In the word "Quenya" is the "qu" pronounce "kw" or "kh"? Thank you for solving a a bit of a controversy for me & some friends. Almie, Yvonne Yvonne Van...
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Menelion Elensuule
andre.polyka...
Aug 1, 2012 9:35 pm
Hello everyone! As we know, there are two dual endings in Quenya: -t ("lasset") and -u ("aldu"). As I could understand from Helge's article, -t is preferable...
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andre.polyka...
Aug 2, 2012 2:17 am
Hello Yvonne, YVB> In the word "Quenya" is the "qu" pronounce "kw" or "kh"? Thank YVB> you for solving a a bit of a controversy for me & some friends. It's...
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CLH harding
clh8518
Aug 2, 2012 2:17 am
kw... Where did you get the idea that it was kh? Khenya? Weird. If you have access to a copy of the Return of the King, just look in appendix e, that'll set...
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calebinvents
Aug 2, 2012 8:31 pm
I was translating my brother's name into elvish, (it wasn't on the lists the group so helpfully provided). In Hebrew his name means The Lord Healeth. I took...
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Yvonne Van Brimmer
hobbitwife
Aug 2, 2012 8:31 pm
I always thought "qu" was "kw" but I've had a few Tolkien-philes insist it is the hard "k" sound. Now I have the source of the correct sound. Thank you so...
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CLH harding
clh8518
Aug 3, 2012 11:11 am
Perhaps they're getting it confused with Hebrew. Or Finnish. I just looked it up and in Finnish, q is apparently pronounced with a k sound, and Quenya was...
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GH Chinoy
ghchinoy
Aug 3, 2012 11:12 am
Tangentially, are there decent recordings of people pronouncing sindarin/quenya words? Would recordings of pronunciations be the purview of the Tolkien Estate?...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Aug 3, 2012 9:33 pm
... unpublished writings by J. R. R. Tolkien about an early version of one of his invented scripts, edited and annotated by Arden R. Smith, under the guidance...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Aug 9, 2012 3:37 am
... lists the group so helpfully provided). In Hebrew his name means The Lord Healeth. Raphael, then? ... got Eruneston. Is this right? Or did I miss some...
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Paul Strack
pfstrack
Aug 9, 2012 3:38 am
I would tend to agree with you. It seems clear that the dual for vocalic nouns (those ending in a vowel) is normally -t. There are numerous examples: lasset,...
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Menelion Elensuule
andre.polyka...
Aug 9, 2012 1:11 pm
Hello Helge, HKF> _Erunesto_ (or _-tar_), from the simple nominal sentence "God (is) a HKF> healer", could be a possibility. Couldn't it be an ambiguity?...
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TF
percival64
Aug 10, 2012 1:37 pm
Utúrin Et lomillo ya túpa ni Morna ve Latta sis yo tar, Feanya utúriman Hantan Valar i valuvar. Umbarto aika nondasse únen Þorya, únen naina, Undu amarto...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Aug 10, 2012 9:33 pm
... (meaning some over-omnipotent person who can heal God himself!). Am I wrong here?) Compounds are of course notoriously obscure as to what the exact logical...
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Menelion Elensuule
andre.polyka...
Aug 11, 2012 6:38 pm
Hello Helge, Thanks for your observations! HKF> Also, let me reiterate that _nesta-_ as the word for "heal" is more than HKF> a little speculative. Here my...
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dreamingfifi
elvenswordsmith
Aug 14, 2012 11:39 am
Here it is: http://www.realelvish.net/phrasebook.php I know that it is gigantic and a lot to ask of anyone, but I want to make sure that I got this right. (or...
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Menelion Elensuule
andre.polyka...
Aug 15, 2012 4:11 am
Mai omentaina, Fióna :-)! I will make a full analysis of your Quenya phrasebook, if you want (though I'm not an expert like Helge or Thorsten, I'm...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Aug 15, 2012 4:12 am
... Don't quite get this one. _Utúrien_ could mean 'I have ruled' or 'I have conquered'. ... Out of (a/the) night that is covering me ... Dark as the Pit here...
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winterhavik
Aug 15, 2012 4:12 am
Tamas, Mai carina. Nás mára nin i linde. I especially like the line: Karinya yorna, 'nanta orwa. Evamdil...
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iiipitaka
Aug 15, 2012 4:15 am
... The poem is _Invictus_, by William Ernest Henley. Here's a link to the original English version: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/invictus/...
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elenyona
Aug 15, 2012 3:45 pm
... In his published notes Tolkien seems to have made no direct mentions about the stress, so one can only guess. A great part of Adûnaic was rather...
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TF
percival64
Aug 15, 2012 3:46 pm
Hi Helge, well, I had to take some poetic license here and there to preserve the flow and feel of the original ;) ... Don't quite get this one. _Utúrien_...
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dreamingfifi
elvenswordsmith
Aug 17, 2012 8:42 pm
Alla Menelion! ... I thought that's how I'd done it... did I mix them up somewhere? ... How would you suggest I choose? Fiona...
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dreamingfifi
elvenswordsmith
Aug 17, 2012 8:42 pm
... So, I haven't just missed something. How is the pronunciation I suggested otherwise?...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Aug 17, 2012 8:43 pm
On the occasion of my birthday (or whatever) I hereby announce the addition of Second Thessalonians to my list of Neo-Quenya New Testament translations: ...
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Menelion Elensuule
andre.polyka...
Aug 17, 2012 11:13 pm
Alla, Fiona! d> I thought that's how I'd done it... did I mix them up somewhere? For instance: Our meeting is a pleasure [inc] Our meeting is joyful Omentielm'...
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elenyona
Aug 19, 2012 9:44 pm
... I certainly don't expect people who are familiar with IPA or some global languages BESIDES English to have problems with the representation provided... ;) ...
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iiipitaka
Aug 22, 2012 3:57 pm
The word "minathurie" (using the Old English character 'thorn' for "th") appears in Tolkien's essay on the river names of Gondor (Vinyar Tengwar 42:17). It is...
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dreamingfifi
elvenswordsmith
Aug 22, 2012 11:23 pm
... Agh, silly typos. I fixed them in my files, and will upload the corrections as soon as the rest of it gets critiqued. The file is massive and a big pain to...
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dreamingfifi
elvenswordsmith
Aug 22, 2012 11:25 pm
Alright, I'm going to make some charts because that's how I analyze these things. Here's what I did, which is apparently in error: +----+-----+ ... ...
