Your Sindarin Textbook
Chapter Four: Reckoning
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In Gondor, the date is the seventh of July. According to the Elves, the date is the Fiftieth of Summer. Two names, one occasion. Mi 'Ondor i aur erin Gerveth odothui. Ben edhil i aur erin Laer tâd-caninchui. Tâd enith, min lû. This chapter has two parts to every lesson… The Dúnedain's style and the Elven style. Elves have a very different system of reckoning from the Gondorians, and you must learn both systems. There also is the optional lesson on how to write Elven numbers in the orthography of Beleriand. Some outside reading material for you:
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