Elvish for dummies

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We are at that point, ladies and gentlemen where I don't want to hold on to this document any longer. For the past year( two years) I've been compiling all my elven knowledge into one bigger document. Yes, its going to have repeated words from other forum posts. Yes, you are going to see strange things. And yes it has been checked over by our very own @Aethling at one point. Thanks for that bby btw.  If you like to add on to it, friends of malinor. Go for it! Ill take it upon my self to edit it into here. With that said welcome to my elvish for dummies. 

 

 

 

Elvish for dummies: a document I've held on to for the past year and a half. 

 

People will yell at you if you call it elvish but ill take that brunt for you bro. 

 

Structuring sentences:subject-object-verb 

ex: that dog fluffy tail has

‘ as a junction between words or a comma.

Adjective comes AFTER the noun!  

- Large Elf <--- plain English structure we all know and love

- Elf'large <-- English words structured corrected in  Elven grammar

 

ehya :meaning but, and

Mali'ker Maliame'ehya : dark elves and wood elves. 

Heya' is a question. It is used for all: what, how, who etc being followed by the subject in question.

Heya'mali would be which elf... (as in who did this? 'This' would need to be specified otherwise the sentence is incomplete.)

Flying commas are your friend. 

Friendly sentences:

Ame Velulaei’ehya nae ahererih - My the forest protect and the Moon bless.

oromente'yem meaning "meet again"

lye tenna oromente'yem  for "until we meet again.”

 

Greetings and goodbyes

Good morning -karin'ayla 

Goodnight – Ker’ayla

Good bye – Van’ayla

Hiylu'evar: Traditional greeting.

(Doubles as a blessing with the assumption that the receiver has been kept healthy in body and spirit.)

 

Family Terms

Mother- Haelun

Son- malii’mal

Daughter- malii’lari:

Child- Malii (or Mali'ii)

Uncle- Malnonn

Aunt- Haelunonn

Sister- Lari’onn

Little sister-Lari’onnii

Brother- mal’onn

Little brother -mal’onnii

((ciyu/liyur is out dated dont be using ignore this)

Male Cousin- Ciyutonn

Female Cousin- Liyuronn

Nephew- Ciyut'onn

Niece- Liyur'onn

Sister- Liyur

Brother- Ciyut

Grandfather- Marmaln

Grandmother- Marhaelun

(alternative primitive way)

Kae'leh :grandmother

maln'leh: grandfather 

Great/grand(everything else)- Ma______ (mar- and ma- means the same thing, the only difference is that ma- is used if the root word has been given a prefix or suffix)

 

Sense of time & space

sunset/night -Ker

day, but also sunrise. -karinah

high noon-Talikarinah 

 highest moon -Taliker

Sun-asul

Star-celia

The moon goddess/ Moon-Velulaei 

 

Karim - Fortday - 72 Days in-game - The measure of time from one wake from a sleeping cycle to the next wake ((RL calendar day))

Tarem - Elven Week - 2 years 16 days in-game - The time it is observed in which elves are equally awake and asleep seven cycles ((RL calendar week))

Kalem - Malin's Year - 107 years 5 months 20 days - The length of reign a High Prince has before another election is held. ((RL calendar year)

 

Heya'tal'ker - what time of night?

Heya'tal'karinah is what time of day?

 

Numbers

1 oem

2 niut

3 hael

4 vailu

5 kulin

6 banih

7 laier

8 esun

9 moiel

10 telu

100 matelu [ma-(mar-) a preffix for 'very']

1000 marmatelu

Much like the grammatical structure, numbers are structured similarly to japanese for double digits and beyond (i.e three-onehundred-five-ten-four). ---->   '  <--- is used to link a number with its value for 10, 100 and 1000.

So 14 (fourteen) is moiel vailu [10.4]

54 (fifty four) is kulin'telu vailu [5.10.4]

354 (three hundred fifty four) is hael'matelu kulin'telu vailu [3.100.5.10.4]

 

Tigers often used words

 

Vileyah: Respectful noun for woman. For ladies of nobility or dear friends.

Llir-Friend

Igne: Flames

mayilun:Love

maehr'sae: Progress

 lun :health

fiyem:Reborn

bida To drink

illern-Gift

(use this way for childish or learning -->)Liiller'lle:gift

Sirame (with rolling 'r'): Honour and connection to the forest. It is unwise to offend an elf's sirame.

Hileia: peace

Omenta means "meet" 

Aelor:Evil, or Beastly, 

Aca:cursed

Tali- a part of 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hope this helps peace out scrubs

 

 

 

 

[Luciloo 2680]

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Ame evareh Velulaei ahereh'ehya - My the forest protect and the Moon bless.

This should read “Ame Velulaei’ehya nae ahererih”

 

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ehya : as and *suffix* would go at the end of the sentence. 

This is incorrect, as a suffix it goes at the end of the word with an apostrophe. Used at the beginning of a sentence, it means “but.”

 

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Heya' (always used with an apostrophe)

This is also incorrect. Nowhere in the grammatical rules does it state that an apostrophe is required. Heya is a catch-all for “who, what, when why,” we have to use context and non-verbal queues in order to distinguish which we’re specifically concerned with.

 

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((ciyu/liyur is out dated dont be using unless your 900+ elf. ))

They were replaced to be more consistent with the phonetics of Elven. It’s better to ignore them than to suggest only certain people may use these words.

 

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Sun-Taeyulaei

“Asul” is Sun

 

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mayilu:Love

“Mayilu” is a stem word, it means nothing on its own and requires affixes to make sense. Instead one should use “mayilun” lit. “Beloved”

 

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Liiller'lle:gift

This is clumsy. Instead I use “illern” for “gift,” derived from the verb iller “to give” and with an -n suffix to indicate a noun. It’s much less awkward to use.

 

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Ker‘Tali’Valah’ame: Half human half dark elf

This is even clumsier. The distinction between a Half-Elf with human heritage and a Half-Elf with any other kind of heritage can be indicated by either saying “Mali’tal ito hae’leh” or “She is a Half-Elf” where it’s relevant to refer to one’s Elven heritage, or “Tali’Valah ito hae’leh” for “She is Half-Human” where such is relevant to refer to.

 

Making needlessly complicated words is where everyone trips themselves up w/r to lotc Elven. It’s unnecessary, don’t overcomplicate things when language has all sort of non-verbal queues from one’s surroundings, tone of voice, hand-gestures etc.

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20 minutes ago, Aethling said:

This should read “Ame Velulaei’ehya nae ahererih”

 

This is incorrect, as a suffix it goes at the end of the word with an apostrophe. Used at the beginning of a sentence, it means “but.”

 

This is also incorrect. Nowhere in the grammatical rules does it state that an apostrophe is required. Heya is a catch-all for “who, what, when why,” we have to use context and non-verbal queues in order to distinguish which we’re specifically concerned with.

 

They were replaced to be more consistent with the phonetics of Elven. It’s better to ignore them than to suggest only certain people may use these words.

 

“Asul” is Sun

 

“Mayilu” is a stem word, it means nothing on its own and requires affixes to make sense. Instead one should use “mayilun” lit. “Beloved”

 

This is clumsy. Instead I use “illern” for “gift,” derived from the verb iller “to give” and with an -n suffix to indicate a noun. It’s much less awkward to use.

 

This is even clumsier. The distinction between a Half-Elf with human heritage and a Half-Elf with any other kind of heritage can be indicated by either saying “Mali’tal ito hae’leh” or “She is a Half-Elf” where it’s relevant to refer to one’s Elven heritage, or “Tali’Valah ito hae’leh” for “She is Half-Human” where such is relevant to refer to.

 

Making needlessly complicated words is where everyone trips themselves up w/r to lotc Elven. It’s unnecessary, don’t overcomplicate things when language has all sort of non-verbal queues from one’s surroundings, tone of voice, hand-gestures etc.

rip thank you again ill fix through :n: 

[Vermy 1484]

You should write an ig book about this..!

[Tigergiri 3073]

9 hours ago, Vermy said:

You should write an ig book about this..!

*squints at high elf.. dont take my stuff*

 

[Liv 485]

On 10/13/2019 at 8:43 PM, Aethling said:

This should read “Ame Velulaei’ehya nae ahererih”

 

This is incorrect, as a suffix it goes at the end of the word with an apostrophe. Used at the beginning of a sentence, it means “but.”

 

This is also incorrect. Nowhere in the grammatical rules does it state that an apostrophe is required. Heya is a catch-all for “who, what, when why,” we have to use context and non-verbal queues in order to distinguish which we’re specifically concerned with.

 

They were replaced to be more consistent with the phonetics of Elven. It’s better to ignore them than to suggest only certain people may use these words.

 

“Asul” is Sun

 

“Mayilu” is a stem word, it means nothing on its own and requires affixes to make sense. Instead one should use “mayilun” lit. “Beloved”

 

This is clumsy. Instead I use “illern” for “gift,” derived from the verb iller “to give” and with an -n suffix to indicate a noun. It’s much less awkward to use.

 

This is even clumsier. The distinction between a Half-Elf with human heritage and a Half-Elf with any other kind of heritage can be indicated by either saying “Mali’tal ito hae’leh” or “She is a Half-Elf” where it’s relevant to refer to one’s Elven heritage, or “Tali’Valah ito hae’leh” for “She is Half-Human” where such is relevant to refer to.

 

Making needlessly complicated words is where everyone trips themselves up w/r to lotc Elven. It’s unnecessary, don’t overcomplicate things when language has all sort of non-verbal queues from one’s surroundings, tone of voice, hand-gestures etc.

 

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