In response to the fact that there are different forms of Elvish, this is true, though at the point in time when the door was made (as well as after), Sindarin was the common Elvish speech, not Quenya. And since the doors were carved in friendly times for all to read, chances are that it was written in Sindarin as well, for other races were meant to read the door, and most knew Sindarin. Frodo, however, leads us to believe that he knows different forms of Elvish, for when he looks at the inscription on the ring, he says:<BR> "It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it." <BR>this would imply that most forms he could, though this one is foreign to him. Therefore, I believe that Frodo would in fact know the elvish word for "friend", whether it be Sindarin or Quenya.
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