Learn to Speak Elvish
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So you're curious about Elvish? Well, then you've come to the right place to learn to speak Elvish. This is the Elvish based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, so don't complain that this isn't Elvish as you know it. There are countless authors who try to make a language, but none are as complete as the linguistic picture that J.R.R. Tolkien provides us. Here are a list of common Elvish words and elvish grammer so you can learn to speak Elvish. There are sites down below with additional infomation on Elvish and it's history.
A History of Elvish
Mr. Tolkien produced many varieties of Elvish throughout the Middle Earth series. To go into all the various dialects on Elvish, throughout the scope of time in Middle Earth, is far beyond the scope of this guide, as it would take hundreds of pages to properly fill.
The two language variations with the most complete language and grammar are Quenya and Sindarin, High-elven and grey-elven respectively. In terms of inspiration and rudimentary grammar, Elvish is based off of Welsh and Finnish. Even though J.R.R. Tolkien only created about 350 words for his Elvish language, fans of his novels have continually expanded the language from the original 350 words, so that today it is many thousands of words, and capable of full and complete conversation, almost up to par with real languages. The devotion of his fans is a testament to the power of his work.
So without further ado, here are some good basic conversational Elvish, which satisfies the curiosity of most people and is more than enough to effectively learn to speak elvish at its most rudimentary form.
English - Elvish ____________________________________________________________
Good (day/morning/afternoon) - Uel (re/amrun/andune) Greetings (everyone) - Vedui' (il'er)
Farewell - Namarie
You are a mighty warrior - Lle naa belegohtar
You are beautiful - Lle naa vanima
You disgust me - Amin feuya ten' lle
Are you ready? - Lle desiel?
Run (for it) - Rima (ten'ta)!
For the most complete dictionary of Elvish phrases available, please click here. Below are some useful J.R.R. Tolkien Elf related videos, and additional resources for research on the Elves in general.
Learn to Speak Elvish
J.R.R. Tolkien Reads: "A Poem In Elvish"
Drawing Lessons: How to Draw an Elf
Learn to Speak Elvish: Other Important Resources
- The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship
Perhaps the most important site on here, the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship is the website devoted to the study of the Elven language. If you truly have an interest in it, check this website out before anything else! - Write Your Name in Elvish in Ten Minutes
Pretty self explanatory. Translate your name into Elvish, symbol by symbol. Please remember: there are MANY WAYS to translate English into Elvish and this is just one of them. - Elvish languages (Middle-earth) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The wikipedia article on the Learning to Speak Elvish. Read up for a nice summary, and additional links to useful pieces of information. - The Elvish Name Generator
An interesting little site where you can get your name in Elvish. Mine's Elwë Felagund :) - Elven Phrases
This is the ultimate compendium of Elvish phrases!! A must-have for anyone who wants to learn Elvish! Best of all, it's completely free. - Learn Elvish
Some useful, if disorganized, information on how to learn to speak Elvish. - Arwen-Undomiel.com
A website devoted to J.R.R. Tolkien and the Elvish people he created. - BBC NEWS | Do you speak Elf?
Schoolboys are learning to speak like elves, following the success of the Lord of the Rings films. - iWorth It App Reviews
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ther are three forms of elvish
sindarin quenyan and noldorin:)
also, what dialect are your phrases in?
love the site btw:D
so do i
Cool. I love the books, and the movies! I know I will love this too!
This is the best website on how to speak elvish i looked on all the other ones and they are crap theyr'e like you have to buy this book to learn how to speak elvish.
Really caught my interest. Very cool..
I like how the written language looks. It's beautiful. Thanks for putting this hub together!
Elves are so COOL!! I am so going to learn how to speak elvish. J.R.R. Tolkien is a genius! :)
Very well written hub .....
very much informative ......
Thank you very much for your great hub, for good advice, good wishes and support. Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us.
i love lord of the rings and starwars
i think it is a butiful language and that is why i want to learn it
love the books, movies and want to get all of J.R.R.Tolkeins works! he is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tryin 2 learn the language for a projrct! hope i can!!!!
I am a fluent speaker
i believe that is in Sindarin, i speak it fluently.
i taught all my friend this language now every one if my friends is going and speaking elvish to our teacher and he has no clue what we are saying its so funny
i am awesome
Where may I find a disk or perhaps a book on how and were to lean Elvish (Quenya) dialect? E mail or respond to this post. Thanks
chris_miles2000@yahoo.com
I really love that your doing this!its really cool!i made and elvish web site and so im kind of learning the basic words.
You know, when LOTR was released back in the early 2000's, I wanted to learn, but never did for one reason or another. I think that I might actually do that now, it will give me something to do. Thanks for the hub!
my brother tryed to learn it but didnt have the time to, but he got me interested in it.
Hello Haley, and hello to all listening Tolkein fans!! ELENDIL!!!!
what would that be?
hello to you to rely uel amrun lol
omg guys i love love love lotr!
My name on LOTRO was Luinfaron, though I don't remember how that translates...
I really want to learn it!!!!! My mom says it's not a real language, but now I know it is! cool site btw. love lotr I;m sooo obsessed
Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima translates: Hail Earendil brightest of the stars! found that on lotr fansite! I wanna speak elvish fluently!!
wait... this is pretty much how to write it but how do you speak it!!???
Elvish should be a real language,its so awesome.
Elvish is so cool i can speak in it but i cant wright it
where can i learn it??
how do u say earth in elfish?
"Grammer" is spelt "Grammar".
"It's" should be "its".
Please.
Well, i bought the LOTR 50th anniversary edition which was awesome, because at the back it gave a full elvish alphabet and translations of some elvish words.
please can you send me a web site address where I can learn elf language? please send me on my mail ... thank shadoowmoon
This is really awesome! I need to get a book or something!
My elven name is
Amil-Gaen, the White Rose of Mirkwood..
soo cool!
I'm trying to figure out how to say, "Draw your Sword!" I thought that would be a common phrase.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS IS MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIME..
i know how to write elvish but i trying to learn how to speak it
how do you pronounce this mess?!!! :(
I am trying to learn to speak it too...seems hard! I can't find a good website or book to learn how to speak it.
im still lovin it
Venimle sila tiri
I could manage to write in Quenya mode but it's just English words converted letter by letter... I want to learn the other "modes". Tweet me if you want me to write your name in Elvish. I can't promise that it'll be perfect.
I'm definitely going to devout time to this, and find people who are learning as well! =D
I don't know the abcs at all I wish the people on this website would put a rubric in of them so anyone could print one out. Just a thought I had since it took me forever to do this.
I take back what i said they have a website connected to it. I sooo love this website even more now and I'm going to teach my sisters this. They should have a class so nobody would have to learn on their computer anymore. If anybody on here is out of school and liives by me I would pay you if you could teach me how to speak it.
I know this is my 3rd one but this is the best thing thats ever happened to me! it's my bday today and i told my mom all about this and she got me all the lotr movies that needs 2 disks for the movie since it's unedited! theres also 2 disks for special features! i looooooooooooove lord of the rings! but i hate frodo he never fights except in the 1 movie like in that spider sceen in the 3rd or2cd sam risks his life and then frodo faces it and just drops his sword and backs up into a wall. i skip all those parts now.
You need to read the books. I've got to say, reading them changes the whole world of Middle Earth, and I felt there was more insight in the books than the movies. The movies were brilliant, but the books were exceptional. They make Middle Earth more alive than the movies. Though, I have to say I liked The Hobbit a little more than The Lord Of the Ring Series. Sorry, Anyways, Please read the books. :) Happy reading.
Too cool! Now I have to get to learning!
The Poop that needed to wee
I speak sindarin elvish
Please anyone that can speak elvish contact me i wish to learn it (martianmer@rocketmail.com)
cheers
-mb
I love this language, but I think it's hard to learn... Looks like you must be real ELVEN fanatic to learn this.... :))))))
Saree Anderson looks like Micheal Jackson.
Be wary.
does anyone know how to write my name,Leah, in elvish? and not like yare-ah-thee-ell i mean like written in that pretty writing. I've been looking all day, plz if you know email it to me at Rswhlsale@aol.com plz show me, i dont want my tattoo to be wrong.
ok does the E symbol go over the L symbol? and if it does then where does the A symbol go?
I think elvish is so cool. I'm trying to write my own book and even create my own elvish language! I'm only up to c-words so far and don't worry. I promise not to copy a single word from tolken!
I sat and watched to see if i could get my name, and on the video there is my mom's dad's and my name in elvish :)
elfish lauguage is awesome,,, i can tell you it is ridiculously hard to make a lauguage which sounds like a real one and even to make a conversion on anything
spark ur my idol
i think elvish is a beautiful language and should be treated strongly
elvish is nothing, i write it read it and speak it, i even learned black speach both took me a total of 3 hours to learn and im 10
This is greate!!!
Thanks a lot hub:-)
For all you who speak "fluently", it is impossible to speak a fake language fluently. Instead just say you are JRR Tolkien himself, as that is more believable...
Does anyone know how to put alphabet on keyboard?
I'd just love to ask someone for directions in Elvish, see how they respond.
Also, next time an old person starts babbling on in the bus and I know I'm going to be stuck listening to him/her for hours, I know what to do...
Thanks!
I agree with all those who want elvish classes OR it could be an idea for one of those fluent speakers to put up some videos or something... My computer often stuffs up so i only get about an hour on it each day...at least now I've found a site to use that hour properly....
:D PLEASE SOME1 START UP A CLASS OR SOMETHING FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ELVISH!!!!
Namarie!!!! XX
I will be back to visit this site frequently... its very useful and i think that its also well built... but for now... mae govannen mellonae en amin!
This is a beautiful language. I hope to learn it. I don't know much, only one word. Goodbye Mellon...
LOL VIRGINS
i absoloutly love the books, but the movies are THE BOM!!! I loooooove Elvish and i hope to be an awesome author like J.R.R.Tolkien when i grow up. Like his friend, C.S.Lewis, HE IS THE COOOOOOOOLLLLLLLEEEEEEESSSSSTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That Elf at the top is Elrond.
I have my own language, but mine could never compare in elegance to what J.R.R. Tolkien made.
Thank you so much for making this site and giving us those links! My elvish name is Elendil Anwamanë according to that name generator, an AWESOME name if you ask me.
"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."
Oh and if you play Lord of the Rings online I'm Lsuman on Gladden server. "All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."
You have some good links on here.
But that "elvish" is fake, except for one of the phrases.
I'm pretty sure you just took them from the Grey Company site. And their elvish is just made up for RP games and such.
You seem to claim this is actual elvish... unless I am mistaken. But this is nothing at all like any elvish I've seen in the books or even the movies!
So, where did you get the few so-called elvish phrases from?
It is not possible to speak "fluently" in elvish, seriously.
If you actually want to learn what elvish there is, Council of Elrond is a good site, along with Arwen-Undomiel(which is in the links section above) or just read all the Tolkien books you can find, surely you'll find out something about elvish.
(I do not know elvish, by the way)
If you want to learn how to write it, that "write your name in 10 minutes" thing above is pretty good, or just look in the appendices of Lord of the Rings.
Oh, and that "name generator" just gives you a random name. Just in case anyone was thinking that they actually mean what your name means.
If anyone wants to talk about this, or anything, you can email me: roheryn@ymail.com
It's good you are trying to make a site and everything, but there is no point putting more fake than there already is.
I really am not trying to offend you or anything.
Anyone going to reply, or not?
Oh, and DON'T email me about stupid stuff, I did say "if anyone wants to talk about this or anything" but I didn't absolutely anything. I meant anything that has to do with elvish or LotR.
i've learnt 12 phrases in elvish
and learning russian at the samwe time it's impossible
How can i learn elvish????
Is there any book???(PDF)I'm iranian so i cant buy any of books which can help me to learn . so just give me the name of the book.
Or any idea will be accepted.
One of my goals in life is to learn all of the elvish language and then make my own language. It probably won't be as good as the elvish language though. Just a lifetime goal.
my friend is going to love this stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they didn't even wright real elvish on the ring?!?
I'd love 2 whenever I habe the time, but for now I'll have 2 wait.
which would be the quickest/easiest to learn for me speak fluently
Hi,I'm georgian.. I want to say one:Elvish is really beautiful and interesting language. And i think J.R.R. Tolkien was very bright and talented person. I love all his creatures.. And i want tu learn Elvish, sooo.. Wish me luck !:-)
DO you know of any good audio courses on elvish?
dos any body know how to learn more elvish
Does anyone know more frases?
Hey guys wtf?? I don't like elvish anymore.. It's so tough!!
i absolutely love this site i want to learn more
Does someone know where can i learn some sexual elvish frases?? Please..
Wow im starting to learn Elven Language already!!!! Its a wonderful language, but I can only write Elven, not speak it...... Well wish me luck!!! ^-^
I watchedall three movies wheni was 2 yrs old and loved theya im tht nerdy.Well i have watched them over and over through out the years and well now i want to learn elvish .:)
Heeeey! Somebody,anybody.. I really need sexual frases !..
I love lord of the Rings actully i am watching it now & it's like in 17 again, where Ned speaks Elvish!!
it's soo AWASOME!!!!!!
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/
i like this one this guy wrote complete schoolbooks in pdf format for every elvish dialect and a list of poems and storys in elvish and english translations if you want to learn elvish for free this is perfect (probably better than some payd sites too)
they didn't write elvish on the ring they wrote the language of mordor on the ring
i can write in elvish the hole alphabet and i can speak a little to if anyone wants to learn how to write the hole elvish alphabet i know a website i cant remember though what dialect its in
if you want to know what website i am posting it in a few minutes
here is another website with great things teaches you how to write in sindarin and quenya and speak some in each to
ps sorry for messy spelling i doing this at 1 am
heres the website below
heres another one below this one teaches how to speak alot of words in quenya and sindarin here is the website below
and
heres another one witch is great teaches alot
http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/sindarin.htm
ps scroll down on these websites the good stuff at mid
I luv LOTR! All my friends think I'm a total geek because of it but who cares!!! Lotr is the best movies/books EVER!!!! Legolas is so awesome!!!! I so wish the Elvish was a language so that way people can study it with books and at school and not on the computer. GO LEGOLAS
I too am a Legolas lover!!!! ;)
Amazing site, really well done all that created it- am in the process of learning Elvish and this site is unbelievably helpful!
Love Lord of the Rings- the most wonderful series EVER.
Tolkien is a total genius. R.I.P Tolkien.
I LOVE Legolas 2!!!!!!:) I am also his real daugter and i can speak the language fluently
I talked to my father yesterday and he said that he loves all his fans lol
love this language cant wait 2 master it
I love LOTR so much. I cant wait to learn the language. thanks for putting this hub together
This is one of the most awesome sites ever!!
I just love LOTR and SF
Yeah, I know I'm a geek :D
what form of elvish are the websites above in?
has anyone really notice this is titled how to speek elvish and all the vids show you is how to write elvish?
Is there anyone that would be willing to be my elvish tutor? please contact me here if you are intersted in teaching me: willa4888888@gmail.com
mara Aure (Mah-Rah Ow-Ray) which is hello.im learning Elvish right now, it isnt as hard as you may think, its harder to learn all the wod though, but writing is easy once you get the hang of ot. i know a few basic words and phrases like hello, greetings i love you, how are you, do you speak elvish, a star will shine upon the hour of our meeting. Suff like that. it is a fun language to learn and it is very beutiful. i hiughly reccomend people to learn it. it is amazing :)Le Hannon! (thank you)
Some advice for many of the posters here...before you attempt to learn Elvish, you may wish to learn some fundamentals of English first. I've never seen such poor grammar and terrible spelling...urgh.
Amazing.....Love it its a great language
best thing ever
REALLY AWSOME
hey guys I'm trying to learn it can some1 email me a sentence in elvish writing and then i can work it out and email back the answer in english then tell me if I'm correct plz would be very helpful =]
Uhmm, the link to the complete dictionary is no longer available. Does anyone know another site that has a complete dictionary?
it is so cool now all i talk is elvish
I LOVE LOTR and want to write a book with elvish in it sooo any good web sites that a person of 9+ can look at?????????????????????????????? I REALLY wnat to write this book. Thnx ya'll
ckick in this link: http://www.arwen-undomiel.com/elvish/phrases.html to learn some elvish frazez
Tilly Holiday 2 years ago
I'm not sure I have the time to learn JRR Tolkein's Elvish... but kudos to anyone who does! It actually sounds like rather a beautiful language.