I knew Yahoo would become owner of eGroups, but I didn't expect this! I spent over half an hour to 'convert' my acount and to Join this group again. And the...
I just had a cousin, and my uncle has decided to name her as "Tulya". I've found that it has a meaning in Elvish language but I couldn't avail it. If you Know...
Hi, can anybody tell me how I can learn quenya - are there any sites other than for instance Helge Fauskangers on net? Are there any books or casettes? Thomas...
... But he does! The Road Goes Ever On, p. 61 -- "Final vowels... had nearly all formerly been long vowels (or they would have disappeared), so that in the...
... It's my opinion (largely based on this one name, to be sure) that -ndl- > -ngl- in "Classical Sindarin", but -dl- remains. The etym. must surely be ...
Aiya ilquenin! Can anybody explain me, why in some Quenya words (or, may be, in some circumstances) a root or ending vowel changes its length? Namely: neen...
... And you "speak" Quenya whith whom may I ask? :-) _Sei jou iz nonzense what_. Is the obove English? No. I'm sure you will agree. Each language has a...
Seeing that more and more people come to this list each day, I would like to propose a step by step learning to help Newbies to get a good gasp of Quenya : 1/...
We may not be able to speak entirely correct Quenya, but that do not prevent us from using it as a language. We may use the wrong grammar in some cases. We may...
ok My wife and I have been studying Quenya for about 2 weeks now. Together we are learning it quickly. One problem tho....we cannot figure out how to say...
... Not from my point of view. The conversion took me only 30 seconds to do. The re-sign up for people who want Web access is annoying but I think that...
... Yes, this was what I meant. A difficult matter indeed, with Tolkien's changing terminolgy. The PQ stage of "Etymogies" is I think = to the CE stage of...
In his "Nomenclature of the Lord of the Rings" (in _A Tolkien Compass_), Tolkien wrote on p. 169: Leaflock .... translation of the Elvish _Finglas_: _fing_...
Dear Friends, Sorry for this short ad. I want to announce that the new Elvish calendar for the human year 2001 (spring 2001 - stirring 2002) has been printed...
... **well, you'll be able to use it, which is the important thing. ... **not till after I've published it. Sorry, don't know date, and I probably shouldn't...
The dative form of the _hammer_ is better explained in some other language than english. You also have to consider our inexact translation of this sentence. ...
Hi all- I've run across 3 issues relating to Khuzdul which I'm curious to get feedback on: 1) Is there anything that shows that Barazinbar is actually broken...
... My personal usage is to refer to CE ("Common Eldarin"). By this I refer to the common ancestor of Quenya and Sindarin (and every other Eldarin language,...
Aiya! Good friends, The sentance I want to form is "Let the hammer fall". I do not know how to diagram this sentance ( shows you how great American English...
... As has already been pointed out, _nai i namba lantuva_ would be OK for "may the hammer fall". If you want a literal translation of "let the hammer fall",...
Thank you, Lars Olsson, for your help with Finnish [Lars published his message on Elfling]. Hauska tavata! Kiitos! [Finnish: 'Nice to meet you! Thank you!'] I...
... °on the subject of th comparative... ... If something get's published in TT (tyale tyalieva ??) how much of it can (and should) be said about it on the...
Today I want to discuss the 3rd person sg pronominal suffix(es). My thesis is: *********************************************** In the 'mature' form of Quenya,...
I've searched all places I can think of on the net and I cant find a comperative form for adjectives (i.e. more beautiful). I've found "anvanya", that should...
Hi, (Yeah, I know, I know: It's a "what's this word in Quenya" -question ... BUT. I've looked many places, and didn't find it.. so, 'Nightmare', or 'Bad Dream'...
Hi, I'm trying to write my nick ("RedPanda") in Quenya. Well, since there's no word for "Panda" in Quenya (obviously), I tried writing "oriental bear" instead....
Suilie! ...oops...it's me again....there's been quite a talk 'bout the prepositions. I thought for a while and gave birth to such a child - uu - without...
Dear Elvish-Language-Friends, Ales Bican has helped us to find earlier research of Quenya pronominal suffixes by David Salo. On 5 August 1995 David had...
