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'''la''' or '''lá''' (whenever stressed)<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 42]] p.33</ref> | '''la''' or '''lá''' (whenever stressed)<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 42]] p.33</ref> | ||
The word can get pronominal endings as if a verb | 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== | ||
[[root]] [[LA]] | [[root]] [[LA]]<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 45]] p.25</ref> | ||
==Forms== | ==Forms== | ||
*''lanye'' "I do not, am not" (''[[mel]]in [[sé]] [[apa]] '''lanye''' [[hé]]'' *“I love him but I do not him [that one]”) | *''lanye'' "I do not, am not" (''[[mel]]in [[sé]] [[apa]] '''lanye''' [[hé]]'' *“I love him but I do not him [that one]”)[[Vinyar Tengwar 49]] p.15</ref> | ||
==Other versions== | ==Other versions== | ||
In another conceptual phase of Tolkien's, ''lá'' had the opposite meaning "yes"<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 42]] pp.32-33</ref> | In another conceptual phase of Tolkien's, ''lá'' had the opposite meaning "yes"<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 42]] pp.32-33</ref> | ||
Tolkien considered that the negation could receive tense markers however he later reconsidered it. The tenses where ''la'' was attested are: | |||
*''la'' (aorist) | *''la'' (aorist) | ||
*''laia'' (present) | *''laia'' (present) | ||
*''láne'' (past) | *''láne'' (past) | ||
*''alaie'' (perfect) | *''alaie'' (perfect) | ||
*future | *''lauva'' (future) | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[category:Quenya words]] | [[category:Quenya words]] | ||
Revision as of 16:59, 3 January 2010
la or lá (whenever stressed)[1]
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
Forms
- lanye "I do not, am not" (melin sé apa lanye hé *“I love him but I do not him [that one]”)Vinyar Tengwar 49 p.15</ref>
Other versions
In another conceptual phase of Tolkien's, lá had the opposite meaning "yes"[3]
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)
References
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 42 p.33
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 45 p.25
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 42 pp.32-33
