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Liam Widvey wrote:

> Hey Guys,

**Well, it could look so, but here on elfling aren't only guys. Also
girls (or ladies) are among us as far as I know ;)

>
>    Does anyone know the translation of any of the Basic Everyday words
> such as Yes,No, and such to Quenya? I'm looking for the everyday words
> ya know?

**For "no" we can look into Etym on the stem LA- (LR:367). This stem
means "no, not" and gives Q. _laa_ and _lala, also _lau_, _laume_ (= 
_laa ume_), "no, no indeed not, on the contrary". With a word for "yes" 
it's difficult. We don't have any basic word for it given by Tolkien. 
But we could use a transcription that was used on Mellonath Dearon page. 
It's *_tancave_ - an adverb derived from adj. _tanca_ "fixed, firm,
sure" (Etym under TAK, LR:389), thus meaning "surely, certainly".

Other basic words I can recollect now:
*_hantale_ "thankgiving" - isolated from _Eruhantale_ "Thankgiving to
Eru", could be used as "thanks" (we can also isolate *_hanta_ 
"thank(s), give(s) thank")
_aiya_ "hail, *hello"
_namaarie_ "farewell"
And some interjections:
_en_ "look!, there, yonder"
_yee_ probably "yeah"
_ai_ *"ah, alas"
_ela_ "look!, see!, lo!"


Ales Bican