Elvish - Quenya Class

Quenya is the original language of Tolkien's Elves.   Quenya remained in use from the time of the Awakening of the Elves until at least the end of the Third Age.   That means is was in use on three continents (Middle Earth, the Blessed Lands, and Númenor) for thousands of years.   In the Blessed Lands it was the ordinary spoken language.   In Middle Earth and Númenor it was mainly a scholarly language.

This course began as a class in the Quenya language, which I was teaching in Second Life, at Alqualonde the Swanhaven, in 2011.  I continue to revise and update it here.

This is the tentative course schedule.  I will be adding links to each section, as I get the lessons posted.

Table of Contents
Preface

Part 1 - Basics
Nouns

Part 2 – More Detail
Cases – Subjects and Objects (Nominative, Accusative, and Dative)
Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns

More and Most
Questions
More About Verbs
New Vocabulary for Part 2
Some Samples from Lord of the Rings and Silmarillion

Part 3 – Special Topics
"Can"
"Believe"
Valinorean Quenya
Differences in Grammar:   Accusative Case
Differences in Pronunciation/Spelling
Vocabulary of Aman
  

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