Quenya Alphabet: A/Á
A (short) pronounced like the spanish “padre”.
Á (long) pronounced like the english “father”.
Found in axa (cleft/ravine), Alataire (the great sea), alda (tree), anar (sun), andúne (sunset) and arda (the World/realm).Inspired by a conversation with @determamfidd and will be continued with every letter.
OH MY GOODNESS
For @everythingquenya: their wonderful translation of Pippin’s song Edge of Night, from Return of the King (from this post here!)
My Quenya pronunciation is probably wonky, but I tried! 🙂 I hope you enjoy it!
For @everythingquenya: their wonderful translation of Pippin’s song Edge of Night, from Return of the King (from this post here!)
My Quenya pronunciation is probably wonky, but I tried! 🙂 I hope you enjoy it!
Home is behind,
the world ahead,
and there are many paths to tread,
through shadow
to the edge of night,
until the stars are all alight,
mist and shadow,
cloud and shade,
all shall fade
all shall…fade.Mélamar ná ca,
Ilúve nóva,
Ar tasse nár tiellin pátea,
Ter fuine
Ana i réna lómen,
Tenna i elelli ilya síla,
Hísie ar fuine,
Fanya ar laime,
Ilya firuva
Ilya… firuva.
I kind of got too excited when @determamfidd followed me and did a thing.
Literally it reads ‘etermamfi’ because in quenya there is no d like there is in your name. So @ursubs had the idea to do it in 3D because your name has three… d’s…
We’re so funny.
HOLY HECK ON A HAMMOCK
THAT IS AWESOME OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO SO MUCHHHHHH
*tries not to flail helplessly in amazement – fails woefully* AHHH THANK YOU!!!
The song “To the Sea” is in the “Return of the King” and is sung by Legolas. @determamfidd reblogged someone singing this and I suddenly got the urge to practice my quenya and tengwar. Now it is also possible to be sung in quenya for giggles. 😀
To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are calling
The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying
West, west away, the round sun is falling.
Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling,
The voices of my people that have gone before me?
I will leave, I will leave the woods that bore me;
For our days are ending and our years failing.
I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing.
Long are the waves on the Last Shores falling,
Sweet are the voices in the Last Isle calling,
In Eressea, in Elvenhome that no man can discover,
Where the leaves fall not: land of my people for ever!
An i ear, an i ear! I maiwi fáne yálar
I súre vávear, ar i falle fána víla
Andúne, Númen, i Anar lantea.
Sinde cirya, sinde cirya, lastealye yálinte,
I ómar nórenya i lende nó nin?
Autuvanye, autuvanye i tauri varyane nin;
Árilva télar ar coranarilva ataltear.
Lelyuvanye i alta neni eressea ciryamo.
Anda lantear i falmar pa telda falasi,
Linda yálar i ómar mí vanwa tol,
Mi Eressea, mi Eldarmar ye lá atan hiruva,
En i lassi úlantear: (nóre) nórenya oiala!
*HEAVY BREATHING*
Hey there, Nonnie!
Well, unlike Noldorin (banned!), or Khuzdul (sacred!), there is absolutely NOTHING secret about Sindarin! There’s nothing hindering anyone in the whole of Middle-Earth from learning it.
Considering that Sindarin has been basically the Lingua Franca of Middle-Earth since the First Age, it’s probably a really good idea that Gimli learn it. More Elves in Valinor will speak Sindarin than Westron, I expect!
(begs the question also – did Frodo, Bilbo, Gimli etc. have to learn Quenya to converse in Aman? I honestly don’t know… but imagine older!Gimli doing lots and lots of language lessons, a frown on his white-bearded face 🙂
Oh, we are DEFINITELY going to see Thranduil’s reaction to Gigolas! But I am taking a sliiiiightly different approach to the ‘telling the parents’ situation. 😀
Aw Yiss 