What does it mean?
 

I've been here a while and know it means welcome, but what literally does mae govannen mean? And in what language?

It means "well met" in Elvish. I'm not sure if it's Quenya or Sindarin, but I'm leaning towards Sindarin.

Yes, "mae govannen" is Sindarin.

Is it pronounced "may GO-van-in"?

I always pronounce it "may go-VAN-en". Am I right or wrong?

It is go-VAN-nen. The stress fall on the next to the last syllable since there are 2 consonants, "n's", preceding the final -en of the final syllable.

It would be GO-va-nen if there were only one consonent; that is if it were spelled 'govanen'.

[ July 30, 2002: Message edited by: piosenniel ]

Ok, thanks

lol!

Well what can i say except:

Oi, Mae govannen, Mellon!

Yes, very well met [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Ps Hiya Pio [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] nice to be back, i had missed
a lot, mmmh...

Hmmm...

I`ve always pronounced `Mae Govannen` exactly as I write it [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

hey, here's a good question-how do you say "Mace" (medieval weapon mace) in quenya? i've looked at two places that have translators, and one of them is really comprehesive, yet could find no equivalent.