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on: June 21, 2004 10:50
Aiya!
For the verb "to be" how do you say it in Quenya. If you could translate, "I am" "I was" "I will be"
"You are" You were" "You will be"
"He/she/it is" "He/she/it was" "He/she/it will be"
"we are" "we were" "we will be"
"they are" "they were" "they will be"
"You(pl.) are" "You(pl.) were" "You(pl.) will be"

Hatanyel for your knowledge and efforts.
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on: June 21, 2004 10:52
Also, could you please translate "being"
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on: June 21, 2004 11:20
I've made an earlier posting explaining the verb 'to be':

The verb ëa is used whenever the meaning of 'to be' is
'to exist' or 'to be at a location', e.g.
ëa narmo 'there is a wolf' i.e. 'there exists a wolf'
ëa nér coassë 'there is a man in the house' (a location)

In the other meanings we use ná, e.g.
i ondo ná lunga 'the rock is heavy' (connect substantive and adjective)
i nér ná ohtar 'the man is a soldier' (connect two substantives)
i máma ná mátina 'the sheep is eaten' (passive voice)


To show the conjugation, you first have to know certain principles, which are common to all verbs. A Quenya verb has 10 forms in each tense:
1st person singular: I, add -n
2nd person polite: You, add -lyë (this form is used in both singular and plural)
2nd person familiar: You, add -ccë (only used when you know a person very good, like a brother, sister or friend)
3rd person singular: He, She or It, add -s (there is no difference between the three pronouns)
3rd person plural: They, add -ntë
1st person plural: We, here we find three different forms
- when exactly two persons are involved: add -mmë
- when the person you speak to is included in 'we': add -lvë
- when the person you speak to is not included in 'we': add -lmë
When the subject is something else and not a pronoun there are two forms:
- singular: add nothing
- plural: add -r

So in this way we can make the 10 forms of ná in the present tense:
nan, nalyë, naccë, nas, nantë, nammë, nalmë, nalvë, ná, nar
and of ëa:
ëan, ëalyë, ëaccë, ëas, ëantë, ëammë, ëalmë, ëalvë, ëa, ëar

In the past tense we add the same endings to the forms: né or ëngë

In the future tense we add the same endings to the forms: nauva and euva

And lastly 'being' only exists for ëa and in that case it is ëala
Yassë engë lómë, anarties calali.
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on: June 21, 2004 02:01
Hantanyel!
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on: October 25, 2004 09:52
There are two verbs 'to be' in Quenya: ná and ëa.

The verb ëa is used whenever the meaning of 'to be' is
'to exist' or 'to be at a location', e.g.
ëa narmo 'there is a wolf' i.e. 'there exists a wolf'
ëa nér coassë 'there is a man in the house' (a location)

In the other meanings we use ná, e.g.
i ondo ná lunga 'the rock is heavy' (connect substantive and adjective)
i nér ná ohtar 'the man is a soldier' (connect two substantives)
i máma ná mátina 'the sheep is eaten' (passive voice)

The other tenses of the verbs are:
ná: past né, future nauva
ëa: past engë, future euva
(but note: ná and né lose their long vowel when a personal suffix is added: nan, nalyë, ...)



Yassë engë lómë, anarties calali.
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