So! It turns out that the 17th issue of Parma Eldalamberon is complete but hasn't yet been announced or made available for purchase. According to Helge Fauskanger's post on the Elfling listserve, the issue is huge and contains a great deal of post-LOTR linguistic material, including new information on Khuzdûl. It's particularly concerned with
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According to the map, I would guess you have a few Mirkwood Elves in your history, though the fatalistic part sounds more Noldorin.
Hey, the Polish verb for dreaming works like that!
So, would you say, 'my dream' or 'the dream'? Thinking of some of the impersonal verbs in English, like 'appears' ('it appears to me'), the equivalent noun would be 'the appearance' rather than 'my appearance', which would mean something quite different.
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I finally went with the more complicated translation, though I think that in Quenya, from Tolkien's descripton, one could use 'dream' as a noun. However, from this explanation of the Polish use of 'it dreams', I think I've still created something nonsensical.
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Perhaps Galion is your Elven forefather?
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