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'''la''' or '''lá''' (whenever stressed)<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 42]] p.33</ref> is a negation adverb meaning "no, not"
 
'''la''' or '''lá''' (whenever stressed)<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 42]] p.33</ref> is a negation adverb meaning "no, not"
  
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The word can get pronominal endings as if a negative verb when a verb is not expressed, apparently where the phrase “is not” is followed by a noun or an adjective as a predicate, or where some verb is understood , as in English “I do not”.
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The word can get pronominal endings as if a negative verb when a verb is not expressed, apparently where the phrase "is not" is followed by a noun or an adjective as a predicate, or where some verb is understood , as in English "I do not".
  
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
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[[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[LA]]<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 45]] p.25</ref>
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[[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[LA]]<ref>{{VT|45}}, p.25</ref>
 
==Forms==
 
==Forms==
 
*''ala, [[á]]la'' "do not!"
 
*''ala, [[á]]la'' "do not!"
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**''ala[[lye]]''<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 43]]</ref>
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**''ala[[lye]]''<ref>{{VT|43}}</ref>
 
**''ala[[me]]'' "do not to us"
 
**''ala[[me]]'' "do not to us"
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*''la[[nye]]'' "I do not, am not" (''[[mel]]in [[sé]] [[apa]] '''lanye''' [[hé]]'' *“I love him but I do not him [that one]”)<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 49]] p.15</ref>
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*''la[[nye]]'' "I do not, am not" (''[[mel]]in [[sé]] [[apa]] '''lanye''' [[hé]]'' *“I love him but I do not him [that one]”)<ref>{{VT|49}}, p.15</ref>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 23:02, 31 July 2010

la or lá (whenever stressed)[1] is a negation adverb meaning "no, not"

The word can get pronominal endings as if a negative verb when a verb is not expressed, apparently where the phrase "is not" is followed by a noun or an adjective as a predicate, or where some verb is understood , as in English "I do not".

Etymology

Root LA[2]

Forms

See also

Other versions

In another conceptual phase of Tolkien's, lá had the opposite meaning "yes"[5]

Tolkien considered that the negation could receive tense markers however he later reconsidered it. The tenses where la was attested are:

  • la (aorist)
  • laia (present)
  • láne (past)
  • alaie (perfect)
  • lauva (future)

Inspiration

In Arabic languages, "no" is la'a

References

  1. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 42 p.33
  2. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p.25
  3. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 43, January 2002
  4. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, p.15
  5. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 42 pp.32-33
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