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Faerfaen
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Post Doublecheck my Sindarin please? Real short.. :)
on: March 26, 2005 08:39
I'm trying to get the best way of saying "(female) elven harper"
I think it'd be "talagant elleth" ... though I've never been good with the mutation stuff, and I'm not sure my grammar is right.

And would "talagant edhellen" be better? I'm not sure of the usage difference of "elleth" vs "edhil/edhellen" in this case.

Thank you!

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on: March 26, 2005 10:35
I believe that talagand (with _d_) can be applied to male and female harpers.
For "Elven/Elvish" you would want an adjective, so I would suggest Edhellen
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on: March 27, 2005 05:02
so... TalagandEdhellen?

Thank you!


("That's Mor_D_or, with a "D")
Ya got me, thanks for the correction.
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Post RE: Doublecheck my Sindarin please? Real short.. :)
on: March 29, 2005 01:23
so... TalagandEdhellen?


Err... how about a space between 'harper' & 'elf'? Compounds are useful and all, but it's a bit uncomfortable having a six-syllable word. Also, if you do want to say 'female Elvish harper', you need a separate adjective for 'female': talagand edhellen (ar) inu.

[Edited on 29/3/2005 by Fíriel]
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Post RE: Doublecheck my Sindarin please? Real short.. :)
on: March 30, 2005 05:00
Otherwise it might be convenient to simply write elleth gannol or elleth gannadol "harp playing Elf-woman" ( or lenited: elleth ngannol , elleth ngannadol).
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