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Александр Запрягаев, Paul Strack, Fiona Jallings, Discussion

Fiona Jallings Sep 06, 2015 (04:18)

Hey Quenya wranglers! Is there a negative existence-copula in Quenya? I know that there is “ea” for a positive copula, but i’m unsure about the negative version.

Paul Strack Sep 06, 2015 (05:46)

It seems that Tolkien used the negative particles (lá or ú) as a negative copula. For example:

http://eldamo.org/content/words/word-1092381085.html

Александр Запрягаев Sep 06, 2015 (09:37)

+Fiona Jallings With na and ëa separating and ëa as a part of normal verbal system, I see no reason against lá ëa.