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Sindarin Lesson 8
Lesson Eight.
Mixed Mutation.
Mixed mutation is caused by relatively few words. Usually, the word causing it does not change. The only one that does is en, which is genitive (which the Online Plain Text English Dictionary defines as "Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or ( Read more... ) -
Sindarin Lesson 7
Lesson Seven.
Comparisons, Comparatives and Superlatives.
One very useful word is sui as, like.
Beautiful as a rose Bain sui meril.
Lonely as a wise dwarf Ereb sui naug hael.
Generous as a king Fael sui aran
Fierce as a Hobbit without meat Brêg sui perian pen aes
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Lesson Five.
Sindarin Plurals.
Instead of adding s to words to make them plural,Sindarin changes the vowels within the word. The final syllable of the word changes differently from all other syllables. The changes are as follows:
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Sindarin Lesson 3.
Lesson Three.
Sindarin Verbs.
You already know that the direct object of a verb undergoes soft mutation. You have also seen that verbs change according to tense and person (in other words, they are conjugated). For example, the first person present tense of cen- is cenin (I see), whereas the third person, past tense is cên. There are verbs ( Read more... ) -
Sindarin Lesson 2.
Lesson Two.
Soft Mutation.
The consonant mutations are the hardest part of Sindarin and the one most likely to scare people off. However, they are really far easier than they appear. The most frequent one is soft mutation. like all the mutations, it is designed to make words flow together more melodiously. ( Read more... ) -
Sindarin Lesson 1.
Lesson One.
Sindarin.Sindarin was inspired by Welsh. It is an inflected language, meaning that verbs take different forms according to who is doing the action. It also has consonant mutation, which means that the first letter(s) of a word sometimes change. When you learn where and how they change, you will find that far easier than it sounds ( Read more... )