Laurir'leh

I should REALLY, REALLY go, but I'm instead binge-reading this. It's cool to see how Elven is still evolving after several years… keep on with the good work!

[OOC]: Well, sing at least wasn't missed. The first High Elves may remember a song a girl named Eowyn dubbed. There's a bit where it said: "We sing, rejoice" which we chose to translate as "lye iheiuhii'saerae". It may not be an original word, but it's a well-done composition. In the same direction, then, "we dance" could be "We manage our bodies" (my old Elven is a bit rusty now, so feel free to translate yourselves, but I'd say it's "lye taliyna'saerae" or something like that). That's the conjugate form, though.

A couple of things I thought while translating something. heya' is good for when you need to say the question words. I suggest heya, without apostrophe, for when a question is a yes/no one. averner (not avererne) is "to determine", and averer, "to confuse", as averne is determined and aver confused. talituva is a thing, a matter.

Nope.

I know, I know. I will put the text there once it's done. And yes, the day-night circle is longer.

Well, this isn't DnD. This language is custom-made for the server and the server's elfs.

I am no one to judge you, but this seems like a cheap way of giving you name a meaning.

Actually, your name would be Nodle'ama.

Hey, guys, I was developing this new talima system (sorry to take it from you, Elindor, but Asulon's time is different) and I needed some words for hour (talima?), minute and second, as well as their RL counterparts. If you get any ideas, tell me.

((I think iyat would be good, but then to think would be iyatn, which I don't really like, but could work. I like salumonn, though. I'll be posting the poem you asked me to translate in a sec. Wait for it... Title:Thill nae'leh iyatan. nae'leh salumonnan. nae'leh adiln. nae'leh adil'karinto. nae'leh ilirn. nae'leh valleimiruel. lye'leh sirame. ))

((It's actually not that much... a lot of vocabulary, though... But If you come over a word for thoughts or emotions, tell me, anyone.))

Don't be afraid, At least I'll be definately be doing that. By the way, I'll raid for you (want it or not) to be an Old Elven teacher once the University is up and going :)

Yay! It was too much for you to write that bit of lore in Elven, I see...

((Word of the day: Taynaii: Generally all other races but elves, specifically humans. Not a very good thing to say, a bit insulting. I have to make up words as I (re)write my app :P))

((About that, the wiki lore about mali'aheralan has used different rules for pretty much each word (you can see mali'aheral, Mali'aheral and Mali'Aheral) and hasn't taken to account plurals. I would like to correct that, but I am fairly sure I need some kind of permission to do so. I too wanted your approval (since you are the ones who made the whole up)))

((I personally prefer not using any capital letters. It seems cleaner and more like old inscriptions and such))

Feran ito kae. I shall help you on new discoveries once i have some time. I find useful too using a yellow font to write in elven. I have one more question. ((Yeah, I know I'm asking too much, but I want to learn)) I've seen that you don't usually use capital letters writing in elven. Is this because of Old Elfs using a different calligraphy/letters? Or do they never use capital letters? ((Or you haven't thought of it yet?)) I've used the first letter as capital in my notes, but I'm wondering... ((Ok, I needed to know. Your posts saying you wanted to keep it mystical lead me to the wrong direction. ))

OOC: This is your OP and what's written on the wiki. I read explicitly that " ' is used to link a number with it's value for 10, 100 and 1000". I suggest using your original method, as most languages separate the words. I.e. 3300 is three thousand three hundred in English or tres mil tres-cents in Catalan, trois mil trois-cents in French, or tre tusen tre hundre in Norwegian, and you would never understand (3, 1000, 3, 100 as different numbers). We could maybe too use 'ehya', so 354 would be hael'matelu kulin'telu'ehya vailu'ehya (three hundred and fifty and four) or hael'matelu, kulin'telu vailu'ehya (three hundred, fifty and four).

((I have still something to ask. I've seen you have derived some words from others. How have you done it? Is there a specific rule, or have you just made up some words as if you had found them in old scripts?))

((BTW, it would be telu vailu (10.4), not telu'vailu, because tenths and units are not linked by an apostrophe, no?))

I did a little research and found your notes on the numbers... ((You wrote it yourself on the OP about the numbers))

Wouldn't it be telu vailu or oem'telu vailu?

Greetings, I'm a very young elf who's just come out from school. I've been told of your works and would really like to be helpful in investigating about all sorts of Elven history, but what really prickles the back of my neck is the Old Elves' language. My learnings about it are near none, although my mother told me the meaning of my name, which has passed down through generations of my family. I'm eager to be of some use to my kind, as I'm not made for fighting. Hope to hear from you soon, Laurir'leh Tal'malin ((I'm coming shortly to the server and I would like to help on your team. I have to really put on some time to learn it, but I hope to be useful in a near future.))