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For myself, I am better used to Quenya, which was my mother-tongue, but I think I will teach you Sindarin, which is the most commonly used!

Okay... so... I guess we could start with something easy? How do you say hello?

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?

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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.]

Oh, hardly anyone uses the formal unless they are in court. [ Maglor assures him ] So you need not worry with learning the longer greeting.

[ He listens and repeats them back to Ritsuka carefully, repeating them softly afterwards to commit them to memory ]

And good bye?

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".

We're... going to have to keep to simple, for now, Maglor-san, especially there's still a matter of grammar and all that involved.

But, I think... this is nice. Maybe I can even learn to write it.

Whatever you wish to learn, Ritsuka, I am happy to teach. And then we will hold conversations in two languages, eh? And everyone will be confused.

[He's blushing because of the praise. He still can't take praise well, or gracefully.]

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.

Most languages have their beauty - I look forward to learning yours, although, perhaps, like you, I should stick to just one form, to begin with!

Will you come over for lunch tomorrow?

If you like - do you want me to cook 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...

I would love to try your cooking, Ritsuka. I am sure it will be delicious.

I just hope that I still can... ah so I'll see you later?

I am sure you can. Yes, of course - just tell me when, Ritsuka.

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