elvish

Hello all. Mae govannen! I can currently read and speak Elvish with some coherency, although I know I can always learn more. I am teaching one of my friends Elvish, and have found that to help me the best, retention-wise. I have found some very good resources for helping those who wish to...

I realize that Sindarin or Quenya on Duolingo would probably end in a disaster, mainly since neither is quite completed and most likely never will. However, I find it shocking (and frankly, kind of insulting) that Klingon AND High Valyrian are both on Duolingo, yet the best languages - Sindarin...

Hello, can someone please help me out by telling me which syllable is stressed in the following words and why? Galadhon Celebrant Niphredil I've looked through the appendices, the guides, etc. but I've also seen/heard these pronounced with both first and second syllables stressed. I'm looking...

How can I properly convert genderless Sindarin names into male and female ones? I have one specific name in mind: Calaear. I would love to use it for a character, but I can't seem to settle on the correct way to feminize that name. Every attempt I've made thus far has that character sounding...

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I am trying to design a memorial tattoo for my little brother that has just passed. He loved everything elven. He would write his journals in Sindarin. I need to know how to spell his name using the Sindarin alphabet. His name is RYAN KEITH SMITH. Or perhaps a translation of the meaning of the...

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to disseminate the information that my new textbook Atanquesta - a NeoQuenya Primer is now available for beginner and intermediate students who would like to learn NeoQuenya. It is available as online and offline versions and can be accessed at...

Hi, so I've been working on translating two sentences into sindarin. I'm going to have them tattooed so I want them to be as accurate as possible. They are: "I have passed through fire." and "and I have forgiven those who trespassed against me." (a mix of the last lines in the lord's prayer and...

Hi all, I've been struggling for the past day trying to create a male character that I plan to incorporate into a few short-stories. So far, everything but the Epessë (third name) have been fairly easy to come by. Since the Epessë is assigned (from what I've read, typically based off of a...

Hi friends, I'm just starting to explore Tolkien's languages and I'd love some thoughts about Quenya and Sindarin. I know Quenya is supposed to be slightly more complete, but Sindarin seems more popular maybe? Wax lyrical if you'd like, I'm curious and dipping my toes! :)

I've completed another rotation of sorts and it's time to come around again. So I'm going to lead it off with a question about Sindarin. Then I can spend the next days foisting my brash/half-informed ideas upon some of the other forum threads. I have two more compound/name translations...

Hello, all! I am just learning and am having trouble translating the following into Quenya; "All die. But few truly live." So far I have; Ilya qual. Apa few e coita. I could not find the word for "few". Is my grammer correct? Is there a word for "few" or an equivalent? Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone, I am new to this forum so I hope I am asking in the correct thread. Basically, as a little translation excercise, I decided to translate some bits from the latin textbook "Lingua Latina per se illustrata" into Quenya (don't ask why; I've probably got too much free time, haha)...

I need the following phrase translated into Quenya: Keep safe our souls and minds. I got the following, with my attempt: Mando fear(lva?) a ore(lva?). I'm not sure how to use "mando" as a verb for "keep safe" rather than "safe keeping". Also, I'm not sure how, or where, to add the -lva for...

I would like to study and learn to speak Elvish. Are there any good places or guides to learn to speak Elvish? I can't seem to find any. I don't want generic books that only teach you a few phrases. I would like to speak it fluently. I need an audio version, so I can hear how to pronounce the...

I constructed some names, I'm hoping to find some help with the fine tuning. From learning foreign language, I have a small understanding of the terms of grammar structure and such... but I'm by no means a linguist and whenever I try to read articles on how the Elvish languages are put together...

Hello! I need a translation for this senctence: «Me and you» After some searching my suggestion is this: «Amin ar´ lle» But I don´t know if this is correct. I also need to find out the elvish symbols/writing for this sentence, where can I find this? One can´t simply translate a sentence...

Can some of you translate these for me? I really appreciate that. TO QUENYA: -Listen to me! -No, I cannot. -Don't you trust me? -you filth! -I am a dwarf friend TO SINDARIN: -listen to me -but I cannot! -please.. -you should/have to do it/that -I am a dwarf friend -you filth Maybe just those...

The Tengwar is a syllabary, not an alphabet, and was designed to be able to transliterate virtually any language. The use of the tehta to denote vowel sounds may be modified to place the tehta on the preceding OR the following consonant. In the case of coin inscriptions, which must necessarily...

Mae govannen! I know it's kinda rude to start my life in this forum with a request but I'm still gonna do it while in the same time feeling bad about it. Anyhoo: I want to tattoo a short sentence in Sindarin. I translated it from German but in English it says: "The next story awaits." Because...