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Quenya Lessons
Welcome to my Quenya lessons.
These are going to be easy for anyone to understand, so try your hand at it. Who knows: you might be a natural.
If you have ANY questions, email me. I'll be more than happy to answer.
Enjoy!
PLURALS
1. Append r, ea, ie, or, io, and oo to the end of the noun that is desired to be plural. Example: olvar = olva [plant] + r [more than one] = plants
2. Append -rim to the end of the noun to denote great numbers or respect. Example: nionrim = nion [bee] + rim [many] = many bees
PRONOUNS
1. When solitary, pronouns express subjects. Example: Amin hlar lle. = amin [I] + hlar [hear] + lle [you] = I hear you.
2. When used in possessive phrases, they express possession. Example: huoamin = huo [dog] + amin [my] = my dog
Pronouns:
I/My/Mine - Amin
We/Us/Ours - Lye
He - Ro
Him/His - Ho
She - Re
Her/Hers - He
It/Its - Ta
You/Yours - Lle
[Possessive] You/Yours - Llie
They - Ron
Them/Their - Sen
This - Sena
That - Tanya
Who - Ya
POSSESSIVE PHRASES
1. Pluralize noun (if it is intended to be plural). Example: axorimamin = axo [bone] + rim [many] + amin [my] = my many bones
2. Append pronoun to end of object. Example: narmohe = narmo [wolf] + he [her] = her wolf
ADJECTIVES
1. Append adjective to the front of the object/action it is describing. Examples: malinacemen = malina [yellow] + cemen [soil] = yellow soil
2. When expressing intensities (i.e. large, larger, largest) and the word ends in a vowel, append -n for -er and -nin for -est. Examples: silmanin = silma [silver] + -nin [most] = most silver
3. When expressing intensities and the word ends in a consonant, append -in for -er and -inin for -est. Examples: qualinin = qualin [dead] + -in [-er] = more dead
ADVERBS
1. Follows verb in unchanged form.
2. Use intensity rules listed above.
VERBS
1. For past tense, append -e. Example: Amin cene. = amin [I] + cene [saw/have seen] = I saw/have seen.
2. For present tense, append -a. Example: Amin cena. = amin [I] + cena [see] = I see.
3. For future tense, append -uva. Example: Amin cenuva. = amin [I] + cenuva [will see] = I will see.
4. For conditional tense, append -aya.
5. Two or more conjugated verbs may exist in one phrase, as long as are not strung together.
6. Use unconjugated verbs when stringing more than one together.
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