http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/ Elvish Linguistics List Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:54:12 GMT Thorsten Renk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35500 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35500 ... Not surprising - possession in Quenya is expressed with a case. So _Ranaewendeva_ would translate 'belonging to Ranaewen' (the inflection of the name is a Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:13:01 GMT Barbara Healy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35499 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35499 I have been trying for the past 3 months to translate the following phrase: "I BELONG TO Ranaewen" into Quenya for a pet's collar. Researching every online Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:12:13 GMT Roman Rausch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35498 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35498 A new analysis has appeared on Sindanórie, an overview of Mithrimin or the North Sindarin dialect. There is an earlier work on it in existence by Richard Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:12:01 GMT Phillip Wayne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35497 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35497 Why not revisit the original indoreuropean *spek- (to see). Latin re-spectare (to see again) could be used as a possible base to have a verb based on Quenya, Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:25:38 GMT "Beregond, Anders Stenström" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35496 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35496 ... Well, in _The Lord of the Rings_ Aragorn translates _sinome maruvan_ as 'in this place will I abide'. In Cirion's Oath (in _Unfinished Tales_ 3 II (iii)) Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:43:35 GMT tuilinde42 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35495 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35495 ... Unfortunately, according to Helge's list _sanda_ is an adjective, so it isn't possible to treat it as a verb. The only verb for abide which I could find Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:36:59 GMT andrea10tacle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35494 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35494 Hi, I've been studying Quenya and Tengwar Quenya. Mostly for tha tatoo's that I want, but also... it's such a beautiful and interesting language. So, my tatoo Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:36:38 GMT Tyler Kocheran http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35493 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35493 I will register as soon as possible :) Hantalë! ... -- And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:36:23 GMT Mans Bjorkman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35492 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35492 ... That site should indeed provide fairly accurate transcription. You can of course always post the results here (or on Elfscript2) and ask for comments. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:49:31 GMT tuilinde42 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35491 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35491 ... If you register(in absentia)that means you pay the smaller amount, and when the Proceedings are published you will be sent a copy. If you want Petri's Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:45:04 GMT Tyler Kocheran http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35490 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35490 I really hope that Petri will be so kind to post a summary of his session online! That sounds fascinating, I would be there if I could afford it! California is Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:03:19 GMT johnjj75 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35489 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35489 Hi, Does anyone know if this site is valid for transalting names to tengwar? http://tengwar.art.pl/tengwar/ott/start.php I am trying to translate the names Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:02:22 GMT tuilinde42 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35488 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35488 ... There is no word for _while_ that I know of, but you could use _when_ to give the same impression _When you were praying, we were playing....etc. There are Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:02:19 GMT Thorsten Renk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35487 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35487 I'm not sure I get the point you want to make, so please feel free to correct me if I misunderstood you. We use 'past tense' and 'perfect tense' to denote Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:01:30 GMT "Beregond, Anders Stenström" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35486 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/35486 Mellyn! In six weeks, it will be time to pack the suitcase for a trip to Britain and Whitehaven. Omentielva Nelya will be held there on 6-9 August. If you have