Author: Tuilinde » Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:51 pm
Posted by Huanarmo Sun 31 Jan 2010
Aiya Tuilinde,
I was brought back to earth in this lesson. I managed to replace the -a ending each time with -ëa and got the plurals right, but blithely extended the stem vowel every single time. So, on the law of averages, I got half of them wrong. Somehow I overlooked the fact that lengthening doesn't occur when two consonants follow, and this is clearly covered in Thorsten Renk's lesson as well as your own introductory note. So that was careless of me, but it shows the value of having practice examples to work on.
There are a couple of very minor things I noticed in the verb stems in the first part of this exercise:
- lelya- is missing from spot No. 4 in the question list (lelyëa / lelyëar are fourth in the list of answers);
- should there be long vowel marks in the stems píca- and véla- ?
Please don't think I'm nit-picking; or, rather, please tell me if I am! I've made a habit of looking up the words I don't know in the Quettaparma Quenyallo, and that's where I noticed long vowel marks. It's the same in English: it's been a lifelong habit to look up the dictionary when I come across a word I don't know, and likewise if I'm unsure of a spelling. Time-consuming, yes, but well worth the effort. Plus I marvel at the work and level of detail that has gone into the Quettaparma; it's a pleasure to use. It must have been so much harder to study Quenya before a work like this became available.
Blessings!