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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Linyenwa mardelma engië mi talma tauressë ar' oronteli.	        	Our old house has stood [been] in an open space in a forest near some mountains.
2	I taurë yána: númessë alalveä, yassë haustar eär linimë lindalië aiwelion.	             	The forest is vast: in the west full of elms, where there are nests of many kinds of melodious small birds.
3	Formessë ambena i oronteli eär fimbi þúci, ar hún tupina lantanwë þononelmelínen.	             	In the north closer to the mountains are slender pines, and the ground is covered in fallen pine-needles.
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5	Entë rómenna ecë tuvë mottoli rainë vorë sirië nellelínen, ar oricon quilin eccoië nelmaþirpelínen.	               	Furthermore, to the east one can find fenlands laced with ever-flowing brooks, and heather, adorned with thorny thistles,.
6	Hyarmenna i ambor laicalassi, uis anwa rostaurë, mal tanomë távar lauyar.	             	To the south, the hills are leaf-green, it is not truly a rain forest, but big trees flourish there.
7	Amna i mar eä cinta töasta relyávaldaron, i yava elmen úmië cévë relyáveli.	              	Near the house is a small grove of fig-trees, which bear us abundant fresh figs.
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9	Enel i töasta ar i mar latë pelin nesselë, yassë hánonya emernë nyéníli, as sérinqua lóna quiltaina siquilisselínen.	                    	Between the grove and the house lies an enclosed pasture, where my brother kept goats, with a still pool ringed by weeping willows.
10	Se né ohtar i aranwa auta coranalli, mal sír cemendur ve inyë; santes macalya, ar rië tyastas lanquinga farastanen nornolasseä tauressë.	            ;           	He was a soldier of the king some years ago, but now is a farmer like me; he put aside his sword, and only applies a crossbow to hunting in the oak-leaved area of the forest.
11	Lillumë os úyalë, i ruimenessë, pó per-ulma miruo lehtaila lambarya, nyarnes intyaiti nyarnar, vinyamólin ar cairavë lastailë olanwalin, nembavë nyarvië mal allumë sapsarrimë.	                            	Often, around dusk, after a half-flagon of wine loosening his tongue, he told fantastic stories, to credulous youngsters and eagerly listening adults, probably made-up but never boring.
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13	Ñolya verressenya arimaitë ambahempë lotarwa pó mar; ó niþilë olóteo ar miryë luicarni insilli andë þirpelissen, sanomë né aþcénima alatulya tanna naþalin.	      ;                 	My dark-haired sister-in-law skillfully maintained a flower-garden in front of the house, with fragrance from its bloom and beautiful purple flowers on long stalks, there it was an evident welcome sign to guests.
14	Nalumë i naþali nér i niëri, carneltë híma lís elmen mi niëres i töastassë.	               	Sometimes the guest were bees, they made sticky honey for us in a hive in the grove.

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