I specially created this thread for those who actually fully [[or somewhat]] know enough Quenya to be able to actually practice by having normal conversations. And so they can do that here! The purpose is to actually learn new things, new words and such from other members, and correct each other politely when we've made mistakes, ordered the words incorrectly or such.

The reason why I didn't merge Sindarin into the same thread as all the other languages is that I find that I - and most other people I have spoken to - find it very confusing and difficult to have a conversation in Quenya with a whole bunch of other Elven languages going on around them. It confuses everyone and I thought it way easier and effective to actually make conversation threads for each one of the languages that people want to speak.

Now, we all know there is an Elvish-speaking Club already, but that club contains five different languages being spoken at once, and from what I have seen of that thread, nobody has spoken in any form of Elvish throughout their five pages of conversation, which really makes me wonder.

Anyway, I have made the exact same thread with the exact same message for those who would like to speak Sindarin instead of Quenya, and hopefully people will understand what I mean [[the above]]. Of course those who would like to learn both can go ahead and talk in both threads .

Mind you, there has to be some Quenya in every post you make, in order to get our Elvish working.

x..Haldir..x

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Would someone like to start? I am not learning Quenya, so I can't really start.

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I'll start! Unlike with Sindarin, here I am in my element.
Ayia, malor! A tule ar a quete tarquestie yo nye! (Hello, my friends! Come and speake the High Speech with me! )

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Hmmm well I guess I could give this a go, but I'm only on lesson 9 of the ardalambion courses.

Tancavë, Quetuvan Quenya yo lye!

^^not sure whether that's right, please correct me if it isn't

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Mára aurë, malor! Findesselya vanya, Haldir LOL!
(Meaning: Hello, friends. Your hair is pretty, Haldir LOL!. I apologize for the randomness but it was all I could think of.)

I wast thinking up sentances last night. I hope they are right.

Nan cul soron
I am a golden red eagle

Faramir queta nan melro*
Faramir says I am his love.
* I could not fing a way to say "his" To say "her" You add ry to the end, and I just changed y to o, hoping that made it masculine. I'm probably wrong.

Lantelmet i vilyaello
We fell from the sky.

I just started making sentances last night, so I am probablt wrong in a few parts. Oh well, I'll learn. That's what this thread is for.

Elanor, Tanca isn't a word i'm familiar with. Could you tell me it's meaning? (It's an adjective, right? With -ve added to make an adverb? )
Nauriel: Nan and soron are good. I'm not familiar with cul, but it could be that i just haven't heard of it. (I do know that laurea is golden and carne is red.)
As far as i know, -rya/-rye is for both him/he and her/she. So you could say, meldarya (lit. his dear one ) or something like that.
We fell would actually be "lantanelme (lanta- to fall + -ne- past tense + -lme we [exclusive] ) Also, when adding a case ending, you don't have to add an -e- if the word already ends in a vowel.
Other than that, good work! I hope I didn't sound too bossy or know-it-all (which I don't ). Don't worry--I made a lot of mistakes at first, too.
And now for my mandatory Quenya.
Hantanyel, malor, tulien quete Quenya to nye! Ire marin, laire si na ura. Umin melis! Na laire ura len? (Thank you, friends, for coming to speak Quenya with me! *changing the subject* Where I dwell, summer is now hot. I do not like it! Is summer hot for you?)

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I got it from the useful Elvish phrases on the CoE site... says this...
Tancavë .....Yes (lit. Certainly)

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Most of the elvish is speak is from the useful phrases LOL!

You know, I haven't been sure of a word to mean "yes", so now I'll use that one! *Has learned some something new* I suppose "tanca" means "certain", then.
Melin lilta, mal lairesse na anwave ura, are umin mele lilta mi ure. Ananta melin lilta nurave la umelmenya uren. Ea quendi sinome i liltar? (I like to dance--ballet, to be specific--but in the summer it's very hot, and I don't like to dance in the heat. Still, I love dancing more than I dislike the heat. Are there other people here that dance? ) We had class today, so that's why I thought of it...

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Ava vanta i salquessë! Hria cuilë! Nai Valaraukar tye-mátar! LOL! sorry for the randomness.

^Randomness is good.
Let me see if I can translate... (Correct me if i'm wrong ) Don't walk on the grass! [Cold?] life! May the Balrogs eat you!
Nai Valaraukar uvar tulir lenna. (May the Balrogs not come to you. )

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Randomness rules!

merin cenë i eldar liltear nu i sílala eleni.
(I want to see the elves dancing under the shining stars)

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^^ Very good! Except the second part was "Get a life".

^Ah.
Elenawen, ve le merin cene Eldar liltala. Tinuviel liltane mi Doriath (don't know the Quenya translation of that name), ar Beren tirnes. (Elenawen, I also would like to see the Elves dancing. Tinuviel danced in Doriath, and Beren watched her.)

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EarielMaurwen - ecendien i Silmarillion ar mellenyes, sië istan Beren tirnë Luthien liltala mi Doriath. merin lilta!!!

(EarielMaurwen - I've read the Silmarillion and I loved it, so I know that Beren watched Luthien dance in Doriath. I want to dance!!!)

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Oh, you have? I'm glad--i like the Sil too.

Liltanye ar melinyes. Nai poluvalye lilta, Elenawen, ai merilye. (I dance--ballet, specifically--and i love it. I hope you get to, Elenawen, if you want to dance. Hmm...I already said I take ballet on this thread. Oh, well. )

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