Re: Sindarin Conversation Workshop
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:55 amGee I hope you will be feeling better soon, Tuilinde.
To continue...
Lúthien and I have tried to say the little dwarves song, but we came to the conclusion that Aran might be right and it's a bit too much of a tongue twister for a beginner's workshop.
Lúthien reminded me of my little finger poem and thought that that might work well. However, we have no music to it and the first and last stanza were of different meters. So I tried adjusting the rhythm. It now goes like this:
Tiro leben lebir e-gam
sui sammath en nothrim vi tham.
gonodo lebir gîn phain fair
thiar sui genedril na chair.
atheg am maethad
emig an nastad
honeg ened orn
nethig gâr ringorn
gwinig an teliad.
Edro paur, tiro lebir ben
min, tad neledh, canad, leben.
tiro leben lebir e-gam
sui sammath en nothrim vi tham.
English version:
Look, five fingers of the hand
like family rooms in the hall/house.
count all your fingers on the left hand
They seem like a mirror to the right hand.
little father is for handling
little mother is for pointing
little brother is the tallest one
little sister has a ring on
little baby is for playing.
open the fist, look at all the fingers
one, two, three, four, five.
Look, five fingers of the hand
like family rooms in the hall/house.
What do you think?
Also, we are still looking for some more, very simple dialogues. Thank you Aran for the corrections of the first one. Please stay as diligent.
One idea for a dialogue is two elves meet in the forest. They greet each other, ask where the other one is going, then say goodbye.
Guilin: "Mae govannen, Lindir."
Lindir: "Mae govannen mellon nîn."
Guilin: "Padag nan mbâr gîn?"
Lindir: "Ma. Padam ven thent."
Guilin: "Reviam nan amrûn, na Thranduil na Daur-nu-Fuin"
Lindir: "Lend vaer, Guilin. Men gîn haeron."
Guilin:"Cuio vae, Lindir!"
To be continued...
To continue...
Lúthien and I have tried to say the little dwarves song, but we came to the conclusion that Aran might be right and it's a bit too much of a tongue twister for a beginner's workshop.
Lúthien reminded me of my little finger poem and thought that that might work well. However, we have no music to it and the first and last stanza were of different meters. So I tried adjusting the rhythm. It now goes like this:
Tiro leben lebir e-gam
sui sammath en nothrim vi tham.
gonodo lebir gîn phain fair
thiar sui genedril na chair.
atheg am maethad
emig an nastad
honeg ened orn
nethig gâr ringorn
gwinig an teliad.
Edro paur, tiro lebir ben
min, tad neledh, canad, leben.
tiro leben lebir e-gam
sui sammath en nothrim vi tham.
English version:
Look, five fingers of the hand
like family rooms in the hall/house.
count all your fingers on the left hand
They seem like a mirror to the right hand.
little father is for handling
little mother is for pointing
little brother is the tallest one
little sister has a ring on
little baby is for playing.
open the fist, look at all the fingers
one, two, three, four, five.
Look, five fingers of the hand
like family rooms in the hall/house.
What do you think?
Also, we are still looking for some more, very simple dialogues. Thank you Aran for the corrections of the first one. Please stay as diligent.
One idea for a dialogue is two elves meet in the forest. They greet each other, ask where the other one is going, then say goodbye.
Guilin: "Mae govannen, Lindir."
Lindir: "Mae govannen mellon nîn."
Guilin: "Padag nan mbâr gîn?"
Lindir: "Ma. Padam ven thent."
Guilin: "Reviam nan amrûn, na Thranduil na Daur-nu-Fuin"
Lindir: "Lend vaer, Guilin. Men gîn haeron."
Guilin:"Cuio vae, Lindir!"
To be continued...