Suffixes

Ruby #3806

What is the Sindarin suffix for "we", and do I use the suffix for "your" connected to a noun or do I use the word provided by Eldamo's site (I've been using the Sindarin basic grammar there to translate some song lyrics)?

Rínor #3807

No subject suffixes are not attached to nouns only verbs. For we you can use inclusive -b or exclusive -f

otherwise you have the

  • nominative “pe and mepe not attested which is we/us. Eldamo only lists “me”.
  • accusative “pen and menpen not attested (us) lenited to ben and ven.
  • possessive “pín and mínpín not attested (our) lenited to bín and vín

And “your” a possessive is cín lenited to gín. So if you are saying “We see your house.” Tírab/Tírof i-Mâr gín.

“We are wet.” Pe/Me nîn.

Also some say it could also be gwe, most just stick to using me, men and mín. From what I understand.

Ruby #3820

So if I were to write "We will meet," would it be govanathaf or govanathab? What exactly does inclusive and exclusive mean when it comes to the suffixes?

Rínor #3821

Correct! Just one small correction it is -of not -af.

I have built a I-stem verb conjugator on my site it might help. sindarincrashcourse.neocities.org

Here are the differences:

  • Inclusive govanathab “we (and you)”
  • Exclusive govanathof “we (but not you)”