Learning Quenya - Discussion Thread

[Encaitare]

It's a translation of my real name, Jamie; it means "one who supplants or replaces". I found it at Quenya Lapseparma.

[the guy who be short]

Something really annoying happened.

I was going through my poem when I noticed the name "Morgoth" and remembered it was Sindarin! So I looked it up, and the Quenya form is Moringotto. Which presents a problem because now I need to alter the lines to rhyme. Grrr. Moral: Always check proper names.

Yes. Ahem.

Anyway, my poem is now 30 odd lines long and hasn't even reached Alqualonde (which is what it's meant to be about!) yet. Brace yourselves for an epic. It's not that bad actually - most of the lines are about two or three words long. I might cut it short a little and stop just before Alqualonde though.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

my poem is now 30 odd lines long and hasn't even reached Alqualonde (which is what it's meant to be about!) yet

And I felt proud of the seven lines of my poem... Well, congratulations.

Moringotto sounds strange. It reminds me of spaghetti or some other Italian food (not sure why).

Anyway, now I can write more flexible since we just finished lesson 6 with Lhuna and I can use past tense. Hooray.

[the guy who be short]

Originally Posted by Spawn

And I felt proud of the seven lines of my poem... Well, congratulations.

Hehe, thanks, but like I said, my lines are ridiculously short. Two of my verses, for example, have only ten words in each - each verse being four lines long! So, nothing remarkable.

Originally Posted by Spawn

Anyway, now I can write more flexible since we just finished lesson 6 with Lhuna and I can use past tense. Hooray.

Am I the only one who has to look ahead to find out how to say things in Quenya? I've already peaked at parts of lessons as far ahead as 16 just to make little phrases work...

Oh, this may be a little premature, but I think it's fair to say that Shelob and Alcarillo will almost certainly be forming a new pair.

[Alcarillo]

Aye, Shelob and I have indeed formed a pair.

TGWBS, where did you find the form Moringotto? I have a few Sindarin names I need Quenyarized for a poem: Aredhel Ar-Feiniel, Nan Elmoth, and Ëol. Possibly Idril Celebrindal, too, but I recall a Quenya form of her name somewhere.

EDIT: Peoples of Middle-Earth gives both Itarillë and Itarildë as forms of Idril. I like the former better.

And kudos to anybody who can guess the theme of my poem.

[the guy who be short]

Alcarillo - The Quenya wordlists gave me the form Moringotto. There are links to them in the first post, I think. If not, they're not far under it.

Kath is back! Huzzah! We'll be resuming learning on Monday.

[Kath]

Yes hello all and greetings to those who joined up in my absence. It's nice to see some new people! Quick question, when is this poetry competition occurring as it seems that most people are well through their poems and I haven't even started!