Sporadic 2799 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Am I correct in thinking the exclamation 'Haelun'ame ito narne' means 'the mother forest walks here'? Correct would be "ame'haelun ito narne". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandNewKitten 2788 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I dare you to turn Iatrilemar Elervathar into an LOTC elven name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoblivion 531 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Correct would be "ame'haelun ito narne". So, would my version by 'the mother of forests walks here' or would 'haelun'ame ito narne' still be gibberish? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporadic 2799 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 So, would my version by 'the mother of forests walks here' or would 'haelun'ame ito narne' still be gibberish? It would be 'the mother of the forest walks here', so like you said, except singular for the forest rather than plural. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaezae 1097 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I've been neglecting the elven tongue. The reason I didn't use it was practical, as my character was taught NOT to use it. The whole reason she's living with the snooty High Elves is specifically re-learning and reintegration into an Elven society after spending so much time in a human society. I just always always forget to start using elven. It would only make sense by now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryn Chirr 224 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Well, my character's been learning it (She learned a lot from her ig father a while back) my sentence structure needs work but I came up with a few combos I could use some help with: hileia'ehier - Find Peace achikr’ikru - foolish b**** cruae’cinh - stop hurting me hileai’vallei - peaceful lake ito'nae'mayilu - i love you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Areon 770 Share Posted May 6, 2014 If one was trying to combine the words "Barbu" - Black and "Evariran" - Protectors which way would it be to say "Black Protectors" Barbu'Evariran or Evariran'barbu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporadic 2799 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 If one was trying to combine the words "Barbu" - Black and "Evariran" - Protectors which way would it be to say "Black Protectors" Barbu'Evariran or Evariran'barbu Evariran'barbu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryn Chirr 224 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Any update on the word Cat? Or brother/sister, or any other family words? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elindor 654 Share Posted June 16, 2014 The Ancient Elves of the regions that the language was pulled from would never have encountered a cat. Maybe a word could be fashioned from fox by using feminine letters. Also, I thought it had been explained that there is no brother or sister because all Elves are meant to be siblings in the way the culture once was. The only differing between them would be that "born of mother" denotes female gender and "born of father" denotes male. The word "mali" is used too often now and doesn't mean what it once did. The word once carried an acceptance of family, knowing that each mali is a precious gift. So you would say mali of father or mali of mother. I believe the Asulon High Elves were inclined to use vowels to carry gender, but my ancient language research had wound down by the time we got there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DISCOLIQUID 1956 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Lizard? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuroi13 67 Share Posted July 20, 2014 I was trying to understand some of the grammar structure for Elven today and I got a little confused by sentences with a syntax similar to that of "valmiran saneyreyae." For sentences similar to the example, I wasn't sure if it was more correct to interpret it as "The artists discuss." or "They discuss the artists." due to the possibility of an inferred subject. Is there a way to specify when something is the subject or object of a sentence to avoid ambiguity? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supremacy 3357 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Ah, I finally worked this out. You're missing words which define it. kaean valmiran saneyreyae — They discuss artists Elvalmiran sanyeyreyae — The artists discuss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoblivion 531 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Just a quick translation request: "I am Mali'ker in body, but Mali'ame in spirit." What would this be if the full sentence was elven? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elindor 654 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I was trying to understand some of the grammar structure for Elven today and I got a little confused by sentences with a syntax similar to that of "valmiran saneyreyae." For sentences similar to the example, I wasn't sure if it was more correct to interpret it as "The artists discuss." or "They discuss the artists." due to the possibility of an inferred subject. Is there a way to specify when something is the subject or object of a sentence to avoid ambiguity? Also Subject is always the first word of the sentence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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