I’ve released v.0.7.3 of Eldamo. https://eldamo.org This release doesn’t have much new content, just a bunch of minor corrections as I work on analyzing Quenya phonetics. Downloads are here: https://github.com/pfstrack/eldamo/releases For those of you that don’t know Eldamo is a lexicon of Elvish words, extensively cross referenced. Fiona graciously allows
Gelio Edhellen! Course Material GoogleDoc
I put together all of the teaching material of Gelio Edhellen! into a single GoogleDoc for quick reference and printing out. Gelio Edhellen! Course Material GoogleDoc
Challenges in Translating Names from Our World
Translating names from our world into Tolkien’s elven languages is difficult. It’s difficult for a lot of reasons, some that you probably didn’t realize. This is also why I deleted the “Names from Our World” namelist, and switched to handling the names on an individual basis. Names often have very
Eldamo 0.7.2
I’ve released v.0.7.2 of Eldamo. https://eldamo.org This release finishes up my analysis of Sindarin phonetics. I’m moving on to Quenya phonetics next. Downloads are here: https://github.com/pfstrack/eldamo/releases For those of you that don’t know Eldamo is a lexicon of Elvish words, extensively cross referenced. I’m publicizing the updated in several difference
Elvish Roots – Before and After
This word analysis focuses on two opposing concepts: “before” and “after”. These saw numerous vacillations over Tolkien’s life, making it difficult to incorporate them into a coherent paradigm. In English and many other languages, these relationships can be used both temporally and spatially. Temporally, they refer to a sequence of
Update to the FAQs
I’ve added a section to the FAQs called “How do I get the most out of the Neo-Elvish courses?” covering how to teach yourself a language. This is information I’ve gathered from years of learning languages and teaching them, mainly, a lesson that I wish that someone had told me
Teacher-Led Sindarin Course Begins Again!
This has to do with a slow change that I’ve been trying to implement over the past few years. I want to have the beginners’ grammar course be automated, so that this website can serve the more casual interest in Sindarin as well. Then, have the intense paid course focus
Elvish Roots – Approaches to Neo-Elvish
I’ve discussed in other posts how Neo-Elvish reconstructions (Neo-Quenya and Neo-Sindarin) are useful tools for learning and using Tolkien’s languages. Many such reconstruction are widely accepted and not especially controversial. For example, we know there is a Quenya verb har- “to sit, stay” (PE17/162; UT/305). We don’t know its past
Elvish Roots – What is Neo-Elvish and Is It Good or Bad?
This is a repost of an article I put up on the Aglardh site. I am putting a copy here as well because I want to talk about related topics in my next post. Many modern books and web sites that examine Tolkien’s Elvish languages take care to distinguish between
Elvish Roots – Negations
This is a repost of an article I originally published on (soon-to-be defunct) Google+. This word analysis has to do with negations. It is a problem that has been discussed repeatedly. Bill Welden’s wrote up a thorough analysis of the conceptual development of negations in Tolkien’s Elvish languages in VT42,