Re: Digest of messages 36.53-36.58 (fwd)

On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, John Cowan wrote:
>
> Three rings for the elven kings under the sky
> Seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone
> Nine for mortal men doomed to die
> One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
> in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie
>
> One ring to rule them all, one ring to to find them
> One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
> in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie
>
>
In Kélen:

se ja wáel wíjte mo ne árón éltári sú ja kéié tá
se ja ónne mo ne árón kásáti sú ne sún kíthene ma
se ja áríw mo ne ámanj ma pa nárá to nónj
se ja án mo lji árón shé sú ja ténar shé
sú ja ekién lji mórtór sú la ne shéwá

la ja wáel án tó mánar téngngene
la ja wáel án tó mánar póunjen
la ja wáel án tó mánar ánjiken
ath sú ja eshél ma áunten
sú ja ekién lji mórtór sú la ne shéwá

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Complete noun phrases are in brackets.
LA [NP] translates to '[NP] is' or 'there is [NP]'
SE [NP] denotes a transaction in which [NP] is the thing transacted. Source and
goal are not always named.
PA [NP-1] [NP-2] translates to '[NP-1] has [NP-2]'
Again in present generic, timeless tense


se [ja wáel wíjte] mo  [ne árón éltári sú ja kéié tá]
SE  SG ring three  GOAL PL lord elves* at SG sky  under
*from Eldarin, of course

se [ja ónne] mo  [ne árón kásáti   sú ne sún  kíthene ma]
SE  SG seven GOAL PL lord dwarves* at PL room stone   3p
*from Khazad

se [ja áríw] mo  [ne ámanj  ma  pa    nárá to     nónj]
SE  SG nine  GOAL PL humans who PA -* doom SOURCE death
*the first argument of PA is the pronoun 'ma'

se [ja án] mo  [lji       árón shé  sú ja ténar   shé]
SE  SG one GOAL SG-unique lord dark at SG throne* dark
*great chair

sú [ja ekién lji       mórtór sú     la ne shéwá]
at  SG land  SG-unique Mordor where* LA PL shadow
*this 'sú' obviously means 'where' because it is followed by 'la'


la [ja wáel án] tó  [mánar téngngene]
LA  SG ring one FOR* all   controlled
*'tó' is a short form of 'tó túath' 'so that'

la [ja wáel án] tó [mánar póunjen]
LA  SG ring one FOR all   found

la [ja wáel án] tó [mánar ánjiken]
LA  SG ring one FOR all   gathered together

ath  sú [ja eshél]  [ma áunten]
and* at  SG darkness 3p bound
*this and usually occurs as the second part of a pair, but this is poetry, so the
rules have been bent.

sú [ja ekién lji       mórtór sú    la ne shéwá]
at  SG land  SG-unique Mordor where LA PL shadow


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