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Post subject: Sindarin or Quenya? Posted: September 20th, 2005, 3:55 pm |
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Which one should I indulge in? I'm looking for one that's more complete.
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Post subject: Posted: September 29th, 2005, 2:25 pm |
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I like Sindarin more personally, but that's just me. It's funner to speak it I think.
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Post subject: Posted: September 29th, 2005, 2:28 pm |
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I believe Quenya is the most complete language. I like Sindarin but I personally have been trying to learn Quenya in my spare time.
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Post subject: Posted: November 1st, 2005, 7:10 am |
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tolkien favoured quenya and wrote more stuff in it but sindarin has supposedly got a larger dictionary.
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Post subject: Posted: November 3rd, 2005, 10:34 am |
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I think Sindarin's good!!
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Post subject: Posted: November 11th, 2005, 12:32 am |
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Joined: 10 September 2005 Posts: 5839 Location: P3X-774, Rohan, Moya, or my TARDIS
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I like Sindarin. If I understand correctly, it's what the wood elves speak, and I know that the high elves speak Quenya, but do they also speak Sindrain? I dont think so. Never mind. But I do like Sindarin. All the elves are speaking it! Ahhhhh! resist peer preasure! Do it! everbody is! No! Yes! NO! YES! I hate you! I hate you more! Waaaaaaaaa! *boom*
that was a random sequence
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Post subject: Posted: November 14th, 2005, 12:41 am |
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Sindarins cool I havent had the time to study all ive learned in quenya was Alda aka means tree
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Post subject: Posted: November 19th, 2005, 3:17 pm |
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Joined: 08 June 2005 Posts: 390 Location: Doriath
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Quenya is indeed the more complete language, because Tolkien loved it more than any other language. Personally, I believe Sindarin to be more beautiful in pronounciation and spelling.
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Post subject: Posted: December 4th, 2005, 11:14 am |
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Joined: 03 December 2005 Posts: 5082 Location: UK
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Well think of it this way:
Quenya is based on Latin and Finnish, and learning Latin can be quite hard but it is a well loved language.
Sindarin is based on Welsh, and learning Welsh is quite simple (I'm welsh myself) but it is not as unique and not that much of an admired language as latin.
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Post subject: Posted: December 4th, 2005, 4:04 pm |
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Well, Quenya was what the Elves spoke in the Elder Days in Aman and such; Sindarin was the tongue of the Sindar. The Noldor should know Quenya, as they used to speak it before Thingol banned Quenya after the Kinslaying. So, Sindarin became the 'conversational' tongue, though Quenya remained a language of lore; it was still the mother tongue of some, like Galadriel. In Lothlórien in the Third Age, even the Galadhrim spoke Sindarin, albeit with a Silvan accent. Quenya was the "High Tongue", the noblest language, and Sindarin was Grey-elven, the language of Beleriand.
But as for size of their attested corpus, there is more grammar known and examples/vocabulary given for Quenya. With Quenya, the case system is a bit difficult to learn at first; however, with Sindarin, if you've never heard of lenition it can take a while to get used to.
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Post subject: Posted: December 4th, 2005, 4:39 pm |
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Joined: 09 July 2005 Posts: 9460 Location: in the temple of love
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Quenya. It's way cooler.
Well, it attracts me, I am forced to admit =P and its grammary is complete while the Sindarin one is not (sp.). So ... stick to Quenya.
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Post subject: Posted: December 26th, 2005, 12:08 am |
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Joined: 25 December 2005 Posts: 554 Location: California, United States
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i dont know either but ive heard that quenya is bigger but sindarin flows off the tounge and sounds hot.
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Post subject: Posted: December 26th, 2005, 5:22 pm |
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Melkorpwns wrote: sindarin flows off the tounge and sounds hot.
Sindarin is hot! I love it!
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Post subject: Posted: December 26th, 2005, 5:45 pm |
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Joined: 24 August 2005 Posts: 541 Location: Anywhere with a book
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CoughSindarincough
I really only favor it because it was based on Welsh and I'm fascinated with the Welsh language. Both forms of Elvish are very beautiful. Good luck!
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Post subject: Posted: December 27th, 2005, 12:20 pm |
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Joined: 30 October 2005 Posts: 84 Location: Valinor//Little village in Germany
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I prefer Quenya. I learned it first and now I'm better in Quenya than in Sindarin.
I love it to write elvish poems, and Sindarin isn't practicable for this, so I use mainly Quenya.
I think my Sindarin's quite dead I-)
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Post subject: Posted: December 28th, 2005, 2:10 am |
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Joined: 25 December 2005 Posts: 554 Location: California, United States
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Nauriel Rochnur wrote: Melkorpwns wrote: sindarin flows off the tounge and sounds hot. Sindarin is hot! I love it!
yes it is. but i still would choose quenya cuz its got a bigger vocabulary.
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