Learn to Speak Elvish Part 1| Vowels | Lord Of The Rings

[@ElvenWisdom]

Note~I have been told that the "A" is short sound, even though the mouth opens long and the cheeks drop down. So it can be confusing. Just know the WORD is correct it is always "Arm" or "Father" so you do not say "Apple, or At" which can sound more nasal. Open your moth to create the "Aw" with all your a's. Tip*Say "Arwen", to help remind you of the open sound. This is a British sounding "Aw" sound in English. Keep in mind...just make it very OPEN sounding like a Brit. ;) UPDATE~someone caught my mistake of writing Mae Govannen, with the "e" flipped with the "a". I apologize for that confusion and dyslexic moment!

[@gil-galad7072]

You did mistakes in pronounciation. You have to speak -ae like -ei. For example mae -> mei.

[@jennihaase6803]

WHICH form of elvish? TOLKIEN WROTE MANY & I have books to prove it

[@gil-galad7072]

@@jennihaase6803 Sindarin.

[@laurenashton7412]

I have Dyslexia too!!!!!

[@J-IFWBR]

phonetic alphabet should be teached all over the world in elementary scool and this is why =).

[@SnowieTheMoth3]

I wish they had schools for langauges like elvish, orcish, faey, centaurian, dwarvish, and every other language. Also i love the nature track in the background! I am now dedicating my time to learning elvish! Thank you for making this amazing video! It warms my heart to see someone taking their time to teach non-elvish speakers, the tongue of the elves! Liked, and subscribed!

[@kimayagrace6065]

I think they teach it in collage

[@ecchyu]

@@kimayagrace6065 where? I would love to know

[@kimayagrace6065]

@@ecchyu I'm not sure but I think it counts as an English credit

[@kaylavankoll7171]

Is there a fae language that differs from elvish?

[@SnowieTheMoth3]

@@kaylavankoll7171 in Canon? Depeneds. Some refer to Faey as "Faeries" which have a similar language to the Elvish. But it isn't in the same area as the Elvish tongue. So in reality it just depends on your point of view.

[@Alicejamir]

There are no birds chirping sound when I pronounce, why❓🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@timomastosalo]

You don't use your mouth and throat right - think more naturally.

[@lollipopcandy8855]

You should feel like a bird everytime you pronounce, you can try again if you fail. Just think that you are a bird and you will succeed

[@Subholik3]

XD

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

The birds are speaking elfish!

[@BLVCK6]

Bruh moment

[@ennih9411]

This is so cool, I’m from Finland and this is exacly how we pronounce vowels. I knew Tolkien used finnish language as inspiration but this was suprisingly close! Now I’m wondering that maybe it is already a sign to the elven words that I was born speaking finnish. 🌟

[@atanvardo5730]

The Elvish language she is talking about is Sindarin, which was not actually inspired by Finnish (but by Welsh and Old Norse). Tolkien's Finnish-inspired Elvish language is Quenya, instead. But the vowels in Sindarin are pronounced the same as in Quenya, I think that's why you thought Sindarin was Finnish-inspired.

[@johnhassell2328]

How did you learn to speak elvish? Did you use books? Or what sources did you use?

[@michaelweber3369]

She's lying I studied Elvis for 31 years and I have a master's degree in it she is mixing door fish with Ella fish which is dorella fish and I believe she has a little doorfish so you say you say later a

[@roger5059]

@@michaelweber3369 sauron had a stroke trying to read this and fucking died

[@user-yy3ro9uy7j]

@@roger5059 LMFAO

[@RickardLejonhjarta]

​@@michaelweber3369 truly the language of the gods

[@ramiropuentes6384]

That is so precious I want to cry because the language sounds beutiful is it a form of light language :-)

[@ElvenWisdom]

it is a form of light language and I use it often in my videos indeed :) Once you learn Elvish it opens up energy centers in your own body and really takes you into the realms of your own higher soul. Glad you stopped by, Mellon!

[@cosmicman621]

High Elven Wisdom And Love ...well that is VERY interesting...I will admit that I am aware of these things.AWEN

[@G-ForceJoJo]

I heard today elvish is actually a light language and now I understand why I was always so attracted to the sound of this language, it's so beautiful...

[@Sixstringslust]

This is so helpful in case I meet an elf someday, thanks!

[@REDRVNSQUEST]

You have nice hand writing , thank you for sharing this

[@themoonflowerfaerie]

You have such a elvish beauty and purity about you. I just enjoy watching you and feeling the beauty of spirit coming from you

[@AngelinaSkylove_719]

You look like an elf. You should've been in the LOTR Trilogy, you're so pretty. I'm jealous 😅

[@ElvenWisdom]

You are so sweet to say that! Hannon le ( Thank you) but remember anyone can be an Elf, it is more what you carry inside of you than the outside

[@ishika_singh7066]

@@ElvenWisdom true

[@goldenking2259]

This video was helpful! I've been wanting to learn how to speak some basic elvish in a long time!

[@miu9727]

I'm a Japanese and I've just started learning Elvish, But this video is very easy to understand. Hannon le!

[@julialuminasalsa]

Thank you for this! Ive been wantinf to learn sindarin for the past 10 years now and I have finally got mental energy and space for it.

[@cloieface1494]

I love your channel sometimes i wish you were my teacher and I could learn this face to face

[@Wraith_of_Storm]

I don't whom you are, but WOW...YOU'RE GORGEOUS!!!

[@bisexualbestie4351]

At school I always say “ Á nin Mellon le abdollen” (hi my friend your late)

[@longbowandwarbowcraftingbo2859]

awesome video, i absolutely love lotr and love the books too :)

[@your_dad_on_vacation]

Learning this to sing sea shanties in elvish

[@Venice_btc]

I made my own elven language and this helped me

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

Awesome!!

[@peachysparkles]

That's so cool!!! How long did it take you to do that?

[@johankatimkova4711]

elvish is soo beautiful language:))

[@Mr.C2K]

I rewatched LOTR and the Hobbit...I really want to learn how to speak Elvish it would be pretty cool

[@natkahwdp1]

Love the sound of every word 🥰

[@dancooper6705]

Thanks for your help with elvish !

[@longbowandwarbowcraftingbo2859]

please make more videos :)

[@erikcools891]

isn't it "mae govannen" instead of "mea govannen" ?

[@ElvenWisdom]

Erik Cools oh! I see I wrote it as "mea" yes, it's supposed to be "mae", that was a strange switch I did while writing. Oops! Thanks for the catch! On my second video on the language I will fix that.

[@atanvardo5730]

Yes, it is *mae govannen* (lieterally, "well met"). This is a greeting formula in Sindarin.

[@michaelweber3369]

Bro I want till understand why you wear Star Wars Underpants bill when your 48

[@ellipsiscommenter2325]

It kinda easy for me to learn elvish cause the vowel are pretty similar to Icelandic

[@AYan-oy6hb]

As in Spanish.

[@AYan-oy6hb]

Icelandic is beautiful!

[@atanvardo5730]

Learning Elvish is actually far easier than learning any foreign language.

[@6es282]

This is very helpful! Thank you!

[@Rigonatti_Angelo]

ok, i just felt in love

[@lrenandp]

So, the way vowels sounds in Spanish is pretty much the same in Elvish and in Old Norse I think, al the "r" sound

[@waseemsiddiqi5450]

My precious 🥰

[@cosmicman621]

...thank you for your informative post....cheers...can you tell me why the elvish princess..Arwen’s,name is not pronounced with a ..rolling R..in the movies ? I read that both elvish languages use rolling R’s...so I am confused that Arwen..in the chase to the Ford scene does not pronounce her name in this way...thanks for your help

[@fluffyjr.4322]

thank you! i love this video! LOTR is the best!

[@PirateLoard]

Hmm, I know now how to speak tweet tweet! Sweet! But yes, thank you for this tutorial, it helps clean up a little of the vowels I've been having a problem with.

[@hihi615]

Lmao throughout this whole video I was like *"What the hell are the birds doing up a midnight chirping this loud?"*

[@jackwooten2374]

I would like to point out that Vedui doesn’t mean “hello”. Hello is “Ai!” Vedui is the lenited form of Medui meaning “final, last”. I believe this line comes from the scene (in the book) when Glorfindel meets Aragorn/Strider. Glorfindels line is “Ai! Na vedui Dúnadan.” Meaning “Hi/hello! At last Dúnadan (man of the west)”

[@Miresgaldir]

You legit look elvish 🥰

[@kristynazakova2205]

It's pretty weird to post a commentary under a three year old video. Nevermind. Since I am from the Czech Republic, it is nice to see that the pronunciation of the letters is very almost identical to the pronunciation of the Czech letters. 🌺Otherwise a beautiful video🌺

[@natkahwdp1]

At the beginning of your video you said that words and it sounded so familiar and I felt like I understood...how crazy is that...

[@oliverbogren9530]

bless you for this vid

[@ersen.yeser123]

Thanks a lot for information, you teach us a lot. :D

[@tamamoeke8786]

namarie for farewell is very similar to my language being Maori "pomarie " which is farewell aswell..

[@ElvenWisdom]

That is very interesting! And Lord of the Rings was captured in New Zealand later on in the movies. What a beautiful language you have :)

[@vincentfrancoisdejarjayes4533]

I'm glad I watched this and my character is an elf so thank you for teaching me.also can you do a part two?

[@grnttwk6]

Interesting video, Greetings from New Zealand 😊

[@queens.dee.223]

I don't know if you are still seeing comments on these old videos but thank you so much for this. What script would this be written in? Cuio nin mellon!

[@williamsfigueiredo2931]

The sounds of vowels is same of brazilian portuguese!

[@adigheju7921]

Pronouncion for vocals is from latin. Portughese, romanian and italian is same pronouncion

[@adigheju7921]

In romanian every letter is sound like in elvish except "w" who is not in our alphabet but should sound like "v" most then "u" like in english language.

[@oskys2007]

Me and my daughter just watched your videos right now and it really helped us with Elvish because we don’t know elvish and we need to learn Elvish because we have elfs And she thinks that they speak English but they really don’t they speak Elvish.

[@oskys2007]

Sorry I made a mistake in the sentence😎😑

[@tristancoble7902]

Those are some very active birds. Wonder what the heck they are doing... Great beginners vid for the vowels.

[@georgehazzard3149]

Thank you very much our precious sister's. We love you all forever because OUR HEAVENLY FATHER'S LOVE YOU all the first.

[@hopeking3588]

Cool!

[@willmacrealtalk4754]

Do another video on Elvish slang

[@lone-welf]

this is so badass.

[@draganbacanin5229]

Would you mind writing the name, alongside with author, of the book you've just recommended at the end of this video?

[@greatgouda4792]

Sindarin is so strange sometimes, mostly because when consistently spoken there is a distinct rhythm to the language, if you don't follow that rhythm when speaking you can mess up. Take the first one "Mea Govannen Mellon nin" - trying saying that while randomly slowing down between words then speeding up again it comes out so weirdly haha

[@atanvardo5730]

I guess you were talking about the germinated consonants "nn" in "govannen" and "ll" in "mellon". This makes the language sound dynamic.

[@irinarakovicprivatepractice]

Amazing!

[@Goodyearmonkey]

Where did you buy your head chain? I need it for part of my girlfriend’s present.

[@SoundVillageChunin17]

Was there ever a part two? I can't find it in your playlists

[@timomastosalo]

You say the correct vowel values in the beginning, but the long and short you describe as English has used to think of them, and in English the length is petty much never purely the only reason 2 vowels are set apart. Or would you say pull has a short u/oo, and pool has the long u/oo? That's pretty much what it should be. Like English a in cat is not (just) short compared to the a in car. The first is also frontal and the second back sound. That means where our tongue makes them. These both are similar in that the tongue makes them in the bottom of the mouth.

[@priscillathompson1248]

The language is so cute

[@wisdomwizard3620]

You would be amazing at dungeons and dragons!

[@rosariovega6350]

Love it! Thank you!

[@chartykong]

I love elves so much, I’m already am one. 🧝‍♀️

[@Heidiblackrose84]

Is there a part 2

[@baglantsalbutunsellik]

we are using in same stracture in old turkish language.

[@paulipidonkel4236]

Can you Read a Story of a fairy tail or sth like this Mayen as a christmas special I d like to listen to it

[@kodychanmanivong4387]

How do you say beautiful in elvish

[@MarshOakDojoTimPruitt]

Thank You !!!

[@USMC_BABE38]

how do you teach someone who's never spoken elvish before I can only speak Germen and Spanish would love to learn Elvish

[@tinafurger8166]

Great video! But isn't "Namarië" Quenya? I may be mistaken though

[@ElvenWisdom]

Tina Furger yes! You are right indeed I forgot to mention that since all others are Sindarin, it was a throw back since Galadriel is ancient :) it was still used in the Last Age of Elves in the fellowship book. Good catch, Mellon!

[@manuelalejandroramossastre4506]

Tina Furger indeed

[@MelodyofCelts]

You are so cool!

[@ElvenWisdom]

MelodyofCelts Celcionna so glad you liked this, Mellon nin!

[@89childofthecorn]

I adore you so much!

[@2012Tigerfreund]

Mea Govannen, Mellon nin . my soul loves you, By vendui the" i" at the end is still? You live in australia? What is the elven healing session and its possible to visit you some time? So tolkien was right? perhaps I write you an email. Gi suilon & Namaste´ ❤😘

[@magllor]

The book how many page have ?

[@Funasenbaer]

great video, the only thing that confuses me are your octopus vowels sounds because to me your o's sound like an a, ah sound. im german and we have very distinct o and a sounds. i think english speakers get them mixed up sometimes like we turn an ä into an e.

[@hazel1909]

Are there other parts? I cant seem to find them

[@agrat9110]

how did u learn about this?

[@serkn3747]

So similar with my own language . Same sounds , same letters. I stopped video and I could read what you show. Problem is, how can ı understand the meanings 😅

[@angelinedemesa1170]

Hi again! How do you say "Happy birthday" in sindarin. My friend is having a birthday this weekend so I want to surprise her

[@atanvardo5730]

2 years later, but here it is... "Happy birthday" in Sindarin would be _edinor glassui_ , which translates literally "happy/merry/joyful anniversary" -- _edinor_ means "anniversary" (in Sindarin adjectives are usually placed after the nouns they describe -- but the opposite order is also possible in music or poetry, or for special emphasis). I must say that the adjective _glassui_ is not attested in Tolkien's writings. It was rather derived from _glass_ ("joy"), which is attested; but _glassui_ is widely accepted as a word for "joyful", "merry", "happy". Another Sindarin word meaning "joy" is _gell_ ("joy", "triumph"); but the adjective _gellui_ (derived from _gell_ ) is already attested with the meaning "triumphant", so it would not be used to mean "joyous", "merry", "happy", as in "happy birthday". For now, _edinor glassui_ is the best (probably the only) option to say "happy birthday" in Sindarin.

[@Sabrinemarine]

Sounds so welsh

[@cameronsharp6560]

How did you get suilad from greetings????

[@Seraphina-Rose]

"Suil" is understood to mean "greeting" from something Tolkien wrote, "Arassuil", a word believed to be derived from "Aran" and "Suil". From that, people conjecture a possible Sindarin verb "suila-" for "to greet", with gerund form "suilad" being "a greeting". It is not pronounced like "sweeLAD". Tolkien wrote a guide to pronunciation, the emphasis here belongs on the first syllable. "ui" sounds like smooching an "oo" and an "ih" together into one syllable. Try saying "SOO-ih-lad" in just two syllables. I geeked out hard core on Sindarin when the movies came out.

[@Heidiblackrose84]

Hi I love you personality are there any books on elfin language 🧝🏻‍♀️🧝🏻‍♀️🧝🏻‍♂️

[@ElvenWisdom]

Mae govannen, Mellon! That is is kind of you to say about me! Especially when I know I can come off quite intense..nobody seems to like intense :D Anyways, yes, after this video I finally bought the very nice David Salo's Gateway to Sindarin from Amazon. He was a linguist who worked on the movies, and I really enjoy that one. Also try to find on youtube Tolkien's actual readings of his Elvish poems and learn it from the master himself!

[@Heidiblackrose84]

High Elven Wisdom would you subscribe to my channel please I have a small channel also what accent do you have

[@ElvenWisdom]

Sure, mellon nin :)

[@Heidiblackrose84]

High Elven Wisdom how do you say thank you in elfin

[@ElvenWisdom]

There are a few ways, but "Hannon le" is what I say after every video and it is used in the movies as "thank you".

[@magmarok8209]

as a dwarf I am learning the language of the elves to know what they say behind my back.

[@ladyday8576]

I have Trouble Learning I have a learning disability it makes it difficult to learn Languages can you please help me?

[@JOONBUGFILMS]

How would you say deathstalker

[@brentcharles9225]

I would like to know if you read the Simarillion

[@ElvenWisdom]

YES..and I loved it. I also have it on CD form and listen to it often. I read from the book on my channel, especially the first chapter about Eru. My channel is about more the elves of the Third Age, about the retirement and evolution of their species, but I know all about the elven past in the old ages. It is kind of like where humanity is right now...doing "kin slaying" and such. Like the elves did...humans will grow out of it.

[@angelinedemesa1170]

How do you say lets eat, good luck and are you going? In sindarin

[@ElvenWisdom]

Since Quenya was the "root" of Elvish, some words or phrases are the same in Sindarin. let us come eat = Quenya "me tulil enno mat" good luck = Quenya "almare" or "Sindarin" galu Are you going? = ? needs to be rephrased a bit to match up to Elvish, they would say more like "let us go" or "come let us go", not a lot of questions since they understand each other so well telepathically.

[@angelinedemesa1170]

Your so cool! By the way tnx :)

[@ElvenWisdom]

Angeline demesa you are sweet! my pleasure! Cool in Elvish is "oel" :)

[@emmerynnightingale]

Ollo vae is pronounced as "OH-lo vAI" the "ae" creates an "AI" sound, and the "o" is a short "OH" sound. I've been studying Sindarin (which is pronounced "sEEn-dah-rEEn") for 7 years and I've talked to many people who can almost fluently hold a conversation in Sindarin, even though most of it comes from Neo-Sindarin. Hannon le, mellon. Navaer! 🙂

[@emmerynnightingale]

If you're wondering why I watched this video since I've been studying Sindarin for so long, it's because I'm trying to find a video for a friend of mine who doesn't know much Elvish, whatsoever.

[@adigheju7921]

There is no hidden letters in elvish. Quenya or Sindarin... Pronouncion of letters is like in latin so "E" is like "AIr" or "Enemy" or "intErnEt"

[@emmerynnightingale]

@@adigheju7921 I never said there's hidden letters. I simply explained the pronunciation of the phrase "Ollo vae." The letter E only has one sound for it though, which is pronounced "eh" unless it's combined with another letter (ex: ae makes a ah-eh sound and ai makes an Ah-EE sound).

[@nasr-rsln]

the last thing I remember is me going to study some math and I found myself here. + learning Elvish doesn't sound bad

[@K.Adler1120]

I bought the sindarin book, but im just stuck on vowel pronunciation

[@K.Adler1120]

@Sovereign never thought of that

[@RickRossZ33]

Nice. Nice

[@Ryancronin4709]

Dont know the game or anything but im just interested in the language

[@jowinchester]

Game? It's a trilogy of books that became a trilogy of movies and THEN a game...and a series now

[@lisalynnn]

I wish I could watch the rest of this video because it seems interesting. But, the bird chirps are too high pitched and it hurts my ears due to damage to my eardrums. You look lovely ❤

[@Quardoxial]

Saw you 2seconds isntantly wanna merry youi

[@tanakvagu_pulau5584]

Maybe you all can create a WhatsApp group to connect world to learn and practice sindarin language

[@rich450]

When we talk about "long vowels" and "short vowels" in English, it's not actually the vowel length we're talking about.

[@malingvideos9789]

Jerma . The Quiet "compact" man

[@lomejordelamusicacristiana4474]

I have never been more nerdy

[@timomastosalo]

Is it Mea or Mae? You said mae or mai in Sindarin. Mae would be close to 'my'. It's allowed, though that is more correctly written mai. Mae just should get 'mah' first, then turned to the e in pet. Which is tough for many English speakers. Mea should have that e of pet, then followed by that a of arm etc.

[@adigheju7921]

It is writing wrong. Is "Mae Govannen" not "Mea Govannen"

[@timomastosalo]

@@adigheju7921 Yeah I know ... did you read my whole comment? I explained how it should be said, and how 'mea' would produce different pronunciation. So my question was meant to make him/her to think it again - to notice their wrong spelling.

[@ramiropuentes6384]

I love you

[@janneykchapstick5300]

Vowels are only long if they make the sound of the letter. For example, "bite " has a long "i" vowel sound. The word "bit" doesn't use the sound of the letter "i" so it is a short vowel. I have BS in Language Arts

[@gil-galad7072]

It means 'mae govannen'.