FORK YEA it’s hard to learn a language that has limited resources, few speakers and is still being constructed all while you’re working and tending to a household. Any progress is s major achievement! Keep at it!
I hope to learn elvish mainly for 2 reasons 1) so I can talk with my friend without being overheard 2) to me, it's an extremely pretty sounding language This was a well done and useful starting point for that, thank you.
My bf hates hobbit and lotr. I'm a nerdy person too. Thank you for doing this so I can talk to him and he won't know what I'm saying. I think its beautiful.
You're welcome, I guess (?). I'm glad you liked the video, but I don't want to cause any trouble between you and your boyfriend. (But seriously, how does he not like either story?)
Never be ashamed... I literally have a copy of the elvish language in a little red book that I had for over 27 years that I never learned. That is shame, you're awesome. Love the video six years after you posted it. :)
I know I am late, but the difference between Quenya elvish and Sindarin elvish is that most of the elves that sailed from Valinor to Middle Earth speak Sindarin, while the elves whom stayed in Valinor spoke Quenya, or dialects of it, like Vanyarin. The elves whom left for Middle Earth met the elves who never went to Valinor, The Sindar, and started talking their language. Great video though!
No... The Elves who sailed from Valinor to self-exile in Middle-Earth were the Noldor, who spoke Quenya (Noldorin dialect). They eventually came into contact with the Sindar (Grey Elves), who always lived in Middle-Earth (the Sindar were among the Elves who never completed the journey to Aman/Valinor which the Elves began some time after their awakening by the shores of lake Cuiviénen, instead settling on different parts of Middle-Earth). The Sindar spoke Sindarin. The Elves who didn't even start the journey to Aman were called the Avari.
Hi. Today is actually the first day that i'll be learning how to speak Elvish and this video is really helpful, i hope you'd do a series of it. To be honest, i have just watched the hobbit 1-3 just this month bec of a friend and before i was not a fan and stuff. I dont know about lotr (i know. My life... it sucks lmao) so i'll be watching its series maybe next week. I just have to say i really got into this kind of world and i want to be a part of it that's why i want to learn how to speak elvish. Geez, i have never been this nerd but i love it. You did a great job 😁😊
This is simply fantastic! I love languages, but more so do I love fictional languages because they are so rare in speech or even written. I hope one day we are able to piece together the entire language and simply speak it with anyone who knows Quenya/Sindarin. It is very beautiful~ Keep up the great work!
For the record: The pronounciation in the movies isn't that good (but it's ok). The most wrong part about the pronounciation is the stress. They stress all the words on the second last syllable in the movies, that's not right: The stress is on the third last syllable, except if the second last syllable is long or if the word only has 2 syllables. Also, some vocab: - No is not yes, accually there is no word for yes. No means be, and you have to conjugate it into 3rd person singular to say "it is", and that would be ná. - Ú is not no, ú means not. No is baw. - Gi melin is not I love you, well it is, but that would be a litteral translation. In Sindarin, there are 5 cases, and here you have to use the accusative case for the word you (gi), which is gen, so correctly it's: Gen melin. - Also a bit grammar: If you wanna use possessive pronouns, you don't have to use words, or rather: Don't use words. The natural way of using possessive pronouns is through suffixes: E.g. "my name" would be "i enethen" rather than "i eneth nín". The possessive pronoun words are really no possessive pronouns but the genitive declination of the personal pronouns and therefor used isolated like e.g. "this book is mine" "i barf hen nín" (litterally: the book this mine); "this is my book" would be "sen i barfen" (litterally: this the book-my).
Some corrections for this: 1. Yes, _no_ does mean "be", but there is no well supported conjugation for the verb _na-_ (to be) in Sindarin. David Salo did reconstruct the entire verb in his book, but that is outdated and not currently accepted as correct. 2. _Baw_ rather means "don't", expressing refusal or prohibition only, not "no" in a general sense. To simply deny facts, _û_ might be better, though it is somewhat outdated considering its prefix form _ú_ was discarded by Tolkien in his later writings. Another option is the recent neologism _law_ to express "no". 3. Not sure where you found this, but _gin_ is indeed the accusative form of the second person (informal/familiar case) as of most recent publications. The nominative form would be _ci_ . However, based off of attested phrases it would likely be more accurate to say _melin gin_ instead. 4. Possessive suffixes are not as well attested, so I wouldn't recommend using them. I'd say it's safer to say _i eneth nín_ than it is to say _i enethen_ .
Hen hannon mellon, your videos are the most helpful I have come across so far! Nice and simple.. Please keep it up so we can continue to learn with you and become some of the few people who attempt to speak Sindarin Elvish! Thanks again for doing this!
I love your video. It's straight and clear. I hate it when people add other things such as music, or nature souns such as birds. Please keep the good work. I'm also trying to read and write Sindarian and Quenya.
Hey :D Love this vid. I'm a big LOTR and Hobbit fan. Been to New Zealand Hobbiton and I've read hobbit and I've started to read lotr. I really wanted to learn some elvish or Dwarvish and you make it easier to learn C: Please continue making more Elvish language vids please. :D Thanks alot for the lesson
You know the world is unfair when a channel with so much content gets so little traction. Hope you’re enjoying your hobbies, Anuron! Also, you have a wonderful broadcaster voice!
Best video I've seen so far compared to the others your pronunciation is spectacular, especially like the bit where you translated your own name to Sindarin
Hi! One little correction on the translation of "Andrew"... -ron isn't attached to adjectives, only verbs or nouns. It's like -er that we stick on verbs, like bake>baker, teach>teacher, and so on. It's actually two different suffixes combined. The -r is the doer part and the -on is means the doer is male. I'd translate Andrew these two ways: Anunir-Manly Man; or Anuon-Manly One (who is male). Novaer!
dreamingfifi If you are an elf then I am not going to argue with you. If you are human, and more knowledgable than I, allow me to ask... Andrew means that his name is based on the noun "andros", or man. His name, like all names, is a noun. So, why wouldn´t it me ok to add -ron to a noun based on an adjective. it is still a noun, because it is somebody's name. Question: where do all these people speking elvish come from? it´s surprising!
margasa Well, elves don't exist, but I've been studying Tolkien's languages for 13 years. To answer your question - indeed, names are nouns. Andrew is based on "andros." But, "Anu" the Sindarin word is an adjective, not a noun. It means "masculine". To make it into a name, you need the appropriate suffixes. I suppose you could also make the name by using "pen" (person), making the name Anuben - Masculine Person. My favorite translation for Andrew in Sindarin actually is Firion - Mortal Man. As for where we come from - do you remember the elvish dialogue in The Lord of the Rings movies? It was in Neo-Sindarin and Neo-Quenya, fan-extended versions of Tolkien's languages. People have been getting together and analyzing and translating in Tolkien's languages since The Lord of the Rings was published. If you read the Letters of JRR Tolkien, you'll find a bunch of letters from fans asking about the languages. We've been around for a long time. With the internet, we're more connected than ever before, and we're able to share the scholarship we've done much more easily. My website is Realelvish.net, and there's a Neo-Sindarin textbook on there, if you're curious.
please make more of these! Really enjoyed this video, it was well-presented and the production quality is basically way above any sindarin video i've found so far on my short-but-amusing video spree.
I was browsing through TH-cam on my science channels and thought this would be awesome!!! I love the fact that you are honest and actually try to speak it properly. Cant wait to see some more videos in the future!
I love nerdiness. I love history, languages, especially Conlangs, etc. I just wish I had a better memory. Thank you for making this video. I love it the way when you say something the subtitles in elvish show. It helps.
This is an awesome video. Elvish language and culture is so fascinating, so thank you for doing this. Feels good to have something to tickle my academic fancy!one point, how did you translate your name? I'm doing an essay on Sindarin now, it would really help to know your method?
You look like the nerdest man on Earth. Would you marry me? Le melin, mellon nin. Update 5 years later: I never contaced this man. Yeah, maybe I sounded a bit desperate but I think I wasnt back then. I became a medical doctor and found a very nerd Dutch man to talk about LOTR and Naruto. Happy ending after all.
HimeBaezChan if he doesn't want that yet I'd marry you. You're face and your name is beautiful. Asian Women to me are like children of Nature. If you want to email me... it's shonkiiwarrior30@gmail.com. We Can talk,then. Okay?
Nerdy peeps! I like them, even though some are bullying them but then I think they're very talented and nice guys to go with because you're goin' to learn many stuffs from them, I suggest that you should elaborate more of sindarin language so that we may decipher it more properly. Thanks mate, Good job. "LEN HANNON" :D
Ooooohhh my goodness... You did VEDA!?! I've been watching Amy's channel for such a long time, but I've always been too intimidated by posting daily. There is just soooo much makeup to do! 😭 Anyways, I wasn't looking to learn Elvish (I was researching video tags on TubeBuddy in order to optimize Friday's "Elf in the Woods" cosplay video... speaking of geeking out!) and came across your VEDA post. Ugh. I did not mean to watch it, but I couldn't help myself! Thanks for the enchanting lesson. ♥ ~Mermaid Phantom
I hope you're still doing these. Right now, I'm part of a D&D campaign and there are two elves (myself & a friend) who are using these to try to sound elven when we roleplay in character. I know there's written resources but this is the first decent video. ^_^
Goheno Nin Meril ! -ron/-on is for male, you should use -eth, -el, -il or -ril. Whatever Meril is already translated so i think your name is "Meril" :)
Colin LR My name is Meghan which is a derivative of Margaret, meaning pearl. I couldn’t find pearl in Sindarin but it’s “Marilla” in Quenya. Would I add anything to the end?
I think most feminine endings don't change the meaning so just add what sounds good. Exceptions are -wen (maiden) and -iel/-ien (daughter of) which add meaning. -il, -el, and -eth are safe bets.
My name in english: Astrid My name in elvish: Vanimeldë "My name is Astrid" "I eneth nin Vanimeldëron" Is that right? Idk... It kinda sounds wrong? Please help me :)
Hannon le, beautiful channel Mellon nin :) I see much division on "thank you" as le Hannon or Hannon le, in the movie by Elvish linguist David Salo they say "Hannon le" and "Hannod" is "thank" which I am assuming why there is great confusion on this...of which word comes first.
+Müserref Ammon Well "ocean" translates to "aearon." If you want you can add a suffix--I'd suggest "-ndir" because it sounds good to my ear, which would make the name Aearondir ("Ocean-man")
+Müserref Ammon Oops! My mistake, I apologize. In that case, you have a lot of nice-sounding suffixes to pick from: -eth, -el, -il (makes it a feminine name), or -iel (daughter of...)
THANK YOU! you need more nerdiness. This needed to be longer. I wish there was an offical dictionary online with pronunction. This will have to do and must I say its awesome. Thank you.
Totally awesome. I'm writing a fantasy book right now and several of the main heroes are elves. I never learned elven though I played elf ranger in every D&D campaign, i'd love to learn it. Right now I just began the process of creating my own elvish language for my book.
For starters, I've always been a bit passionate about linguistics (and personal a bit of a grammar nazi if you would say so) and I find your videos neither boring nor uneducational. Keep making these thing pal (and don't keep calling yourself a geek: there's nothing to be ashamed of, unless you yourself think so). Have a nice day! Hantanyel, hava sorya!
I translated my name myself. Peter is a Greek name whick comes from "Petros" meaning "rock". " Rock in Sindarin is "karka",but is usually used to describe a hindrance, or something blocking your path, so I went with "gond" which means "stone". I added the suffix "ron" (sorry, I stole yours :) ) and I got " Gondron" . Awesome video, by the way.
As someone who is just starting to really get into the Tolkien universe, this was exactly the "nerdy" video I was looking for! Loved it. You mentioned that you and a dictionary...is it an elvish translation dictionary?
From SA. Really good clip. straight to the point and clear. Id like to learn more. The language is fictional but it is a beautiful language. id love to speak it fluently.
wow that was super cool! elvish is very sensual language and i really liked the video, although concerning thank you i usually heard the version: hannon le, but i think it depends on the context, thanks a lot!
I really love your voice and thank you so much for sharing this video, it is just amazing!!!!!! I want to learn more and more and more!!! kind regards from Spain
Andrew, I enjoyed your video. I noticed that some of the sentences you mentioned, as an introduction, are somewhat different from the Sindarin I have studied. An example of this is the word "g'ovannen". It seems to be mispelled. The word should be "govannen". It is the past participle of the verb "govani" = to meet. There is no apostrophy. As a matter of fact there is very little attested usage of apostrophies in Sindarin and they mostly occur with prepositions. I noticed a number of departures from the Sindarin I have learned and I wonder where you based your nomenclature from. My studies were off the book entitled "A Gateway to Sindarin" by David Salo, who consulted in the Sindarin spoken in the LOTR movies.
I have no shame that I am determined to learn this language
Miranda Joss it's been a year, what have you learned so far
legit
Same here!
What have you guys learned so far ?
FORK YEA it’s hard to learn a language that has limited resources, few speakers and is still being constructed all while you’re working and tending to a household. Any progress is s major achievement! Keep at it!
I hope to learn elvish mainly for 2 reasons
1) so I can talk with my friend without being overheard
2) to me, it's an extremely pretty sounding language
This was a well done and useful starting point for that, thank you.
Cool reasons. I learned to read and pronounce it but I just can not remember any vocabulary.
Never be ashamed of your nerdy-ness!!
Madelyn Wiley Oh, I'm not!
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Madelyn Wiley A Anuron! ... look...nerd is smart! so enjoy being you... its a lot of fun. Death to the orks!
+Madelyn Wiley Hell yeah! Nerd and proud. I'm also learning the Black Speech of Mordor. Talk about nerdy lol.
Sweet!
I wanna randomly meet someone and converse in Elvish
Me too. I have learned to read and pronounce it but just can not remember many phrases or vocabulary. Why is this?
"the geek shall inherit the earth"
AlleyCatKingHLP Who?
Nerds not geeks
AlleyCatKingHLP nerds for life
Possible 2112 reference?
We are nerds not geeks
you have a nice bassy and deep voice man, and elvish sounds very cool from you!!
Sedeth proof you can swoon a woman with Elvish 👌
He is basically a nerdy teenage version of Benedict Cumberbatch
@@insomaniacs8130 OH MY GOD YOURE RIGHT 😱
Dignity if you think Sedeth is an actually female that you are very naive
My bf hates hobbit and lotr. I'm a nerdy person too. Thank you for doing this so I can talk to him and he won't know what I'm saying. I think its beautiful.
You're welcome, I guess (?). I'm glad you liked the video, but I don't want to cause any trouble between you and your boyfriend. (But seriously, how does he not like either story?)
Seriously, why are you even dating this dude??
David Walz ikr anyone who doesn't like LotR/Hobbit is insane
Introduce him to the book
@@irontemplar6222 the guy won't like it There is no images.🤷
you have reach the nerd level: subscribed.
and I subscribed. *bow*
So many people try to speak elvish... and fail, but you were different and original! I love elvish and I'm learning it. :D PLEASE do more!
@A Sith Apprentice same
Never be ashamed... I literally have a copy of the elvish language in a little red book that I had for over 27 years that I never learned. That is shame, you're awesome. Love the video six years after you posted it. :)
You look like a young Benedict Cumberbatch
It’s 2019 and I just found this video, but I’m so glad I did! We’re all nerds here, even five years later 😂
I know I am late, but the difference between Quenya elvish and Sindarin elvish is that most of the elves that sailed from Valinor to Middle Earth speak Sindarin, while the elves whom stayed in Valinor spoke Quenya, or dialects of it, like Vanyarin. The elves whom left for Middle Earth met the elves who never went to Valinor, The Sindar, and started talking their language.
Great video though!
No... The Elves who sailed from Valinor to self-exile in Middle-Earth were the Noldor, who spoke Quenya (Noldorin dialect). They eventually came into contact with the Sindar (Grey Elves), who always lived in Middle-Earth (the Sindar were among the Elves who never completed the journey to Aman/Valinor which the Elves began some time after their awakening by the shores of lake Cuiviénen, instead settling on different parts of Middle-Earth). The Sindar spoke Sindarin. The Elves who didn't even start the journey to Aman were called the Avari.
So glad some humans out there are teaching us to speak Elvish! I am just now learning. I adore their language. Thank you for this video!
Hi. Today is actually the first day that i'll be learning how to speak Elvish and this video is really helpful, i hope you'd do a series of it. To be honest, i have just watched the hobbit 1-3 just this month bec of a friend and before i was not a fan and stuff. I dont know about lotr (i know. My life... it sucks lmao) so i'll be watching its series maybe next week. I just have to say i really got into this kind of world and i want to be a part of it that's why i want to learn how to speak elvish. Geez, i have never been this nerd but i love it. You did a great job 😁😊
Judy Tare Thank you so much for the nice words! Here's a second video all on pronunciation: th-cam.com/video/uTvLZ-n7Na0/w-d-xo.html
Thank youuu :)
Judy Tare it's been 3 years, have you learned? Have you kept the geek inside of yourself?
Judy Tare its been 5 years now
Andrew my man! I finally decided i wanted to learn Elvish & i'm so glad i came across this video!!! You're a champion man! Keep this stuff up!
Nice radio voice man !
This is simply fantastic! I love languages, but more so do I love fictional languages because they are so rare in speech or even written. I hope one day we are able to piece together the entire language and simply speak it with anyone who knows Quenya/Sindarin. It is very beautiful~ Keep up the great work!
For the record: The pronounciation in the movies isn't that good (but it's ok). The most wrong part about the pronounciation is the stress. They stress all the words on the second last syllable in the movies, that's not right: The stress is on the third last syllable, except if the second last syllable is long or if the word only has 2 syllables.
Also, some vocab:
- No is not yes, accually there is no word for yes. No means be, and you have to conjugate it into 3rd person singular to say "it is", and that would be ná.
- Ú is not no, ú means not. No is baw.
- Gi melin is not I love you, well it is, but that would be a litteral translation. In Sindarin, there are 5 cases, and here you have to use the accusative case for the word you (gi), which is gen, so correctly it's: Gen melin.
- Also a bit grammar: If you wanna use possessive pronouns, you don't have to use words, or rather: Don't use words. The natural way of using possessive pronouns is through suffixes:
E.g. "my name" would be "i enethen" rather than "i eneth nín". The possessive pronoun words are really no possessive pronouns but the genitive declination of the personal pronouns and therefor used isolated like e.g. "this book is mine" "i barf hen nín" (litterally: the book this mine); "this is my book" would be "sen i barfen" (litterally: this the book-my).
You seem to have a good grasp of Elvish, how did you learn it?
Some corrections for this:
1. Yes, _no_ does mean "be", but there is no well supported conjugation for the verb _na-_ (to be) in Sindarin. David Salo did reconstruct the entire verb in his book, but that is outdated and not currently accepted as correct.
2. _Baw_ rather means "don't", expressing refusal or prohibition only, not "no" in a general sense. To simply deny facts, _û_ might be better, though it is somewhat outdated considering its prefix form _ú_ was discarded by Tolkien in his later writings. Another option is the recent neologism _law_ to express "no".
3. Not sure where you found this, but _gin_ is indeed the accusative form of the second person (informal/familiar case) as of most recent publications. The nominative form would be _ci_ .
However, based off of attested phrases it would likely be more accurate to say _melin gin_ instead.
4. Possessive suffixes are not as well attested, so I wouldn't recommend using them. I'd say it's safer to say _i eneth nín_ than it is to say _i enethen_ .
This is amazing dude. Never let anyone put down your amazing nerdiness.
how did you learn elvish?
I know I wanted to know that
i mean read lotr appendices is a start, it tells you the pronunciation and some runes, but tbh idk how you learn words and the actual language
How do you learn any new language?
You really have a pleasing voice, your Elvish was lovely to listen to
Thank you Andrew -sorry - Anuron!! You could make these clips as long as you like.
Hen hannon mellon, your videos are the most helpful I have come across so far! Nice and simple.. Please keep it up so we can continue to learn with you and become some of the few people who attempt to speak Sindarin Elvish! Thanks again for doing this!
what a lovely video! I had so much fun watching this! thank you and please just keep doing it :)
martha barros Thanks!
My six year old unschooled son Odin has decided to learn Elvish. He says your video is awesome and you are really good at filming and len hannon.
Awesome video! I learned to write elvish but you really helped with pronouncing it! Thanks! Hope to see more videos like this!
Rachel Patterson I just did a second video, and it's all on pronunciation! I hope it helps! th-cam.com/video/uTvLZ-n7Na0/w-d-xo.html
I love your video. It's straight and clear. I hate it when people add other things such as music, or nature souns such as birds. Please keep the good work. I'm also trying to read and write Sindarian and Quenya.
Hey :D Love this vid. I'm a big LOTR and Hobbit fan. Been to New Zealand Hobbiton and I've read hobbit and I've started to read lotr. I really wanted to learn some elvish or Dwarvish and you make it easier to learn C: Please continue making more Elvish language vids please. :D Thanks alot for the lesson
You know the world is unfair when a channel with so much content gets so little traction. Hope you’re enjoying your hobbies, Anuron! Also, you have a wonderful broadcaster voice!
He spoke Elvish and now I low key wanna marry him.Haha
Best video I've seen so far compared to the others your pronunciation is spectacular, especially like the bit where you translated your own name to Sindarin
When people ask me what I did during quarantine I'm gonna say Im golwen edhelen ( I learned elvish)
same im just gonna try to learn elvish and reply in elvish
Thank you for this video! Because of your relaxed, down to earth manner it's even soothing to listen and learn in between work!
Hi! One little correction on the translation of "Andrew"... -ron isn't attached to adjectives, only verbs or nouns. It's like -er that we stick on verbs, like bake>baker, teach>teacher, and so on. It's actually two different suffixes combined. The -r is the doer part and the -on is means the doer is male. I'd translate Andrew these two ways: Anunir-Manly Man; or Anuon-Manly One (who is male). Novaer!
Eh?
dreamingfifi If you are an elf then I am not going to argue with you. If you are human, and more knowledgable than I, allow me to ask... Andrew means that his name is based on the noun "andros", or man. His name, like all names, is a noun. So, why wouldn´t it me ok to add -ron to a noun based on an adjective. it is still a noun, because it is somebody's name. Question: where do all these people speking elvish come from? it´s surprising!
margasa Well, elves don't exist, but I've been studying Tolkien's languages for 13 years. To answer your question - indeed, names are nouns. Andrew is based on "andros." But, "Anu" the Sindarin word is an adjective, not a noun. It means "masculine". To make it into a name, you need the appropriate suffixes. I suppose you could also make the name by using "pen" (person), making the name Anuben - Masculine Person. My favorite translation for Andrew in Sindarin actually is Firion - Mortal Man.
As for where we come from - do you remember the elvish dialogue in The Lord of the Rings movies? It was in Neo-Sindarin and Neo-Quenya, fan-extended versions of Tolkien's languages. People have been getting together and analyzing and translating in Tolkien's languages since The Lord of the Rings was published. If you read the Letters of JRR Tolkien, you'll find a bunch of letters from fans asking about the languages. We've been around for a long time. With the internet, we're more connected than ever before, and we're able to share the scholarship we've done much more easily. My website is Realelvish.net, and there's a Neo-Sindarin textbook on there, if you're curious.
I'm so glad I can finally learn some Elvish. I admire your efforts! Great video!
i didn't know Elvis had his own language
F that's funny. Presley-tongue
+Ryan Morris HAH
I came here because of my name 😅
Elvish
Auuh huuh....means yes 😊
please make more of these! Really enjoyed this video, it was well-presented and the production quality is basically way above any sindarin video i've found so far on my short-but-amusing video spree.
Wouter Eijlander Thank you! I just put out a second video. It's all about pronunciation: th-cam.com/video/uTvLZ-n7Na0/w-d-xo.html
3:12 This is a nerd's version of being high. I love it when I am "nerd high" as one might say.
I was browsing through TH-cam on my science channels and thought this would be awesome!!! I love the fact that you are honest and actually try to speak it properly. Cant wait to see some more videos in the future!
wow can you make more videos for this topic? It was amazing!!
정수인 I sure can! Here's my guide on pronunciation: th-cam.com/video/uTvLZ-n7Na0/w-d-xo.html
Whenever people want to learn Elvish, they will look to your series :) I look forward to more.
I ONLY WANTED THIS TO FEED ONTO MY HUGE OBSESSION OF LORD OF THE RINGS (and legolas XD)
Yes, sameeee
Lol
I love nerdiness. I love history, languages, especially Conlangs, etc. I just wish I had a better memory. Thank you for making this video. I love it the way when you say something the subtitles in elvish show. It helps.
This is an awesome video. Elvish language and culture is so fascinating, so thank you for doing this. Feels good to have something to tickle my academic fancy!one point, how did you translate your name? I'm doing an essay on Sindarin now, it would really help to know your method?
You look like the exact right person to teach me this. I am glad there are people nerdier than I that can teach me Conlangs.
You look like the nerdest man on Earth. Would you marry me? Le melin, mellon nin.
Update 5 years later: I never contaced this man. Yeah, maybe I sounded a bit desperate but I think I wasnt back then. I became a medical doctor and found a very nerd Dutch man to talk about LOTR and Naruto. Happy ending after all.
HimeBaezChan if he doesn't want that yet I'd marry you. You're face
and your name is beautiful. Asian Women to me are like children of
Nature. If you want to email me... it's shonkiiwarrior30@gmail.com. We
Can talk,then. Okay?
Konkar Badger what a legend getting these Tolkien egrils with your EMAIL ADRESS
I wish there were more girls like you XD
Ge melin mellon nin* if ur going to ask your friend to mary you in elvish do it right for sourons sakes
@Xaphire Gaming thanks
I am so subscribing
I'm trying to learn Elvish to a good extent before May 3rd, when to new movie Tolkien comes out!!
U should definitely make more videos, I wanna lean hot to speak sindarin
Please make more of these they are really helping me learn elvish
Awesome dude!
This is amazing! Ive been looking for a video like this forever!!
Nerdy peeps! I like them, even though some are bullying them but then I think they're very talented and nice guys to go with because you're goin' to learn many stuffs from them, I suggest that you should elaborate more of sindarin language so that we may decipher it more properly. Thanks mate, Good job. "LEN HANNON" :D
I loved this video. I'll take a peek at part 2 in a sec. I'm loving this.
I'm so happy we have the same name. Now I know how to say my name in elvish lol
Ooooohhh my goodness... You did VEDA!?! I've been watching Amy's channel for such a long time, but I've always been too intimidated by posting daily. There is just soooo much makeup to do! 😭
Anyways, I wasn't looking to learn Elvish (I was researching video tags on TubeBuddy in order to optimize Friday's "Elf in the Woods" cosplay video... speaking of geeking out!) and came across your VEDA post. Ugh. I did not mean to watch it, but I couldn't help myself! Thanks for the enchanting lesson. ♥
~Mermaid Phantom
You fucking nerd!!!!
I love you
OpaSann0 i was about to go off on you then i read the rest
We enjoyed learning these words, keep 'em coming!
I want to learn Black Speech
Me too.
You must be the Devil incarnate
It is too underdeveloped to learn
Nigerian?
Why?!????
I hope you're still doing these. Right now, I'm part of a D&D campaign and there are two elves (myself & a friend) who are using these to try to sound elven when we roleplay in character. I know there's written resources but this is the first decent video. ^_^
Name in English: Rose
Name in Elvish sindarin: Meril
"My name is Rose"
"I eneth nin Merilron" Is that correct?
Goheno Nin Meril ! -ron/-on is for male, you should use -eth, -el, -il or -ril. Whatever Meril is already translated so i think your name is "Meril" :)
Colin LR My name is Meghan which is a derivative of Margaret, meaning pearl. I couldn’t find pearl in Sindarin but it’s “Marilla” in Quenya. Would I add anything to the end?
@@meghan4233 I would go with Marilleth. Sounds awesome!
I think most feminine endings don't change the meaning so just add what sounds good. Exceptions are -wen (maiden) and -iel/-ien (daughter of) which add meaning. -il, -el, and -eth are safe bets.
Dude Please!!!!! Make more of this!!!!! I love it
Jens Martin Flørenes OK! Here's the next installment: th-cam.com/video/uTvLZ-n7Na0/w-d-xo.html
Exactly the video i wanted to see when i searched for "tolkien elvish language". Thank you for the super nerdiness :)
My name in english: Astrid
My name in elvish: Vanimeldë
"My name is Astrid"
"I eneth nin Vanimeldëron"
Is that right?
Idk... It kinda sounds wrong?
Please help me :)
The -ron at the end is a suffix for men. For women it will be -ril. You can see more over here
realelvish.net/names/sindarin/doriath/people/
@@thepotter890 thank you so much!
Astrid Henriksen you're welcome 😁
@@thepotter890 Where can i find to learn/translate Elvish and Khuzdul(Dwarven Language)? Please help me
__ fotobrajen go to the above link and see from their
Hey man, this is the first video by you I've seen and I already love you. Yes yes more Elvish pls.
You're amazing.
Mae g'ovannen! mellon :)
"3:15" yes it is realy cool :)
Fikret Doğan Karaerkek Thanks for the comment! I just put part 2 out: th-cam.com/video/uTvLZ-n7Na0/w-d-xo.html
I really love this! I hope you continue to do these lessons.
Hannon le, beautiful channel Mellon nin :)
I see much division on "thank you" as le Hannon or Hannon le, in the movie by Elvish linguist David Salo they say "Hannon le" and "Hannod" is "thank" which I am assuming why there is great confusion on this...of which word comes first.
You are absolutely amazing!! I really enjoyed this video, well done!!
Whats my name in Elvish?Its: Deniz.A turkish name,it means "Ocean". :)
+Müserref Ammon Well "ocean" translates to "aearon." If you want you can add a suffix--I'd suggest "-ndir" because it sounds good to my ear, which would make the name Aearondir ("Ocean-man")
Andrew Eder Thanks! :)
But I'm a woman :D
+Müserref Ammon Oops! My mistake, I apologize. In that case, you have a lot of nice-sounding suffixes to pick from: -eth, -el, -il (makes it a feminine name), or -iel (daughter of...)
Andrew Eder Thank you very much! :)
Love Sindarin...
ocean okyanus demek ismin sea oluyor..
I'm so entertained especially when you geek out! XD Reminds me of myself when I geek out. Thank you for making and uploading this. :))))))))))
THANK YOU! you need more nerdiness. This needed to be longer. I wish there was an offical dictionary online with pronunction. This will have to do and must I say its awesome. Thank you.
Totally awesome. I'm writing a fantasy book right now and several of the main heroes are elves. I never learned elven though I played elf ranger in every D&D campaign, i'd love to learn it. Right now I just began the process of creating my own elvish language for my book.
When he said "battle against the orcs!" in elvish in the end was just the cutest!
I love this video! there is literally no one around me that is interested in this as much as me! so thanks a lot for this video, it's great :)
+mara Alle Thanks!
+Andrew Eder you're welcome, just a great vid
It's very cool and I LOVE ELVISH language already..like hearing someone speak with royalness..LOVE IT..want to learn more!!!
For starters, I've always been a bit passionate about linguistics (and personal a bit of a grammar nazi if you would say so) and I find your videos neither boring nor uneducational. Keep making these thing pal (and don't keep calling yourself a geek: there's nothing to be ashamed of, unless you yourself think so).
Have a nice day!
Hantanyel, hava sorya!
+flipfloprr Thanks!
Oh I love this! I nerded this like mad when I was in school! I used to write in the elvish letters and tried to learn the language!! Please do more 💜
I translated my name myself. Peter is a Greek name whick comes from "Petros" meaning "rock". " Rock in Sindarin is "karka",but is usually used to describe a hindrance, or something blocking your path, so I went with "gond" which means "stone". I added the suffix "ron" (sorry, I stole yours :) ) and I got " Gondron" . Awesome video, by the way.
As someone who is just starting to really get into the Tolkien universe, this was exactly the "nerdy" video I was looking for! Loved it. You mentioned that you and a dictionary...is it an elvish translation dictionary?
"I eneth nin Eruvadhron"... This can't be more neerd! Love it. =)
Please do more. I enjoyed this and I may watch more if you do more.
Just found your channel, please do more of these :)
PLZ MAKE THIS A SERIES!
From SA. Really good clip. straight to the point and clear. Id like to learn more. The language is fictional but it is a beautiful language. id love to speak it fluently.
Please make this into a series of videos! I would love to learn sidarin!!
Its March 5th 2020 and im determined to learn this language. I wish you guys the best of luck as well
Lovely, and with such confidence :) really nice, would definitely see more
wow that was super cool! elvish is very sensual language and i really liked the video, although concerning thank you i usually heard the version: hannon le, but i think it depends on the context, thanks a lot!
this was awesome! please make more videos focused on elvish!!!
I really love your voice and thank you so much for sharing this video, it is just amazing!!!!!! I want to learn more and more and more!!! kind regards from Spain
Nice touch with the LotR books in the back.
Thank you! I was wondering if people were going to recognize them because they are really out of focus.
There should be courses of learning Tengwar. This was very nice and so simple that even I could learn something :D Thank you :)
I am nerding OUT! Just Amazon-ed the Sindarin English dictionary! Let the geekiness continue!
Plz continue making these lessons 🙏
Awesome vid...should definitely turn this into a series
I've translated Andrew as "Thalion" or dauntless, which isn't exactly a direct translation, but I'm glad to have another translation of the name!!
thank you so much, i looked so long for video's like this. please do more
This is not nerdy enough for me! I know more about Quenya than Sindarin but I'm interested in learning about that too.
Andrew, I enjoyed your video. I noticed that some of the sentences you mentioned, as an introduction, are somewhat different from the Sindarin I have studied. An example of this is the word "g'ovannen". It seems to be mispelled. The word should be "govannen". It is the past participle of the verb "govani" = to meet. There is no apostrophy. As a matter of fact there is very little attested usage of apostrophies in Sindarin and they mostly occur with prepositions. I noticed a number of departures from the Sindarin I have learned and I wonder where you based your nomenclature from. My studies were off the book entitled "A Gateway to Sindarin" by David Salo, who consulted in the Sindarin spoken in the LOTR movies.