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The Elven-speaking thread

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Lubiana said:
Is this correct for "you are a good female friend"? Nalye mára nilda
Not totally. Nalye is correct as far as "you are". The "a" is understood. Mára is the right word for .good". The only problem with your translation is the word for friend. Nilda is the Quenya word for "friendly" or "loving". The word you would need is nildë. This word stands for "friend" (fem.). Just in case you wanted it, the word for "friend" (masc.) is nildo.
 
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morvaltur said:
Wormie, what dialect of Elvish is that? I recognize some of the words as Quenya, but others I am not sure about?
It's all Sindarin... Eru is both Sindarin and Quenya. I'm better at Sindarin than Quenya... it's less formal. Great thread BTW! :thumbsup:
No galu govad gen (May blessings go with you) :hug:
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morvaltur said:
Mae Govannen, meldonya. This thread is for anyone who desires to practice their speaking of the various dialects of Elvish from JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
The only rules are that in the title box of your post you put the dialect you are speaking in, and that you italicize, like this, anything that is in Elven. Thanks and have fun.
about the only langauges under my belt is a tiny bit of latin, some phrases in spanish, some german words, a couple of japanese words, a couple of klingon words, and some kzinti swearing:(
 
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morvaltur said:
What is kzinti?
A very warlike cat race (that is advanced, at least technologically) from larry niven's Known Space universe... which covers a bunch of his stories his stories; The Man -Kzin wars, Pak, Ringworld series, and a few other.

Anyways the gist of what happens with the kzin is they find humanity... which is apparently peaceful (we don't have any crime when they find us) and just abhor for the most part even the thought of violence (otherwise you go to super headshrinks or something..), so the kzin figure were easy pickings... unfortunately for them, the reason we chose to abandon violence and war was because we were so good at it....

so The kzin's first encounter (and first attempt to get more "sport Prey") was disastrous... for them- their warship got taken out by a colony ship without any weapons because of the captains ingenious use the fusion-laser engine... and thus the first sets the tone for the majority of the man kzin wars- humanity varely manages to win against greater odds, technology and lightning reflexes through cunning and trickery. (kzinti suck at chess...)
 
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