Answers for Practice Exercises

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EXERCISE ONE

roccor - horses, arani - kings, vendi - maidens, pilur - robbers, tárir - queens, fennar - doors, coar - houses,
herur - lords, tirioni - watch-towers, quesseti - pillows, olassier - collections of leaves (foliages), tavasi - woods,
indili - lilies, istyari - scholars, nénur - yellow water-lilies.

lawns - palisi, dales - nali, the lands - i nóri, the sons and the daughters - i yondor ar i yendi, the singers and the pipers - i lindor ar i simpetari, the oaks and the beeches - i nordor ar i ferni.

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EXERCISE TWO

hendu - a pair of eyes, aldu - two trees, mindonu - two towers, orontu - twin peaks, mát - a pair of hands,
aiwet - a pair of birds.

shoe - hyapat / a pair of shoes - hyapatu, child - hína / the two children - i hínu, captain - hesto / the two captains - i hestu, rider - roquen / a pair of riders - roquenu, ship - cirya / sister ships - ciryat.

Corrected 29.1.10

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EXERCISE THREE

A black horse. Black horses = Mori roccor.
A pair of bright eyes. A bright eye = Calima hen.
A beautiful bird. Beautiful birds = Vanye aiwi.
The mountains are big. The mountain is big = I oron alta ná.
The man and the woman are wise. The men and the women are wise = I neri ar i nissi saile nar.
A mighty king. Mighty kings = Arani taure.
A dead man. Dead men = Firini neri.
A queen is a mighty woman. Queens are mighty women = Tárir nar taure nissi (or) Tárir taure nissi nar.
A blazing hot sun. Blazing hot suns = Úrini Anari

A peaceful valley. Peaceful valleys = Sende tumbor.
A wide desert. Wide deserts = Yande erumi.
A narrow street. Narrow streets = Arce maller.
A silver bell. Silver bells = Telepse nyeller.
A bright lamp. Bright lamps = Calime calmar.
A Festive day. Festive days = Merye auri.
A golden leaf. Golden leaves = Laurie lassi.
A clever Dwarf. Clever Dwarves = Fince Casari / Casali

ammorë armore, ancalima arcalima, anvanya arvanya, analta aralta, assaila arisaila, antaura artaura, anúrin arúrin, assenda arisenda, anyanda aryanda, anarca ararca(?), ammerya armerya, allaurea arilaurea, anafinca arifinca.

Edited 30.1.10

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EXERCISE FOUR

Súca / súcar = is/are drinking; méra / mérar = is/are desiring; sáta / sátar = is/are appropriating;
céna / cénar = is/are seeing; túla / túlar = is/are coming; líra / lírar = is/are chanting; máta / mátar = is/are eating;
sáma / sámar = has/have (now); cápa / cápar = is/are jumping; óla / ólar = is/are growing; túva / túvar = is/are finding;
quéta / quétar = is/are speaking; tíra / tírar = is/are guarding.

I rávi mátar. I Casari súcar. I aran quéta. I ohtar tíra. I Roqueni túlar. I Eldar lévar. I tári séra.
I seldor nórar. Isil síla. I alda óla.

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EXERCISE FIVE

tenyëa / tenyëar = is/are arriving; sápëa / sápëar = is/are digging; liltëa / liltëar = is/are dancing;
lelyëa / lelyëar = is/are going/leaving; lengëa / lengëar = is/are behaving; ilcëa / ilcëar = is/are gleaming;
autëa / autëar = is/are inventing; pícëa / pícëar = is/are lessening; nehtëa / nehtëar = is/are slaying;
lálea / lálëar = is/are laughing; horyëa / horyëar = is/are having an impulse; vélëa / vélëar = is /are seeing/meeting;
mápëa / mápëar = is/are seizing; et-hentëa / et-hentëar = is/are reading aloud; mancëa / mancëar = is/are trading.

I Aranel tenyëa.
I hostari ranyëar.
I wendi lálëar.
I súrë pícëa.
Atar et-hentëa.
I lassi lantëar.
I rauco hútëa.
I tanor mancëar.
I huan hilyëa.
Meldor vélëar.

Edited 6.2.10

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EXERCISE SIX

I am coming; She/he is dancing; They are daring; You (pl) are doing wrong; I am praying; He/she is telling;
We (excl) are listening; They are fighting; I am grieving; You (sg) are counting.

Cénan rávi neldë. Cénanyë rávi neldë. Ni céna rávi neldë.
Nórat. Nórattë. *Te nórar.
Túral i turmen. Túralyë i turmen. Le túra i turmen.
Lelyëalmë. Lelyëammë. Me lelyëar.
Márat. Máratyë. Tyë mára.
Maquétas. Maquétassë. Ta maquéta. Se maquéta.
Sápëat. Sápëantë. Sápëaltë. *Te sápëar.
Nútas. Nútassë. Ta / Se núta.
Cálëas/ssë. Sa cálëa.

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EXERCISE SEVEN

The woman is laughing. The fattest Dwarf is eating.
The Queen is watching the King. The greatest mountain is mighty.
The man is summoning the exceedingly beautiful maiden.
The bird is singing.
The Dwarves are seizing the four Elves.
The mightiest king is wise.

The woman is watching the exceedingly big ship. The most evil men are dead.
The Elf is seizing the book. Four men are lying under a tree.
The wisest Elf is reading a book.
The king and the queen are reading the book.
The birds are singing. The eight Dwarves are watching a bird.


The maiden is singing. The boy is walking. The warrior is fighting.
The tallest man is watching. The wiser Elf is speaking. The fairer maiden is dancing.
I am watching the horse. We are guarding the house. He is making the chair.
The taller warrior is strong. The stronger Man is wise. The wiser Queen is beautiful.
The king is summoning the strongest warrior. The wizard is summoning the wisest Elf. The woman is summoning the bravest boy.
The bird is singing. The woman is reading. The Dwarf is coming. The wizard is going.
The men are seizing the nine horses. The savages are seizing the two maidens. The warriors are seizing the three ships.
I, the wiser man, am strong. It, the stronger horse, is swift. It, the mightier eagle, is wise.


I seldo tíra i aralta ohtarion. I vendë tíra i artaura aranion. I nér tíra i allinta roccoron.
I arúmië auqui nar úvanimar. I arivanyë lotsi nar lissi. I arruhtë lamni nar altë.
Mápëan i macil. Hilyëammë i Elda. Mátattë i hrivë.
Lempë roccor caitëar nu alda. Atta rávi caitëar nu ondo. Nelda Eldar hárar imbë i aldar.
I assaila Eldaron téca parma. I ariverya ohtarion cára ehtë. I annessa vendë lindëa lirë.
I seldo ar i nér cendëar i parma. I Elda ar i Istar técar i parma. I Nauco ar i ohtar hilyëar i lócë.
I Naucor mátar. I vendi liltëar. I nissi cendëar.
I nelda neri tírar rá. I rávi nertë tírar rocco. I lempë seldor tírar cirya.

Edited 9 & 10.2.10 & 23.2.10

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EXERCISE EIGHT

I want to sing. They want to run. You want to depart.
I am coming to sing. We are going to fight. He is learning to write.
They are fighting him. You are watching her. We are hunting it.

Aran tultëa *nyë tula.
Hesto tultëa tyë tirë.
Yenden mauya lemya.
Hildo maquéta entulë.
I rávi túlar roita i lamni.
Aran canyëa i samno carë sinyë andu.

Edited 23.2.10

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EXERCISE NINE

The captain summoned the seven sailors. The twelve swords were long and strong. The old ship sank. The dwarves seized ten axes. She was a young and slender Elf. A scholar gathered three books. The children spoiled the food. I sent him to find the horses. I forbade them to dance. The Queen was beautiful.

Rávi enquë cëanter nu (i) tasari.
Isil oronyë ve coron telepsa.
Liltanes ar (i) aran rëantë.
Lairë oantë ar aldar virinyer.
Híni canta lastaner ar ainanemmet.
Rambar lananter apa hravani tenner. (I'm not entirely sure of lananter!)
Tautamo ristanë alda ar hostanë rundar.
Apa roitanes lapattë, (i) rusco hautanë.

Edited 23.2.10

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EXERCISE TEN

My horse jumped over the gorge.
The singers sang their new song and the Queen praised them.
The robbers were drinking our wine. (incl)
The stars were shining white, astronomers were watching them.
They saw his/her golden crown.
The commander allowed my father to go.
The student remembered your book.
The girls played with their dogs.
Your mother set aside her soiled robe.
The old man told my histories.

I aran nontë ohtaryar.
Ulca seldo rincë ranconya.
Nyarna ampë endanya.
Aran cennë míri tinner mi ríerya.
Tirnor tarner/tarer ar tirner/tirer callolta.
Nís mellë ilyë híneryar lempë.
Lotselyar oller hallë ar lissi.
Ráca nancë telcorya.
Orvaldammar yáver olyë.
Hildonya accarnë amilerya.

Edited 23.2.10