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''' | '''na''' is the [[Quenya]] verb for "to be"<ref>''[[The Road Goes Ever On, A Song Cycle]]'', [[Namárië]]</ref>. | ||
Also, ''ná'' means "yes, it is so"<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 49]], p. 28</ref> | |||
*'' | ==Etymology== | ||
[[Root]] [[NA2]]<Ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[The Etymologies]]</ref> | |||
==Forms== | |||
Various attested forms of "to be"<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 42]]</ref><ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 49]]</ref> | |||
*''ná'' "is" | |||
**''nánye/nanye'' “I am” | |||
**''nalye'' "you are" (polite) | |||
**''natye'' “you are” (familiar) | |||
**''nás “it is”, | |||
**''náse'' “(s)he is” | |||
**''nalme'' “we are” | |||
**''nát'' "they (dual) are" | |||
**''nar/nár'' "they are" | |||
*''náne/né'' "was" | |||
**''anen'' “I was”, | |||
**''anel'' “you were” | |||
**''nése'' "he was" | |||
**''anes'' “(s)he/it was” | |||
**''nét'' "they (dual) were" | |||
**''náner/nér'' "they were" | |||
*''uva/nauva'' "will be" | |||
**''nauvan'' "I will be | |||
*''anaie'' "has been" | *''anaie'' "has been" | ||
*''náve'' "being" (infinitive/gerund)<Ref>[[Parma Eldalamberon 17]]</ref> | |||
*''na'' "let it be" | |||
**''[[nai]]'' "be it that" | |||
==Syntax== | |||
''Na'' is following the sentece. When used in imperative, it precedes the adjective.<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 43]] p.14</ref> | |||
*''na aire'' "be holy" | |||
*''aire na'' "it is holy" | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*''[[ | *''[[mana]]'' "what is" | ||
*''[[ | *''[[násie]]'' "amen" | ||
*''[[nat]]'' "thing" | |||
*''[[ea (verb)|ea]]'' | |||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/to_be.html Elvish verb "to be"] | |||
[[category:Quenya verbs]] | [[category:Quenya verbs]] | ||
Revision as of 07:47, 4 January 2010
na is the Quenya verb for "to be"[1].
Also, ná means "yes, it is so"[2]
Etymology
Forms
Various attested forms of "to be"[4][5]
- ná "is"
- nánye/nanye “I am”
- nalye "you are" (polite)
- natye “you are” (familiar)
- nás “it is”,
- náse “(s)he is”
- nalme “we are”
- nát "they (dual) are"
- nar/nár "they are"
- náne/né "was"
- anen “I was”,
- anel “you were”
- nése "he was"
- anes “(s)he/it was”
- nét "they (dual) were"
- náner/nér "they were"
- uva/nauva "will be"
- nauvan "I will be
- anaie "has been"
Syntax
Na is following the sentece. When used in imperative, it precedes the adjective.[7]
- na aire "be holy"
- aire na "it is holy"
See also
