Answers for Practice Exercises

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EXERCISE TWENTY-ONE

The Elves' wine.
You have a golden cup. (Cup of gold).
The Elf's horse fell into the deep gorge.
Men of peace will not be warriors.
Great walls of stone hid the houses of the ten richest men of the city.
The house of the king's sister is red.
One of the thralls seized the king's sword.
The maiden's brother found all the treasures of the eleven Dwarves between the four horns of the white mountains.
The boys' sister gathered the boys' things and went into the queen's house.
The land of the Elves is a land of many beautiful things; a land without Elves is a land of darkness, for the Men of the land do not hear the rich language of the Elves.


I malta i Naucoron. I malta i Naucoiva.
Haryal/yë macil angava.
I macil i ohtarwa lanantë mir i sírë núra.
Eldar calava úvar Eldar úmiéva.
Altë mindoni ondova varyaner i rambar i tolto araltë ostoiva i nórëo.
I rocco i Eldo yondova morë ná.
Minë i seldoron mampë i parma i vendeva.
I nero yendë hirnë ilyë i rómar i neldë ostoiva imbë i lempë coar i hallë ohtaiva.
I nilmë i Atanion varyanë mindoni halle ondoiva nórëo.
Lelyuvalvë ter nórë síriva núrë ar orontiva hallë, pan merilvë cenë i taurë Eldaron arisailë. (genitive of location because Elves would not own a forest!)

[Tuilinde]

EXERCISE TWENTY-TWO

The women have read the books.
The evil queen has seized the seven Dwarves.
You have written two books.
The man has come.
The Dwarves have eaten.
The boy has seen a lion between the trees.
I have praised the king, for the king has released all the thralls.
You have fallen, and I have seen it.
I have ended it / put an end to it.
The wind has broken a tree in the night.
The goat has eaten all my flowers!

I cirya sinde icírië Númessë / Númenna.
Aranelma melehta utúrië ilyë aranier hyarmenyë.
I ruscui oroitier i lapettë terë nando.
I nostari utultier hinitwa tulë minna coa, ar utúlier.
I ciryaqueni acalpier nén ar atácier luntë ara i tyeller.
Oloirë otópië ilyë palari nandessë ar lillamni aquálier.
Istari utulcier sérë araniessen.
I quendir / nissi amastier i massa ar hini amátieres.
Ontamo irísië ondor ar samno acárië i coa. (iristië? but the root is RIS )
Equétien, ar ahlarielyen.

[Tuilinde]

EXERCISE TWENTY-THREE

I am not fighting for the evil king.
They did not see the ship in the harbour.
Birds will not sing until Spring comes.
The river does not flow in the Summer.
I did not drink your wine!
The snow has not left the mountaintops.
She will not dance for the stranger.
The Fair Folk will not forgive the hideous creature.
You have not come to my house.
The bees are not making honey.


Laurelindórenanessë lassi uar lanta Narquelionessë.
I morcor uar matuva terë Hrívë.
Amil híno ua oantië yondorya caila liressë.
Ualmë lelyuva / Uvalme lelya terë i taurë.
Ualtë ecénier / Uieltë cenë i osto yána.
Uan mera / Uan merë henta parmalya sinya!
I pilur uar usnë mandollo.
Aráto atta uat quetë nó mahta.
Silumë Isil ua orórië.
Hlóna ua siruva terë nan sina, pan sires terë cilya tana.

Edited 2.6.10