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Naneth
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Post RE: Modern Words
on: March 21, 2005 10:13
How about "menelgair" for airplane .... sky-ship ??
Uialdil_i_degilbor
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Post RE: Modern Words
on: March 22, 2005 05:18
How about "menelgair" for airplane .... sky-ship ??


I have seen gwilgair used as well.
LadyGrey
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on: April 01, 2005 04:57
oooooh great! thnx!

OK, here are a couple I came up with. Suggestions are more than welcome. Also, is there a way to create compoud words. I thought I read something about how to creat compoud words, but I couldn't find it in my notes.

I had a little trouble with "of" and 'Of the".

ok...

Curtains - Henneth esgalui (Window Covering)
School - sad ist (Place (of) Learning)

Library - adab e-berf (house (of the) books)

Librarian - Herdir e-berf - Master of the books or
Perf herdir "book Master"
Masculine only I guess I would like someones imput on a feminine form if nobody minds.

Librarian - hiril e-berf "lady of the books"?? does that work??

ok, hope I rememberd most of the rules. I have very little time to study and am always forgetting rules. Especially grammatical ones! grrr...

Thnx for the help!

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gwendeth
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Post RE: Modern Words
on: April 01, 2005 05:07
Very interesting!

The only thing I might 'suggest' is since you're using 'books' (plural) that it would be i-pherf. Of course I could be wrong.
"Tolo si, a tiro i cherth Eru" "Come now, and see the works of God"
LadyGrey
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Post RE: Modern Words
on: April 01, 2005 06:18
Thanx Gwendeth. Quick question though. Should I have used a different mutation on Perf then? Kinda Confused.

Le Hannon!

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Fíriel
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Post RE: Modern Words
on: April 01, 2005 07:51
Quick question though. Should I have used a different mutation on Perf then? Kinda Confused.


Remember LadyGrey, that if the second noun in a genitive phrase is plural, you need to use the genitive plural article, IN (e.g. herdir i-pherf), which would then cause nasal mutation.

[Edited on 2/4/2005 by Fíriel]
LadyGrey
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Post RE: Modern Words
on: April 12, 2005 09:59
Wow, I forgot about that. Thnx Firiel!

Think I better go back and study my grammar more, eh? lol

Le Hannon again everyone!

-LadyGrey
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