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Alasseatya
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on: November 30, 2014 03:19
What is the word for "is"? I need to be able to say things like "I am a ____" and "you are an _____"
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on: December 01, 2014 03:36
In these situations you're using the nominative pronouns:

Ni = I am
Me = We are
Ci = You are
Le = Thee are
Te = He/she/it is
Ti = They are
Sa = That is
Se = This is
Sai = Those are
Si = These are

If these form the object of the sentence, they need to mutate with soft mutation (i.e. De instead of Te etc.)

Examples:
Ni ithron = I am a wizard
Ci edhel = You are an Elf
etc.
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on: December 03, 2014 09:15
Thank you!
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sasanoah
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on: February 09, 2015 05:38
Can you not conjugate na? so does narch not mean you are
Lynk
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on: February 10, 2015 01:45
As far as I know "na-" is rarely conjugated in present tense but in the poem of "Shadow of Mordor" the word "Nan" is used as "I am" and Legolas (The Battle of five Armies) says "Nau Aran nin, avo gân innas nîn." (He is my king, he does not command my will/ heart) following this it might result in something like this:

Na = To be
Nan = I am
Nal = You are
Nau = He/she/it is
Nam = We are
Nalir = You are (plural)
Nar = They are

Naul = Being
No! = Be!

For further information about future and past tense I recommend this link:

http://sindarinlessons.weebly.com/24---to-be.html
De andelu ervenin! Mabo i grist hen. It's dangerous to go alone! Take this sword!
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on: April 04, 2015 11:33
Thanks for the link, Lynk! Very useful. ^^
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