English translation	Literal translation	Sindarin translation
[understood word] [inf]=[informal] [f]=[formal]
Can you speak Elvish?	do [inf] you speak Elvish	Pelich peded edhellen?
Can you speak Elvish?	do [f] you speak Elvish	Pelil peded edhellen?
Can you speak the language of the Elves?	do [inf] you speak the language of the Elves	Pelich peded i lam-in-edhil?
Can you speak the language of the Elves?	do [f] you speak the language of the Elves	Pelil peded i lam-in-edhil?
Can you speak the languages of the Elves?	do [inf] you speak the languages of the Elves	Pelich peded i laim-in-edhil?
Can you speak the languages of the Elves?	do [f] you speak the languages of the Elves	Pelil peded i laim-in-edhil?
Do they understand me?	do they understand me	Nin heniar?
Do they understand?	do they understand	Heniar?
Do you promise?	do [inf] you promise	Buiach?
Do you promise?	do [f] you promise	Buial?
Do you understand me?	do [inf] you understand me	Nin heniach?
Do you understand me?	do [f] you understand me	Nin henial?
Do you understand?	do [inf] you understand	Heniach?
Do you understand?	do [f] you understand	Henial?
He doesn't speak Elvish	He doesn't speak Elvish	E �-bêd edhellen
He doesn't speak the language of the Elves	He doesn't speak the language of the Elves	E �-bêd i lam-in-edhil
He doesn't speak the languages of the Elves	He doesn't speak the languages of the Elves	E �-bêd i laim-in-edhil
He doesn't understand me	He doesn't understand me	E nin �-chenia
He doesn't understand us	He doesn't understand us	E ven �-chenia
He doesn't understand you	He doesn't understand [f] you	E le �-chenia
He doesn't understand you	He doesn't understand [inf] you	E gen �-chenia
He doesn't understand	He doesn't understand	E �-chenia
He speaks Elvish	He speaks Elvish	E pêd edhellen
He speaks the language of the Elves	He speaks the language of the Elves	E pêd i lam-in-edhil
He speaks the languages of the Elves	He speaks the languages of the Elves	E pêd i laim-in-edhil
He understands me	He understands me	E nin henia
He understands us	He understands us	E ven henia
He understands you	He understands [inf] you	E gen henia
He understands you	He understands [f] you	E le henia
He understands	He understands	E henia
How do you know Elvish?	How do [inf] you understand Elvish	Manen heniach edhellen?
How do you know Elvish?	How do [f] you understand Elvish	Manen henial i lam edhellen?
I don't doubt it	I know it	Han iston
I don't know	I don't know	�-iston
I don't speak Elvish	I don't speak Elvish	�-bedin edhellen
I don't speak the language of the Elves	I don't speak the language of the Elves	�-bedin i lam-in-edhil
I don't speak the languages of the Elves	I don't speak the languages of the Elves	�-bedin i laim-in-edhil
I don't think so	I don't know	�-iston
I don't understand you	I don't understand [inf] you	Gen �-chenion
I don't understand you	I don't understand [f] you	Le �-chenion
I don't want it	I don't desire it	Han �-an�ron
I doubt it	I don't think it	Han �-nauthon
I give you my permission	I give my permission to [inf] you	Annon dh�f n�n achen
I give you my permission	I give my permission to [f] you	Annon dh�f n�n le
I have an idea	I have an idea	Gerin naw
I have no idea	I have no idea	Gerin �-naw
I know	I know	Iston
I speak Elvish	I speak Elvish	Pedin edhellen
I speak the language of the Elves	I speak the language of the Elves	Pedin i lam-in-ehdil
I speak the languages of the Elves	I speak the languages of the Elves	Pedin i laim-in-ehdil
I swear	I swear	Gweston
I think so	I know it	Han iston
I understand you	I understand [inf] you	Gen henion
I understand you	I understand [f] you	Le henion
I wish to speak	I desire to speak	An�ron peded
My daddy and my mommy speak Elvish	My daddy and my mommy speak Elvish	Ada n�n a nana n�n pedir edhellen
My daddy and my mommy spoke Elvish	My daddy and my mommy spoke Elvish	Ada n�n a nana n�n pennir edhellen
My daddy speaks Elvish	My daddy speaks Elvish	Ada n�n pêd edhellen
My daddy spoke Elvish	My daddy spoke Elvish	Ada n�n pent edhellen
My father and my mother speak Elvish	My father and my mother speak Elvish	Adar n�n a naneth n�n pedir edhellen
My father and my mother spoke Elvish	My father and my mother spoke Elvish	Adar n�n a naneth n�n pennir edhellen
My father speaks Elvish	My father speaks Elvish	Adar n�n pêd edhellen
My father spoke Elvish	My father spoke Elvish	Adar n�n pent edhellen
My mommy speaks Elvish	My mommy speaks Elvish	Nana n�n pêd edhellen
My mommy spoke Elvish	My mommy spoke Elvish	Nana n�n pent edhellen
My mother speaks Elvish	My mother speaks Elvish	Naneth n�n pêd edhellen
My mother spoke Elvish	My mother spoke Elvish	Naneth n�n pent edhellen
She doesn't speak Elvish	She doesn't speak Elvish	E �-bêd edhellen
She doesn't speak the language of the Elves	She doesn't speak the language of the Elves	E �-bêd i lam-in-edhil
She doesn't speak the languages of the Elves	She doesn't speak the languages of the Elves	E �-bêd i laim-in-edhil
She doesn't understand me	She doesn't understand me	E nin �-chenia
She doesn't understand us	She doesn't understand us	E ven �-chenia
She doesn't understand you	She doesn't understand [f] you	E le �-chenia
She doesn't understand you	She doesn't understand [inf] you	E gen �-chenia
She doesn't understand	She doesn't understand	E �-chenia
She speaks Elvish	She speaks Elvish	E pêd edhellen
She speaks the language of the Elves	She speaks the language of the Elves	E pêd i lam-in-edhil
She speaks the languages of the Elves	She speaks the languages of the Elves	E pêd i laim-in-edhil
She understands me	She understands me	E nin henia
She understands us	She understands us	E ven henia
She understands you	She understands [inf] you	E gen henia
She understands you	She understands [f] you	E le henia
She understands	She understands	E henia
They don't speak Elvish	They don't speak Elvish	�-bedir edhellen
They don't speak the language of the Elves	They don't speak the language of the Elves	�-bedir i lam-in-edhil
They don't speak the languages of the Elves	They don't speak the languages of the Elves	�-bedir i laim-in-edhil
They don't understand me	They don't understand me	Nin �-cheniar
They don't understand us	They don't understand us	Ven �-cheniar
They don't understand you	They don't understand [inf] you	Gen �-cheniar
They don't understand you	They don't understand [inf] you	Le �-cheniar
They don't understand	They don't understand	�-cheniar
They speak Elvish	They speak Elvish	Pedir edhellen
They speak the language of the Elves	They speak the language of the Elves	Pedir i lam-in-edhil
They speak the languages of the Elves	They speak the languages of the Elves	Pedir i laim-in-edhil
They understand me	They don't understand me	Nin heniar
They understand us	They understand us	Ven heniar
They understand you	They understand [inf] you	Gen heniar
They understand you	They understand [inf] you	Le heniar
They understand	They don't understand	Heniar
We don't speak Elvish	We don't speak Elvish	�-bedim i lam edhellen
We don't speak the language of the Elves	We don't speak the language of the Elves	�-bedim i lam-in-edhil
We don't speak the languages of the Elves	We don't speak the languages of the Elves	�-bedim i laim-in-edhil
We speak Elvish	We speak the Elven language	Pedim edhellen
We speak the language of the Elves	We speak the language of the Elves	Pedim i lam-in-edhil
We speak the languages of the Elves	We speak the languages of the Elves	Pedim i laim-in-edhil
What did you say?	What [inf] you said	Man pennich?
What did you say?	What [f] you said	Man pennil?
What you just said	I say that which [inf] you said	Pedin dan i pennich
What you just said	I say that which [f] you said	Pedin dan i pennil