Opahtielva 2025-02
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This story was written by Chaered and discussed in the VL Opahtielva channel on 2025-02-15. It is a "Who am I?" guessing game story. Reproduced here under CC-BY-SA 4.0 license.
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| No. | Quenya | Tengwar | Means |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yá eccuinun amauressë, nanyë maita. | | When I wake up at dawn, I am hungry. |
| 2 | Lorin malto hamnassë. | | I sleep on a pile of gold. |
| 3 | Ta lás aþima, mal ui ecë nin tuvë mustalan ta höa ve ni. | | That is not comfortable, but I cannot find a mattress as big as me. |
| 4 | Na tuvë arinwat, vilin felconyallo i nesselennar. | | To find breakfast, I fly from my cave to the pastures. |
| 5 | Tenna yenya manten yaxi, mal tá hlassen i láreä mat ná olca homen. | | Until last year I ate cows, but then I heard that fatty food is bad for the heart. |
| 6 | Etta sí senyavë matin wendi. | | So now I usually eat maidens. |
| 7 | Lúmelissen arinwat insa tullë felconyanna, ohtar hya arquen. | | Sometimes breakfast comes to my cave by itself, [as] a warrior or a knight. |
| 8 | Si ná fastima, mal hrávelta ná tarya, ar nihtar varmo himyar imbë nelcenyar. | | This is convenient, but their meat is tough, and bits of [their] armor stick between my teeth. |
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| 10 | M1: Man nanyë? | | Q1: Who am I? |
| 11 | M2: Manan vistanen arinwatinyo matta? | | Q2: Why did I change my breakfast diet? |
| 12 | M3: To mana lorin? | | Q3: What do I sleep on? |
| 13 | M4: Mana himya imbë nelcenyar? | | Q4: What gets between my teeth? |