Need the script of "mother" in elvish for tattoo?
I uploaded a picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32039090@N0... It shows three possibilities how the word can be written in Tengwar (Tolkien's Elvish script). Explanation: Tengwar has different modes of writing. They depend on the language used (there's a mode for English, German, Sindarin, Quenya, ...). The difference is that letters might change in one mode to adjust to the specifications of a language. For example, in the picture, the "n" in Quenya and English mode would be a "nn" in Sindarin mode. The vowels are also placed differently in each mode. Sindarin is similar to our system, vowels are written stand-alone. English and Quenya place them on top of the consonants. English places a vowel on the following consonant (a above n reads "an"), Quenya on the preceding (a above n reads "na"). Naneth is a Sindarin word so Sindarin writing mode would be logical. But since the Sindarin (Beleriand) mode is not the elvish script seen usually, I recommend you use English mode instead, it's probably the most common mode (and it is similar to the Sindarin Standard Mode). You can use these tools to try on your own: The Tutorial: http://www.sci.fi/~alboin/tengwartutoria... The program (Tengscribe): http://at.mansbjorkman.net/tengscribe.ht... The fonts: http://www.acondia.com/fonts/tengwar/index.html (Don't use the fonts without the program though. Typing B does not equal B in these fonts.) (I used the fonts Tengwar Annatar, Annatar Italic and Tengwar Parmaite) Or you use this tutorial: http://www.starchamber.com/paracelsus/elvish/elvish-in-ten-minutes.html Or this transcriber: http://tengwar.art.pl/tengwar/ott/start.php?l=en (I recommend "sindarin classic" for the "mode (input lang.)" option) (I'm not sure but I think you'll need to download (and install) the fonts before you can actually see the Tengwar here.) To be sure, you can compare the English mode with this figure, if you want: http://www.acondia.com/fonts/tengwar/info/english.htm http://www.acondia.com/fonts/tengwar/info/sindar.htm Sindarin (Beleriand): http://www.acondia.com/fonts/tengwar/info/belerian.htm Quenya: http://www.acondia.com/fonts/tengwar/info/quenya.htm
What is the Tolkien elvish version of best friend?
I really want to get a tattoo that my best friend and I can rely on and we are both super LOTR nerds. I would love to know what is the best place to find the elvish words for "best friend" in elvish in either language. It'd be amazing to have it with the font and all.
Why didn't Tolkien write The Hobbit and LOTR in Elvish?
He probably did write parts of his books in Elvish. Although, that would only have been done for practice and worldbuilding exercises, and never published.At the point of publishing, only he knew the full language of either Quenya or Sindarin Elvish, and there would be no point to publishing a book in a language no one could understand. It would be like writing an entire book in punctuation marks.If I wrote a sentence like this one:%$.>>-”;@`~*)&/(%$#$^<:{}~+]$#@
Translate into Tolkien's elvish language?
@Máistir Íoróin: That's not Tolkien Elvish, that's Grey Company Elvish. And it's odd, too. (amin - I; en - look (an exclamation though) OR of; ten' - because, for; -ra - great) Well, for this phrase you have basically two options. You either simply transcribe the English line in Tolkien's Tengwar script, or you translate it to his High-Elven tongue Quenya. Grey-Elven Sindarin is no option because it lacks certain words for "go", "seek", and "perhaps". In Quenya you could say: "Meninye cestien alta cenasit" (I go to seek a great perhaps) Vocabulary/Grammar: men- - go; Aorist tense (=timeless truth) meni- - go -nye - I cesta- - seek, search for; gerund cestie - seeking, searching for -n - for, to; dative case ending Gerund+dative are generally used to express long infinitives: cestien - to seek, for seeking alta - great, large cenasit - perhaps, if it be so, may be; this is a adverb, so the use as a noun is uncertain There's no indefinite article in Sindarin/Quenya. Dictionaries: http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/Quettaparma.pdf http://www.ambar-eldaron.com/telechargem... Grammar: http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quenya.htm or http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/index.html#course_quenya For the verb conjugation see: http://www.ambar-eldaron.com/telechargements/Quenya_verb_chart_1.0.pdf This translation as well as the English phrase written in Tengwar: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32039090@N02/9392359118/ You can check the letters of the English line with: http://at.mansbjorkman.net/teng_general_english.htm or http://www.acondia.com/fonts/tengwar/info/english.htm For Quenya see: http://at.mansbjorkman.net/teng_quenya.htm or http://www.acondia.com/fonts/tengwar/info/quenya.htm If you have any questions about this, feel free to send me a message.
How Would I Write This In Elvish?
If you want Tolkien's Elvish I recommend to use simply the English word written in his Elven script Tengwar because in his incomplete languages there is no attested word meaning "serenity". If you are okay with synonyms you could use "peace" or "rest, repose". These in Sindarin (Grey-Elven) are: sîdh - peace îdh - rest, repose Dictionary: http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/on... (see A1 and A2) In Quenya (High-Elven) you can use: sérë - peace, rest, repose quildë - hush, quiet, rest Dictionary: http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/Quettaparma.pdf All options (including English) written in Tengwar, in 6 different fonts: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32039090@N0... Check the letters of the English word with: http://at.mansbjorkman.net/teng_general_english.htm For the Sindarin words see: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/History_of_Elven_Writing_Systems/Third_Age#.22General_Use.22_Sindarin_.28Sindarin_Tehtar_Mode.29 or http://at.mansbjorkman.net/teng_general.htm And for Quenya: http://at.mansbjorkman.net/teng_quenya.htm Please note that the Y in "Serenity" is written as long i, like it is pronounced. For more fonts, see: http://tengwar.art.pl/tengwar/fonty.php (it's polish but the pictures should be clear enough to choose; only those in the first part of the list are compatible with the transcriber below.) If you want to transcribe something yourself, try this transcriber: http://tengwar.art.pl/tengwar/ott/start.php?l=en Just make sure to use the proper mode (input lang.). The 'english' mode is a bit too orthographic, so sometimes the results may need manual altering or a phonetically written input (e.g. "serenitii" instead of "serenity"). I used the Sindarin mode "sindarin classic". The one labeled "sindarin" is the Mode of Beleriand which can be checked here: http://at.mansbjorkman.net/teng_beleriand.htm Make sure to check anything you come up with. If you have any questions about this, feel free to send me a message.
Where can I find Tengwar fonts that are true to Tolkien’s script and not simply "Tolkienesque" variations of the English/Latin alphabet?
Tengwar Annatar is a beautiful font and my personal favorite. When italicized, it resembles the inscription on the One Ring.Other great fonts are Tengwar Noldor, Tengwar Gothika, Tengwar Sindarin, and Tengwar Quenya. These five fonts all work the same way (in how they convert characters to Tengwar), and among them they provide a variety of styles. I learned about all of these here: Tengwar Fonts Guide. A downside of all of these fonts is that there are four or five different glyphs for each vowel; you need to choose the right one by hand. They're also generally hard to type with – you can't just type in straight English, you need to transliterate. (I wrote a Python script for this: English to Tengwar transliterator).See Wikipedia: Tengwar encoding schemes for more details on that, as well as for more fonts.If you're a LaTeX user, you're in luck: TengwarScript is a great package that takes care of kerning the vowels for you, and that provides custom commands to insert each character of Tengwar – by far the easiest "font" to use.
I want to learn Elvish in LotR and other Tolkien books (Tolkien Legendarium). Where do I start? Is there any good resource on the topic?
In Tolkien's writings, there are two main dialects of the elvish language, called Quenya and Sindarin. Quenya is a more noble language, whereas Sindarin is a common language. As a working language, Quenya is quite incomplete, especially in vocabulary. Many of the grammar and syntax rules are there, but it just isn't very fleshed out. Sindarin is much more complete, having an extensive vocabulary and more complete grammar rules. If you want to learn elvish, you should focus on the Sindarin dialect. That being said, the most comprehensive source I've found on the subject (not that I've looked at many other sources) is David Salo's A Gateway to Sindarin. It's an incredible book. I read the first few chapters and learned at least two things:The history of the elvish dialects is pretty interesting. Sindarin is really effing complicated. I'm not sure how else to say it. Unless you have experience with Finnish or Welsh (the real-world languages that the elvish languages are based on), it would be realistic to expect that learning Sindarin will take you a very long time. Good luck!
Where can i find the sindarin script for the elvish word for ranger?
There is no word for ranger in Sindarin or Quenya. You can find several for hunter (S. feredir, faron, faroth). There is one word for Forester (S. tauron). Or you use Dúnadan (man of the west), they were the rangers in the third age. You can transcribe any word to Tengwar (Tolkien's Elvish script) with this transcriber: http://tengwar.art.pl/tengwar/ott/start.... Just download these fonts to see it: http://www.acondia.com/fonts/tengwar/ind... (Don't use the fonts without the program though. Typing B does not equal B in these fonts, they have a different keyboard mapping.) To check the output of the transcriber you can use these figures, if you want: English: http://www.acondia.com/fonts/tengwar/inf... Sindarin (classic): http://www.acondia.com/fonts/tengwar/info/sindar.htm Sindarin (Beleriand): http://www.acondia.com/fonts/tengwar/info/belerian.htm Quenya: http://www.acondia.com/fonts/tengwar/info/quenya.htm