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Ikaros · 04-08-2008, 06:01 AM

Hi all.
(please excuse me for my english. I hope you'll understand)

My girlfriend would like to have an elvish phrase as a tattoo,
so we must be as sure as possible of its correct translation.

This is the phrase: "the star of dreams will shine in to my eyes"

Among elvish languages, she chosed Quenya.

This is what we have done so far:

- "I" is the article

- "Elen" is the nominative substantive for star (poetic)

- "Lor" is the root for dream -> genitive plural should be "Lorion" (what about Kaimelea?)

- "Sìl" is the root for shining -> 3rd person future should be "Sìluva" (what about Kalluva?)

- "Eye": this is difficoult. I found both Elëa (maybe Sindarin?) and Hen (Hendu is the dual form), but... what about "into my eyes?"

My eyes should be "Elëanya", "Elënya" or "Hen-nya-?"

"Into" could be Mi + Ablative pl. (-lto), or Locative pl. (-ssen). I can't understand.

So far, the phrase should look like

- i elen lorion síluva mí hennyalto
- i elen lorion síluva hennyassen

Can you help us please? Thank you very much.

04-08-2008, 06:01 AM	#1
Ikaros Newly Deceased Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Northern Italy Posts: 2	Help in a translation Hi all. (please excuse me for my english. I hope you'll understand) My girlfriend would like to have an elvish phrase as a tattoo, so we must be as sure as possible of its correct translation. This is the phrase: "the star of dreams will shine in to my eyes" Among elvish languages, she chosed Quenya. This is what we have done so far: - "I" is the article - "Elen" is the nominative substantive for star (poetic) - "Lor" is the root for dream -> genitive plural should be "Lorion" (what about Kaimelea?) - "Sìl" is the root for shining -> 3rd person future should be "Sìluva" (what about Kalluva?) - "Eye": this is difficoult. I found both Elëa (maybe Sindarin?) and Hen (Hendu is the dual form), but... what about "into my eyes?" My eyes should be "Elëanya", "Elënya" or "Hen-nya-?" "Into" could be Mi + Ablative pl. (-lto), or Locative pl. (-ssen). I can't understand. So far, the phrase should look like - i elen lorion síluva mí hennyalto - i elen lorion síluva hennyassen Can you help us please? Thank you very much.