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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 unpublished writings by J. R. R. Tolkien about an early version of one of his invented scripts, edited and annotated by Arden R. Smith, under the guidance...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Yvonne Van Brimmer
hobbitwife
Aug 1, 2012 9:35 pm
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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winterhavik
Jul 30, 2012 1:11 pm
Thanks very much Helge, especially for ohte. The grammar for Nas máre nin is a bit of a puzzlement to me. I had imagined that 'nas' was 'na+s' meaning "it is"...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jul 30, 2012 2:54 am
... translating Dr. Seuss...) ... "Ovar" for eggs. For ham I can only think of apsa "cooked meat". In early "Qenya", the word for "egg" was _ohte_ (QL:69). ...
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cgilson75
Jul 30, 2012 2:54 am
PARMA ELDALAMBERON 20 The Qenya Alphabet Documents by J. R. R. TOLKIEN <http://www.eldalamberon.com/parma20.html> _Parma Eldalamberon_ 'The Book of...
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winterhavik
Jul 27, 2012 3:36 pm
Nai Alasse tien! Does anyone have any ideas on neo-quenya words for eggs and ham? (I am translating Dr. Seuss...) Currently I'm thinking to use the latin word...
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Paul Strack
pfstrack
Jul 24, 2012 9:18 am
I somehow missed the relationship between _lúna_ (PE17:22) and _lóna_ (Ety:DO/DO3) in my studies, so thanks for that. Since _lóna_ "dark" < DO(3) from the...
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rogerclewley@...
rogerclue
Jul 23, 2012 11:09 am
I wish to thank you for your reply. Took a look at how for(n) and har(n) were used as an adjectivial modifier, and with what examples there are out there, it...
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Paul Strack
pfstrack
Jul 22, 2012 12:09 pm
For "strength"; I think you be better off with _bellas_, and abstract noun related to the adjective _beleg_ "mighty" (Ety:BEL). For "grace", I assume you mean...
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Paul Strack
pfstrack
Jul 21, 2012 5:33 pm
It seems to me your analysis is good, but _har(n)_ and _for(n)_ are frequently used as prefixes in geographic names, such as: Harlindon/Forlindon ...
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jeedaielf
Jul 19, 2012 7:36 am
Hello everyone! I am trying to help a friend translate something and am having a horrible time finding a proper translation. I am trying to translate: Grace,...
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rogerclewley@...
rogerclue
Jul 19, 2012 7:36 am
I have been looking at some geographical matters pertaining to Middle-earth, which as always means you end up looking at his naming process. In particular,...
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iiipitaka
Jul 16, 2012 8:46 pm
In PE 17, p. 150, a page of etymologies is mentioned which the editor has called "DD", referring to "Dalath Dirnen", the name of a region of Beleriand. It...
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iiipitaka
Jul 16, 2012 11:48 am
... I think you've misunderstood my comment -- which referred, as I said, to the language's "underlying structure and realization". In particular, the history...
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david_giraudeau
Jul 16, 2012 10:12 am
... languages on a new basis -- not, of course, without borrowing certain words and phonetic characteristics from the former to the latter. He never...
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iiipitaka
Jul 16, 2012 4:00 am
Common Eldarin seems to have had a relationship between roots beginning in D and ND (generally resulting in words beginning in l- and n- in Quenya). In Note 25...
