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  • Members: 2018
  • Category: Tolkien, J.R.R.
  • Founded: Sep 5, 1998
  • Language: English
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Hello everyone! First of all i'd like to introduce myself as i'm a newbie here:) My name is Luciana, i'm 18 years old and i'm from Brazil. I can't escape from...
67 Feb 28, 2008
1:23 pm

aelindis
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Hey there. I'm going through Helge's course again and am having a real problem with possessive noun endings. Sometimes I think I know which word gets that...
6 Feb 26, 2008
1:40 am

Helge K. Fauskanger
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... Well, the intransitive pa.t. of _ulya-_ really is _ulle_; Etym tells us as much. _Ullie_ "should gush" (attested in the pl. form _ullier_) would seem to...
1 Feb 24, 2008
5:09 pm

Helge K. Fauskanger
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i have read and heard a few things in sindarin that have the word "aen" in them and the word means "is" but when i was on ...
3 Feb 24, 2008
1:03 pm

Roman Rausch
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hi all, I'm trying to translate Círdan's gift of Narya to Gandalf upon his arrival in middle earth, and, I think, botching it completely. Following is my...
1 Feb 23, 2008
9:29 pm

Alex Black
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Ah, the elusive conditional/subjunctive construction:) I am afraid I do not know much about it. In (externally) late Quenya I have not seen it discussed in any...
7 Feb 23, 2008
9:29 pm

Andrew
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using helge fauskanger&#39;s quenya course i found that the word "na" meant "is" and "nar" meant are so would i use "na" as the word "are" as in the sentence "you...
2 Feb 23, 2008
9:28 pm

Serhiy Ponomaryov
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The difference between _na_ and _nar_, after what I understand, is that _Na_ is the singular form and _nar_ the plural form. _so na..._ "he is..." _le na..._...
1 Feb 22, 2008
6:58 am

Kjell-Ã…ke 'C...
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Hi folks, I've been working my way through Helge Fauskanger&#39;s Quenya course, and thoroughly enjoying myself while doing so. In an effort to stretch my brain a...
8 Feb 17, 2008
11:47 pm

Andrew
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Hello and greetings, all. I've just joined the group and don't really know how much I can contribute to it in the future, but I'm genuinely interested in ...
3 Feb 6, 2008
1:44 pm

miasunta
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i need help finding a site for numonorean, and if there isnt one can someone help me make a language for it from helge fauskangers site?...
4 Feb 4, 2008
2:52 am

Travis Henry
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hello i am new here and iv been trying to learn as much elvish/tengwar possible im new to all of it as well im not sure what kind of help i can be but im...
1 Feb 1, 2008
1:11 pm

thegnome_2
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Suilad mellyn nin, ... idea of writing a book about Tolkien and Elvish, and have been a bit daunted by the rumours of the past about how difficult the Estate...
4 Jan 28, 2008
7:54 pm

Melroch 'Aestan
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Hi! As a Birthday gift for mi niece I'm writting her the story of Snowhite from a J.R.R. Tolkien elvish perspective. I was wondering if a apropriate and...
1 Jan 28, 2008
3:34 am

Luisali
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Suilad all, I am using the following phrase in my story manuscript, and want to make sure it's correct before I use it. The phrase is 'by the stars' I am...
5 Jan 18, 2008
11:47 am

aelindis
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Since Tlkien had no other languages other than sindarin and quenya can itbe the languages above?...
1 Jan 17, 2008
2:42 pm

elffanatic2000
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When I subscribed to this list last weekend I got a message from the list admin, in wich it said: "To be connected with a study partner, you may contact <email...
4 Jan 15, 2008
2:38 pm

maike
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Some folks from the Middle-earth Roleplaying list are trying to find (invent) the Adunaic name for the followers of Sauron (a.k.a. "The Wizard") in...
2 Jan 14, 2008
5:35 pm

Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
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http://home.netcom.com/~heensle/lang/elvish/elvish.html: this site has Elvish on it and i was wondering if it was right or if it was wrong. i've been looking...
4 Jan 14, 2008
4:52 pm

elffanatic2000
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Hi everyone, For those of you that are following this, I told you that I sent an email recently to the Solicitor of the Tolkien Estate seeking permission to...
7 Jan 10, 2008
2:34 am

trilogy9@...
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Aya, I would like to write in Quenya: Gil-galad, Great King of Noldor: Gil-galad, Ingaran Noldoron. But, Gil-galad is Sindarin. Then, my question: Gil-galad...
1 Jan 9, 2008
1:22 pm

Luinelda
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I am new to this list. I subscribed because I am really interested in, especially, Sindarin. I want to learn to speak and write it and was delighted to find...
1 Jan 7, 2008
4:37 pm

maikedulk
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Suilad Roman, Thanks for sharing the article 'On the diphthongs ei, ai in Noldorin and Sindarin': I will put it to good use, as this is one of the things that...
1 Jan 7, 2008
4:37 pm

Annaka Shultz
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Hello everyone, first off I want to apologize for tormenting you guys with what must be another in a series of seemingly endless translation assists. I have...
12 Jan 7, 2008
4:37 pm

Annaka Shultz
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Hello, everyone - ... Sindarin sentences of the type 'subject - (omitted copula) - prepositional phrase' would actually be of similar type as Japanese ...
1 Jan 5, 2008
9:25 am

Annaka Shultz
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The languages of another Mannish people mentioned by Tolkien, from the unfinished story "Tal-Elmar&quot; in Peoples of Middle-earth: "Agar-speech&quot; =...
1 Jan 5, 2008
9:24 am

Travis Henry
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... Tolkien frequently invented and rethought the conceptions of names and the history of places, sometimes not arriving at a definite conclusion.<< This shows...
1 Jan 3, 2008
7:24 pm

Travis Henry
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Hello everyone, I was wondering about the various methods anyone has used when translating a piece from English into Sindarin (or Quenya). I have studied...
4 Jan 4, 2008
9:28 am

TF
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im estel, telin ned aur vorn hen an annad dulu allen, mellyn nîn. I am Estel, I come in this dark hour in order to give help to you, my friends. I talk...
2 Jan 2, 2008
12:57 pm

estel_chalad
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Continuing in the aim to give a Primary World model for the language of every Mannish people mentioned by Tolkien... In a footnote to the Snowmen, Tolkien...
1 Jan 1, 2008
3:54 pm

Travis Henry
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