Learning Quenya - Discussion Thread

[the guy who be short]

We-ell...

Quenya consonants can be a little annoying. There's a list of allowed Quenya consonant clusters here, and it does include rs.

However, it also says:

Normally there are no final clusters either; words end either in one of the single consonants t, s, n, l, r or in a vowel

So that means some meddling is required.

I'm not really sure. I've only got to lesson 8 though... perhaps somebody further along knows what to do?

EDIT: You could always use I ohtari se hirner. I believe that would emphasise the word him somewhat, but that's the best I can think of at the moment.

[the guy who be short]

Sorry to double post but...

I ohtari se hirner

This isn't definite Tolkien, it's derived from other pronouns. I wouldn't use it unless you can't find anything else.

I think hirneres might work. Possibly hirneras - a being the most common vowel?

If all else fails, you could email the course writer.

[Dimcollowen]

I really wish I could speak Quenya....I once read somewher that there was this group of Tolkien fans where all the members could speak it....every single one! It seemed very cool but it was alittle scary because you could only join if you could already speak Quenya...and you had to be fluent. So needless to say I couldn't join....

[Encaitare]

I really wish I could speak Quenya....

So learn. It's fun.

(I want to write a college essay about how I'm teaching it to myself but my mom refuses to let me... bummer.)

[the guy who be short]

I know we all know how stress works, but it's hard to think about it when reading texts if you're used to English (or other languages for that matter) stress systems. When posting poems, I'm going to emphsise the stressed vowel by underlining it so it's easier to read. It won't be compulsary but it would be handy.

[the guy who be short]

Competition deadline getting closer (and mine isn't finished! Eek!) so I thought I'd sort a few things out:

The last possible date for entering a poem is 10th October.

Poems are not compulsory from students.

As far as I know, only Alcarillo, Kath, spawn, Enca and I will be submitting poems, but everybody will be encouraged to vote on them.

That is all...

[Encaitare]

The last possible date for entering a poem is 10th October.

Oh, good. I thought it was October first, and I was wondering whether I'd have any time to finish.