexicon words that I...
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winterhavik
May 12, 2012 1:41 pm
The first few verses of Moses' meditation on life Airelinde 90 Arcande Moses i Ner Eruva 1 Heru, Lye marda menya anaie ollo nostie ana nostie 2. Epe i oronti...
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baranorwasnotavailable
baranorwasno...
May 25, 2012 12:49 pm
Dear Elfling readers and contributors, My name is Paul Navas, although I am known as Baranor in my Tolkien-related activities. These deserve a short word so as...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jun 6, 2012 2:14 am
Paul wants to translate: "Denethor son of Ecthelion of the House of Hrin, Steward of Gondor until the King returns". ... i Aran ad-tl" The form...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jun 7, 2012 1:05 pm
EARENDILLAHTIE Titta pica Andaro cendelesse tcala queni et caimallo sa-tirien ter calca, mornave VENUS PASSAGE Tiny dot on the face of the Sun dragging...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jun 7, 2012 1:05 pm
Here is a VERY preliminary announcement of my Neo-Quenya New Testament project: http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/nqnt.htm Extremely crude and elementary at present,...
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Menelion Elensuule
andre.polyka...
Jun 8, 2012 2:58 pm
Hello Helge, I have been thinking of a word "letter" as a message, I mean, something written. As a letter is to be sent normally, why can't we use the...
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ramaroreo
Jun 8, 2012 2:59 pm
... I tried to convince myself with 105 arguments, but a single comfortable one defeated them: Lauca quesset hlusse minna hlarinya - pica n pica A warm...
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GH Chinoy
ghchinoy
Jun 8, 2012 3:02 pm
Helge, Fantastic! H [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
Jun 8, 2012 8:49 pm
As I remember, the word 'letter' replace the original old english ærendgewrit (errand writing, I guess in modern English) some time in the 1200s or so. Can we...
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fra.veneziano
Jun 8, 2012 8:49 pm
I did my best, but the weather was not kind. Helca ar lorna, andavë rincen tirë " lumbor Rómenna. Chilly and asleep, long I endevoured to see...
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Paul Navas
baranorwasno...
Jun 11, 2012 2:59 pm
Thank you very much for your interest, Helge. I completely agree with the clumsiness of "Ecthelionion" and I'll be glad to let that go for a simpler form. It...
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Roman
rausch_roman
Jun 11, 2012 2:59 pm
... Ha, in hindsight - I should have stayed in bed as well. My experience goes: Ai Earendil, Anaresse antitta! Tran, l knan... Alas Earendil, Tiniest on...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jun 21, 2012 3:34 pm
... strictly in space but in time also, which would indeed be easier to justify than other conjectures. Still, I am confused with the final "n" - is it because...
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quengoldo
Jun 27, 2012 7:25 pm
Alla! Me'le elflingers! Tolkien wrote: That is, the sounds were approximately those represented by i, e, a, o, u in English machine, were, father, for, brute,...
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sofia.estevez
Jun 28, 2012 9:01 pm
Hello elves, My name is Sofa. This is the first time I post something on this group, although Im a frequent visitor and avid reader of your exchanges. The...
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Menelion Elensuule
andre.polyka...
Jun 28, 2012 9:02 pm
Hello, Actually, quenya (and sindarin) basic vowels are pronounced more like Spanish or Russian ones, not like English sounds. However, I found somewhere...
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Julian Bradfield
jcbradfield
Jun 28, 2012 9:05 pm
... This has baffled many people - probably almost everybody who reads it! However, the OED does document a pronunciation /wɛː/ for "were". I'm not sure that...
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Bob
rfhancock48
Jun 29, 2012 7:46 pm
Hi Sofia The following files describe how to write Tengwar in Quenya or Sindarin modes. http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/teng-que.pdf ...
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Morthegil Lammeldir
quengoldo
Jun 29, 2012 7:46 pm
Thanks! I just got some digital edition of OED, didn't find /wɛː/, but I found 'were (wɛə(r), wɜː(r), wə(r))'. It seems that these pronunciations are...
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urban@...
mike_u_us
Jun 29, 2012 7:46 pm
Of yellow leaves and gossamer in autumns that there were, with morning mist and silver sun and wind upon my hair. Of course, this is poetry, so rhymes are...
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Menelion Elensuule
andre.polyka...
Jun 30, 2012 2:01 pm
Hello everyone, Interesting, but couldn't find anywhere the word "ent" in Quenya. In Sindarin they are called onod (in singular) and önyd/enyd (in plural). ...
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quengoldo
Jun 30, 2012 2:10 pm
... Wow! So great to see Tolkien himself confirm this! Thank you so much! And thanks to all who kindly replied! ... Pengolodh Bengu^l...
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Palatinus
elfiness
Jun 30, 2012 6:42 pm
... From the title of an essay "Anaxartaron Onyalie" translated as "Of eagles and ents" it is supposed that "onyalie" refers to the ents. A single ent would be...
