Learn Elvish Newsletter Advanced Quenya (September 2002) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Subscriber, This is the first Advanced Quenya newsletter, so I don't know where all of you are in regards to your knowledge both of Quenya and general Linguistics. I'm currently taking two Linguistics courses in College, so I'll try to incorporate some of what I've learned into the newsletters to help you learn easier and quicker. Please give me feedback as to how you'd like to see this newsletter set up (after all, this is for you!). If I don't receive negative feedback or any suggestions, I'll just keep it in this format. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ~Prefixes and Suffixes~ * ~Verb Conjugations~ * ~Sample Sentences~ * ~Prefixes and Suffixes~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've noticed that many people coming to the Learn Elvish website don't understand what I mean when I say a word is a suffix or prefix, so you (the Advanced class) I will explain this fully to. You may already know this, but prefixes are words that attach themselves to the beginnings of other words. For example, do. Re+do = redo. Re is the prefix because it attaches to the beginning of do. The same is true with suffixes, only they attach to the end of words. Quenya uses a lot of prefixes and suffixes. For the most part, the prefixes and suffixes in Quenya are pronouns, adjectives, and other such words (verb roots also count as incomplete words, but we'll cover those at a later date). For example, the noun 'melda' (friend), when combined with the suffix '-nya' (my) means 'my friend' or 'meldanya' -- the two words combine to form one. I take it you know Quenyan nouns, so I'll list some common pronouns below (s) means suffix and (p) is for prefix. Be sure to attach them to the right places. -n (s) : I -nya (s) : my -rya (s) : her nin- (p) : (for or to) me met- (p) : us two (exclusive) -lva (s) : our (inclusive) -mma (s) : our (inclusive) -lma (s) : our (exclusive) -mme (s) : we (exclusive -(e)lye (s) : thou le- (p) : thee tye- (p) : thee lyaa- (p) : thine -lda (s) : your -lle (s) : you en- (p) : it -re (s) : he/it suu- OR so- (p) : he se- OR sii- (p) : she -ren (s) : they (feminine) -ron (s) : they -lto (s) : they sen- (p) : them te- (p) : them (plural) ~Verb Conjugations~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So now you have the verbs and their meanings, but what do you do with them? You conjugate them -- for anyone who has taken a language course, you know what this means : putting them in past, present,or future along with the person relation. For example, in English 'to stop' : I stop, you stop, they stop, I stopped, I will stop, I have stopped, I am stopping, etc. The Quenyan language has the same thing, and this newsletter will explain how to go about conjugating so that it makes sense in the end. First of all, the verb root is one word, unlike in English where we have two words (ex. 'to cover' in English is simply 'tup' in Quenya -- one word means two essentially, though it lacks the word for 'to', it is still understood). This verb root, unlike in English, remains unchanged during conjugation (of course, there are a few exceptions to the rule which we won't get into at this time). After scanning through conjugated verbs, it's quite easy to pick out the suffixes and apply them to other verbs (which I encourage you to do, since it will help you understand conjugation more). Verb conjugation should be relatively easy for you, since you do it every day without realizing it when speaking in your own language. For example, in this paragraph, I said 'you do', 'speaking' and 'I said' -- all verb conjugations. Below are listed common Quenya endings and sample words for easier conjugation (sorry for the bad format). To Forgive - Avant; I forgive - avanta; You forgive - avantelye; he/it forgives - avantare; we forgive - avantelme; they forgive - avantalto; will forgive - avantuva; forgave - avantaina. Try conjugating 'collect' (hosta), 'hallow' (Airita) and 'do' (tyar) using those endings. ~Sample Sentences~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just for a bit of fun at the end of a long, boring lesson, I'll share some small sayings and phrases (so you can impress all your friends). If you think Advanced Quenya will be too easy, please unsubscribe at the bottom and sign up for Beginning Quenya instead (though you'll have missed the Introduction to the course). If you're finding Advanced Quenya too easy, I'm sorry. Please contact me and I'll try to make it more challenging for you. "Melda Meluva uun luume." (A friend loves at all times) -- Literally translated into "A friend will love to no time." (from the Holy Bible, Proverbs 17:17). "Uuye seere indoninya." (My heart is not at rest.) -- Literally translated into "No rest is in heart my". "Ie lindele larnyanna." (It is music to my ears) -- Literally translated into "It is music ears to my". Learn Elvish Website >> http://www.learnelvish.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quick Links: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Learn Elvish! >> http://www.learnelvish.com * Newsletter Feedback >> freedombelle@hotmail.com * Name Translations >> learnelvish@email.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ email: freedombelle@hotmail.com voice: (204)365-0385 web: http://www.learnelvish.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~