Lesson 2: Greetings & Basic Phrases
Tolkien's Attested Phrases One of the most exciting features of Sindarin — compared to many constructed languages — is that Tolkien embedded real, grammatically analysable phrases throughout The Lord of the Rings , its appendices, and his unpublished manuscripts (many of which appeared in The History of Middle-earth series and Parma Eldalamberon journals). This means that a learner's first sentences can be genuine Tolkien, not inventions of later fans. Every...