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IntotheWest23
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on: January 01, 2005 03:56
hiya! i just have a quick question.

i know this elvish phrase:

u chebin i-estem anim

(i'm not quite sure if the hypens are correct)
it is spoken in the movies when elrond sees aragorn (when Rohan is regrouping before minis tirith)

how do you pronounce it?

help is much appreaciated
Naneth
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on: January 02, 2005 12:06
You can find a recording of Lothenon reciting this line here, in the second row, fifth icon down:
http://dombach.florian.bei.t-online.de/corpus.htm
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on: January 02, 2005 07:54
u chebin i-estem anim

(i'm not quite sure if the hypens are correct)
it is spoken in the movies when elrond sees aragorn


Actually, it is ú-chebin estel anim. And, as you point out, it is spoken in the movie by Viggo so you could also hear it pronounced there.
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on: January 26, 2005 03:24
what does that mean?
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on: January 26, 2005 05:50
what does that mean?


In addition to being spoken in the movie, it is also subtitled in English. But anyway, the whole thing is:

Onen i-Estel Edain, ú-chebin estel anim.

Which Tolkien translated as follows:

'I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept no hope for myself.

See LOTR Appendix A for the whole story.
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