Chapter 8 and Chapter 6 are fused. I’m working on a new Chapter 8, which will be all about dialects of Sindarin. I’ve finished two lessons so far, and am planning a third. The new homework assignments aren’t written yet, and the links to them will get you an error
Intro
A new introduction to the textbook is written, and registration closes!
Chapter 6
Chapter 6 is rewritten with a lot more examples and comparative charts with English. The homework will follow soon, I hope!
EVERYTHING
I’ve been rewriting bits and pieces of the homework assignments throughout the semester, but today I rewrote some older assignments: Chapter 3 lesson 3 and 4 (a brand new lesson. Not new material, I just broke up lesson 3.) Chapter 6 lesson 2, and chapter 7 lesson 4 (I apparently
I-Verbs
The homework assignments are all up! I also added a tiny section about I-Verbs used without any suffixes to become present participles.
Plurals
I added to the section on -ui, fixed an error in the Plurals section about Os that used to be AU. I added references for the Questions section. I’m up to Chapter 7, lesson 3 homework!
Slashes
Thanks to some feedback from a fellow named Travis, I was able to get better examples for the opening of Book Two, and correct the use of []s and //s. I always seem to get those confused, alas!
Chapter 5
I’ve added a section for the superlative prefix ro- and some ideas for comparing one thing to another. Later- Finally, some headway made on homework assignments. I’m up to chapter 6, lesson 1.
Fragile Mortality
Some of you may know this already, but last Saint Nicolas’ Day, my grandfather died. We were quite close. He was a brilliant anthropologist and quite gifted at learning languages. If you want to know more about him, do a search on Frank Bessac. I miss him terribly, to the
Prestanneth
No more progress on the homework assignments, but I’ve edited the opening to the Prestanneth lesson, and amended the free adverbs section in the Syntax chapter. I also put up the textbook for criticism and betaing.