On the Sindarin Pronunciation page, I’ve added recordings to help people learn how to pronounce Sindarin words. If people love this addition, I’ll add the same feature to the other pronunciation guide pages.
Fiona J.
Hello! I'm your friendly neighborhood linguist! I grew up on a small sheep and horse ranch in Montana, but now I'm a city-slicker and a college grad, with a degree in English-Linguistics from the University of Montana. I am the owner and head translator of this website.
New Name Chosen and Book News!
The new name for the Sindarin class website has been chosen: Realelvish Academy! I’m in the process of reorganizing the website to match the new textbook. The way I’m organizing it, I could add more classes to it. Things like, a Quenya course, or maybe a Thalas’sian course if I
Help Rename the Sindarin Class’ Website
A link to the poll that will help me decide! Since the textbook is no longer called “Your Sindarin Textbook” and the website now holds two courses (Gelio Edhellen! and Teitho Edhellen!) it needs a new name. Follow the link above to the poll that will help me make my
Sindarin Phrasebooks Updated
At 5:30 AM, I finally completed uploading the updates to the Neo-Sindarin phrasebooks, including their German translations! Alphin is our German translator, so feel free to send her some thank-yous for all of her hard work! Other than a sparkly new German translation, I’ve reorganized many of the phrasebooks to
Galadriel’s Lament as Sung by an Opera Singer
Richard is a friend and Sindarin student of mine, and he’s got a pretty amazing voice. Here he is singing Galadriel’s Lament, with the music arranged by Donald Swann: You can see how to pronounce this poem on it’s page in the Recorded Scripts section, and maybe make your own
Thank you 2016 Donators!
I’ve never received so many donations before! This has definitely broken all of my records. You guys are generous and thoughtful, and you make me so happy to be part of this fandom! There were a total of 18 donators this year, who donated a total of $1,077. This money
Updates to Donation Page
I have some updates to the Donation Page! People have tried to do monthly donations to me on Paypal, but found it cumbersome on their end. So, I’ve devised a way to re-create what Patreon does by creating a monthly payments button. I’ve included the most common donation amounts, and
Textbook Website is Working Again!
Turns out, the fix was really easy once I submitted the support ticket. They fixed it this morning, and the textbook is completely back online! Yay!
Textbook Troubles
TLDR: Sindarin Class is on break until the website is fixed. If you’re a student in the current Sindarin class, you may have noticed some technical problems plaguing the textbook’s website. The menu has gone all wonky, certain pages are giving nothing but errors, and you can’t login. Well, it’s
More Essays
There are a bunch of new essays listed in the Essays page, thanks to a reader sending me a list of good ones that they like. If you know of any good ones, and think that they should be listed on my website, feel free to send me the links!