Comments by Tom Bombadil
These are the 8 posts of 114 by Tom Bombadil.
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Case endings to pronouns (Quenya)
Is it possible to add case endings to pronouns, as if they were nouns? Could I say for instance: "Nye ménan lyello" (I come from you)? Or are just the nominative cases of the pronouns allowed? At least I read that lyenna exists. So is also everything else possible, like lye, lyē, lyello, lyeo, lyenna, lyen, lyesse, lyes, lyenen, lyeva and lyeve, and also nye, nyē, nyello, nyeo and all the rest of it?
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One ring to rule them all
One more thing: couldn't it also be the verb's word stem and the added suffix -ta? I have read that adding this suffix would be like putting a "to" in front of the verb.
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One ring to rule them all
Sauron is a Maia, an Eala and an Ainu, so Vala- would not be completely wrong. Maybe these supernatural aspect could be even useful to describe the ring. Anyway, I would use Tur-.
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One ring to rule them all
How could one translate this "to" to Quenya? As far as I know, it is not a "to" like the allative "towards" but a shorter form of "in order to". Does the Quenya word "Ana" fit for that? Or is it maybe even possible to use the instrumental-suffix?
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Strong And Weak Verbs (Quenya)
What defines the strength of a verb? I have read that the last letter of strong verbs is always a, and that the last letter of weak verbs is always a consonant. Is that true? And if it is true, what kind of verbs will be those who end with anothor vowel than a?
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Elen Síla Lúmenn' Omentielvo; Genitiv and Possessiv?
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Elen Síla Lúmenn' Omentielvo; Genitiv and Possessiv?
Ok ... so the Possessive Suffixes (-nya, -lva, -lma, -nqua, and so on) do not define the case, but -va and -ve are necessary for making possessive the word's case?
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Elen Síla Lúmenn' Omentielvo; Genitiv and Possessiv?
Why sais Frodo in this greeting omentielvo? Omentië means "encounter" and -lva is a suffix, possessive, first person, plural, inclusive. So why is it necessary to add an o, respectively to replace the a? Did I understand it right that omentië is now both genitive and possessive? If it is legitimate in Quenya to mix the cases, where else will it be necessary? Does a rule for that exist?