• Answer Key 1.1
• Answer Key 1.2
• Answer Key 1.3
• Answer Key 1.4
• Answer Key 1.5

Answer Key 1.1

1. Swords cut orcs.
2. The elf finds (or discovers) a city.
3. I am shining.
4. The king is watching birds.
5. The dwarves are running.
6. Men have houses.
7. I watch stars.
8. The birds sleep.

9. Sevin aew.
10. i-Ñgîl sílar.
11. Orch rista i-daur.
12. i-Chothron lôr.
13. in-Aew medir.
14. Tirin i-mâr.
15. in-Edain hirir in-Edhil.
16. Edhil menir.

Answer Key 1.2

1. He/she is running.
2. You are watching my house.
3. I cut you.
4. Your swords are shining.
5. You are eating it.
6. His king is going.
7. I find the forest.
8. The elf watches them.

9. Sevil i-vegil nín.
10. i-Chothron hîr i-thoer dhín.
11. i-Edhel tîr i-garas dín.
12. Menin.
13. i-Chadhod hîr nin.
14. Lôr.
15. Orch mâd den.
16. in-Erain dín nerir.

Answer Key 1.3

1. The strong men cut the forest now.
2. An orc [is] wet.
3. A blue bird is sleeping.
4. The king forever watches the city.
5. I cut the swift orc.
6. I cut swift[ly] the orc.

7. i-Edhel tirir i-ñil aglareb.
8. Te hadhod dond.
9. in-Aew menir chae.
10. Luin in-yrch ñyrth.
11. i-Chothron lôr vae.
12. i-Aran vae-vell mâd.

Answer Key 1.4

1. The man is running from the orcs.
2. Birds are sleeping in the forest.
3. Dwarves [are] under the hills.
4. The stars shine in the heavens.
5. The captain of men [is] without a sword. ¹
6. The king now goes to his city.

• Note ¹: This one was tricky because pen- is a verb that requires a direct object.

7. Thalion ve ang i-Orch.
8. in-Edain medir e charas.
9. i-Chadhod sâf vegil angren.
10. Or in-emyn Ell. ¹
11. Medin v’ i-vinas nín.
12. Edhil ñyrth lerir anuir v’ in-emyn.

• Note ¹: This one poetically works even in English: “Over the hills – sky.”

Answer Key 1.5

1. The man and the dwarf have swords.
2. Swords that cut orcs shine blue[ly].
3. He/she has a sword from which orcs run.
4. I am watching the captain of orcs to whom the orcs go. ¹

• Note ¹: At this point, we're venturing into more speculative territory. This illustrates the complexity of the language and circles back to the idea that it remains incomplete.

5. Edhil lerir v’ i-daur i yrch ristar.
6. Edain hirir i-daur *ias/iah in-edhil lerir. ¹
7. Edhil nerir od in-yrch idh ristar i-daur.
8. Edain a chedhyd menir n’ i-daur *ial in-edhil nerir. ¹

• Note ¹: Same goes for these two sentences as well.

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