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Alcarillo · 09-02-2005, 10:42 PM

Well, my poem is 40 lines now (yipee!), and I've been using the Quenya translations of "The White Lady" and "The Dark Elf" for Aredhel and Ëol.

I have, however, encountered a problem. I need to say: The warriors found him. I know it would begin with I ohtari, but the verb is confusing me. There is a plural subject, so The warriors found would be I ohtari hirner. But how do I add the -s (meaning him, or her, or it) to this? Would it become hirneres? Should I leave off the plural ending of the verb (even if the subject is not a pronoun) and just add -s, to get hirnes? Or is this explained in a later lesson? Could I just use hirners, even if it looks weird in Quenya?

09-02-2005, 10:42 PM	#98
Alcarillo Shadow of the Past Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minas Mor-go Posts: 1,007	My 333rd post, a strange milestone Well, my poem is 40 lines now (yipee!), and I've been using the Quenya translations of "The White Lady" and "The Dark Elf" for Aredhel and Ëol. I have, however, encountered a problem. I need to say: The warriors found him. I know it would begin with I ohtari, but the verb is confusing me. There is a plural subject, so The warriors found would be I ohtari hirner. But how do I add the -s (meaning him, or her, or it) to this? Would it become hirneres? Should I leave off the plural ending of the verb (even if the subject is not a pronoun) and just add -s, to get hirnes? Or is this explained in a later lesson? Could I just use hirners, even if it looks weird in Quenya? Last edited by Alcarillo; 09-02-2005 at 11:11 PM.