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  • Category: Tolkien, J.R.R.
  • Founded: Sep 5, 1998
  • Language: English
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There was a question about the Sindarin word for "read". We don't seem to have an attested verb. The cognate of Quenya _henta-_ would be either *_henna-_,...
2 Feb 19, 2013
1:06 pm

aidadjikic
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I've been studying Sindarin for about six months now and with my knowledge, I wrote this poem: A Eru, mo le aen? Hí le hirathon, Aphadathon le nan ab 'wanath,...
2 Feb 9, 2013
5:06 pm

tyrhael_idhraen
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Years ago, I wrote a little text (Silmesse = In Starlight) that was an attempt to produce a rhymed Quenya poem. Now Carvin Knowles has put music to it, and --...
1 Feb 6, 2013
5:00 am

Helge K. Fauskanger
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Hello all, I've been a member a long time ago, mostly lurking and reading, but school and work caused me to drift away. The Hobbit movie renewed my interest in...
2 Jan 31, 2013
11:55 pm

david_giraudeau
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To All For those interested Elendilion The Polish Tolkien Society has posted online a good chunk of constructed language dialogue from the movie including some...
1 Jan 9, 2013
2:24 pm

Andrew Higgins
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Hi people, this time I'm going to tell a little story I've had. Some time ago I noticed striking similarities between the case endings found in the _Entu,...
4 Jan 6, 2013
1:47 pm

rikkuras_del_mas_alla
rikkuras_del...
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Like so many others I am getting an elvish tattoo. I have trieds esearching the best I could, but you can never research enough. Im staying in Budapest for a...
6 Jan 6, 2013
11:37 am

TF
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... in The Hobbit film. interested to hear how this was constructed and if there will be a transcript to study for it. Some words sounded Elvish to me (like...
4 Jan 4, 2013
1:09 am

expvlsion
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I've started to translate the Seelenkalendar into Quenya here: https://sites.google.com/site/calendarsofthesoul/quenya There's a connection to the Inklings...
1 Jan 4, 2013
1:09 am

traversetravis
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About the Sindarin for "why": Sadly I don't think there is a published word for "why" in any Tolkien-language. In my Neo-Quenya texts I fall back on...
4 Jan 4, 2013
1:08 am

traversetravis
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I proceeded with a request some minutes ago, and after some intense mind searching, I realize that it was so wrong, so I would like to tryu again with a more...
2 Jan 3, 2013
12:32 am

Paul Strack
pfstrack
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Hello everyone---I used to be a member of the group five or so years back (so long ago I can't even recall my handle at the time): I remember attempting to...
1 Jan 2, 2013
2:16 pm

expvlsion
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A decision has apparently been made to name hills and mountains on the surface of the Saturnian moon of Titan after mountains in Tolkien's world. See...
2 Dec 31, 2012
3:58 am

firielperedhel
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I was wondering if anyone could tell me how complete this dictionary is, with Noldorin and Sindarin words that may have blended and were made Sindarinised, and...
6 Dec 31, 2012
3:58 am

firielperedhel
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In accordance with the well-established tradition of Ardalambion Christmas Updates, I am proud to announce that the page for the grand(iose) Neo-Quenya New...
5 Dec 28, 2012
10:46 pm

traversetravis
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... "zirkonicky&quot; <mailto:nicky.walraven@...?subject=Re%3A%20Hi%20and%20help%20with%20verbs%20in%20Quenya> ... lindala aiw"e ' but for 'The singing birds'...
1 Dec 28, 2012
10:46 pm

Helge K. Fauskanger
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Hey guys, I'm a new member of this group (which I love reading!) and I would like your help with some verbal stuff in quenya. I'm working my way through the...
6 Dec 28, 2012
12:14 am

zirkonicky
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I saw the new Hobbit movie last night (at midnight, having secured a free ticket as part of my compensation from the cinema for writing people's names in...
11 Dec 18, 2012
3:27 am

Slick
eol_mornir
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If one accepts the premise that every Mannish country in Middle-earth might be evocative of a specific real-world culture of circa 900 to 1100 A.D., then what...
1 Dec 15, 2012
2:17 pm

traversetravis
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Alla Illi, for anyone who's interested and has a Google account, I have created a Google Plus (or Kúkel + as it is known among the Elves of Aman:) community,...
1 Dec 12, 2012
1:03 am

TF
percival64
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Hello all I have a question regarding writing Sindarin in tengwar in the mode of Beleriand, that is with the vowels indicated by tehta. When writing " in +...
5 Nov 25, 2012
7:34 pm

MÃ¥ns
mansbjorkman
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First, hi to you all :) I'm new member of group, hovever I was anonymously reading for a lnog long time. Sorry for my rather bad english. My friend ask me to...
5 Nov 25, 2012
7:34 pm

tavarnarmo
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I'm still working on Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott, and came upon a difficult line: "The gemmy bridle glittered free" And I can find no way to reconstruct...
3 Nov 22, 2012
3:12 pm

TF
percival64
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Greetings All Today's Sunday Times here in the UK has a special Hobbit film magazine coverage which online includes several videos. One by one of The Hobbit...
1 Nov 18, 2012
2:33 pm

Andrew Higgins
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I saw that Parma Eldalamberon #19 has information about Talika's phonology. How much is there? To what extent could we find or work out a table of phonemes?...
2 Nov 15, 2012
5:23 am

Paul Strack
pfstrack
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Howdy, Does anyone know of a list that shows which forms in David Salo's _Gateway to Sindarin_ are derived by Salo and are not attested in Tolkien's own...
3 Nov 14, 2012
2:19 am

Kate Ebneter
ebneterk
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There! I've added a version of Hebrews to my Neo-Quenya New Testament: http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/nqnt.htm One tricky word is "ash". I used *_litte_ as a...
2 Nov 12, 2012
4:37 pm

LukᚠNovák
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I am tinkering with a draft for Hebrews in my Neo-Quenya New Testament -- it would be a major addition, the third longest letter. Incidentally, I agree with...
14 Nov 12, 2012
4:09 pm

Diego Seguí
tirachinas
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Le hannon pfstrack a Tamas. I'll study your answers carefully and get back to you :) Just out of curiosity, from your answers, it seems Quenya is your "go-to" ...
2 Nov 11, 2012
2:11 pm

Menelion Elensuule
andre.polyka...
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Mae Govannen to everyone. This is my first email here -- hope first of many :) I've started recently to look at (I don't dare yet to say study) Tolkien's ...
3 Nov 8, 2012
1:49 pm

TF
percival64
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