One of the forms, yes! The one I am most familiar with, although if you want to learn some of the others I can probably manage. But we will learn together, eh?
Two that are commonly in use at the moment - Cirth, the runes, and this one - Tengwar, the script. One that only the loremasters still use - Sarati, our very first, so three main ones, although you will find that everyone from different areas has slightly different variants based on regional differences and how blended we became over the years.
So... it's sort of as complicated as Japanese, got it. Japanese has Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. But everyone learns the writing styles. It's all spoken the same, though. "Thank you" can be written in different ways, but it will still be said the same.
Truly? Ah, that is interesting! Well, we have two main dialects, but everyone uses the same script - so if I wished to say "Thank you", I would say "Le hannon" in Sindarin, and "Hantanyel" in Quenya - same letters, different words.
The Men have their own variant, but most use a version of Tengwar as well, and the Dwarves all use Cirth for public writing, and if they have their own private script they do not show it to outsiders.
A good place to start! A simple greeting between friends and strangers would be "Suil" or more formally, "Suilad". If you want to impress, or give a very formal greeting, you can also say "Gail síla erin lû e-govaned 'wîn" which means "A star shines on the hour of our meeting". How do you say it in your tongue?
Um... [His ears bend down.] I don't... I don't think I could be that formal initially....
But uh, it depends on the time of day.
[He explains that there is a greeting for good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, and just like in elvish, there are really formal ways to say it.]
I might have a harder time learning it... if I could write it down and practice it, I'll be able to know it better. [He only learned English because of Seimei's flash cards and grammar notes.]
To say goodbye, you say "sayonara." No matter the time of day.
We can do that too, if you like. [ Maglor promises ]
Ah, in that we are similar! For us, "goodbye" is simply "Novaer" - farewell - although again, if you wish to say more, you can also use more formal language. For example, "Na lû n'i a-goveninc" - "Until we meet again".
I could cook for you, if you want? I haven't tried cooking since my eye... I figured... um well, maybe this is a bit... I thought if things go wrong, you'd be the least likely to mind...
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The Men have their own variant, but most use a version of Tengwar as well, and the Dwarves all use Cirth for public writing, and if they have their own private script they do not show it to outsiders.
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Let's... just stick with Elvish...
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Um... [His ears bend down.] I don't... I don't think I could be that formal initially....
But uh, it depends on the time of day.
[He explains that there is a greeting for good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, and just like in elvish, there are really formal ways to say it.]
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And good bye?
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To say goodbye, you say "sayonara." No matter the time of day.
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Ah, in that we are similar! For us, "goodbye" is simply "Novaer" - farewell - although again, if you wish to say more, you can also use more formal language. For example, "Na lû n'i a-goveninc" - "Until we meet again".
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But, I think... this is nice. Maybe I can even learn to write it.
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Y-yes... good, right. I'm... happy to help in whatever way I can. It'll be nice. Elvish looks really pretty so I'd like to learn to write it too.
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