Open dreamingfifi opened 4 years ago
Words that end in RE where the E is silent, the R should be Óre instead of Rómen, since the silent E doesn't count as a vowel.
Tolkien spoke an R-drop accent, meaning that the R vanished most of the time, but was retained before vowel sounds.
Here's a good video explaining it (with bonus cute old people) https://youtu.be/hWjcoajXRVg
Thus, "are" and "were" would be:
ore:a:i-below vala;ore:e:i-below
Words that end in RE where the E is silent, the R should be Óre instead of Rómen, since the silent E doesn't count as a vowel.
Tolkien spoke an R-drop accent, meaning that the R vanished most of the time, but was retained before vowel sounds.
Here's a good video explaining it (with bonus cute old people) https://youtu.be/hWjcoajXRVg
Thus, "are" and "were" would be: