TV presenter reads New Zealand's weather in Tolkien's Elvish | TVNZ Breakfast

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  • @kl3321
    @kl3321 Месяц назад +4729

    The most obscure faction of Elves: the Wèathermân, who saw the light of the two trees and commented that it was a great day for hiking.

    • @lady_sir_knight3713
      @lady_sir_knight3713 Месяц назад +83

      Weathermen are Calaquendi, got it.

    • @luxborealis
      @luxborealis Месяц назад +35

      I think you mean Wëathèrmän, predictors of the Front of Chill and the Realms of Heat.

    • @kl3321
      @kl3321 Месяц назад +22

      @@luxborealis of course, Wèathermân was an early spelling but Tolkien eventually settled on the one you gave

    • @Duranous.
      @Duranous. Месяц назад +8

      It better be a good day for hiking, I've got a ring to get rid of...

    • @user-qv2mc3dw5o
      @user-qv2mc3dw5o 14 дней назад +3

      i love this comment so very much

  • @FlagAnthem
    @FlagAnthem Год назад +7786

    Ah yes, the 3 languages of New Zealand:
    1) Maori
    2) English
    3) Sindarin

    • @v1e1r1g1e1
      @v1e1r1g1e1 Месяц назад +196

      Yeah. You're right. It's only those nerds who bother with Quenya!

    • @robertnett9793
      @robertnett9793 Месяц назад +55

      Well... and don't forget the language of Mordor all the free roaming orcs speak, who couldn't find a job after filming LOTR ended.

    • @panzerbanz7296
      @panzerbanz7296 Месяц назад +23

      1) English
      2) Maori
      3) Sindarin
      There fixed it for ya

    • @DaMuss-e2w
      @DaMuss-e2w Месяц назад +34

      @@panzerbanz7296
      1.Maori
      2.Madarin
      3.Hindi
      4.Samoan
      5.Sindarin
      6.English
      There fixed it for you. 🤣

    • @summermarshall8061
      @summermarshall8061 Месяц назад +9

      @@v1e1r1g1e1 did not expect to get called a nerd by the comments section.

  • @spacejihadist4246
    @spacejihadist4246 Месяц назад +1686

    He nailed the slow accent. The elves have so much time that they are not in a hurry to speak.

    • @Kawaiikitten0211
      @Kawaiikitten0211 Месяц назад +62

      @@spacejihadist4246 ADHD doesn’t exist for elves, got it

    • @asprywrites
      @asprywrites Месяц назад +18

      I know that's a trait for Ents, but...

    • @SolariusScorch
      @SolariusScorch Месяц назад +41

      @@asprywrites Ents are just way worse.

    • @JackieChaun-o3w
      @JackieChaun-o3w 27 дней назад +4

      @@SolariusScorch lmao

    • @TimeWaster_Elite
      @TimeWaster_Elite 24 дня назад +8

      Is that an actual thing in the lore? I'm not that deep into it.

  • @jhowell1321
    @jhowell1321 Месяц назад +542

    I only regret that it took 12 years for me to find this video. Life. Changed. Spread this EVERYWHERE.

  • @weldonwin
    @weldonwin 12 лет назад +2656

    I just absolutely love the way Sindaril flows. Tolkien was both a scholar and a poet when he created the language and I have massive respect to anyone who can speak it fluently

    • @CT-7567-
      @CT-7567- 2 года назад +60

      *Sindarin

    • @Crongle
      @Crongle Год назад +38

      Sounds like Cymraeg tbh

    • @TheDrumstickEmpire
      @TheDrumstickEmpire Год назад +83

      @@Crongle Sindarin is based off of the Celtic languages; such comparison is to be expected.

    • @MethaneHorizon
      @MethaneHorizon 5 месяцев назад +79

      You can't really speak Sindarin or Quenya fluently, as while there's enough to do a lot, it isn't enough to say, give an impromptu lecture.
      Its passably conversational at *best*. But, that's fucking impressive as it's completely realistic and designed by one individual. So unfortunately no one really speaks "Fluent" anything from Tolkein. Some just are experts in what was written, but the language itself didn't have a wide enough vocabulary to develop fluency.

    • @埊
      @埊 2 месяца назад +8

      @@MethaneHorizon namarie thann au beathar zai hwestartollan zhong.

  • @hollyhughes5294
    @hollyhughes5294 4 года назад +6749

    Imagine Tolkien watching this: "What... What have I done..."

    • @Rinesmyth
      @Rinesmyth 4 года назад +600

      I know he never liked the idea of people living out his creations, but to be fair what else can be expected?

    • @djokealtena2538
      @djokealtena2538 3 года назад +581

      He would be helping him with his pronounciation just as any Language teacher would🤣

    • @ReidGarwin
      @ReidGarwin 2 года назад +194

      The elves made it to the later ages!! Lol

    • @恩予-y1g
      @恩予-y1g 2 года назад +98

      @@ReidGarwin Gotta make a living somehow lol

    • @noodboy4633
      @noodboy4633 Год назад +37

      can't wait for dagor dagorath recreation irl!

  • @Kaiser-iy3tk
    @Kaiser-iy3tk 7 лет назад +2832

    Boss: Which is your special talent about weather?
    Weatherman: I speak Sindarin
    Boss: Welcome and you are fucking ascended

    • @Agustin_Leal
      @Agustin_Leal 5 месяцев назад +16

      W boss

    • @naneri
      @naneri 4 месяца назад +30

      Sorry, we only accept quenya speakers 💀

    • @alexcom_
      @alexcom_ 4 месяца назад +20

      Boss: starts speaking mordor-tongue.

    • @埊
      @埊 2 месяца назад +1

      Shurri, waa anri aksept Thu'um dovahzul 语.

    • @jpfg2713
      @jpfg2713 Месяц назад +2

      @@埊 is that... The dragon tongue from Skyrim?

  • @aplaceforthebirds4216
    @aplaceforthebirds4216 10 лет назад +2952

    I remember waking up and watching this on tv in the morning? Haha still makes me laugh. If anyone tries to tell you New Zealand is something other than three islands chock full of nerds and dweebs don't believe them 😂😂

    • @thepreacher7399
      @thepreacher7399 4 года назад +22

      @lady galadriel That comment is six years old, and he's not even being rude..

    • @rachelnewton1150
      @rachelnewton1150 3 года назад +29

      full of immigrants now, very epic

    • @hakohito
      @hakohito 2 года назад +9

      @@rachelnewton1150 oh so you're native indigenous?

    • @rachelnewton1150
      @rachelnewton1150 2 года назад +24

      @@hakohito yes

    • @Hawkent
      @Hawkent 2 года назад

      @@rachelnewton1150 Bitch u are not indigenous sit tf down LMAO

  • @todayssam153
    @todayssam153 8 лет назад +2272

    I wish elvish was just our actual language here in NZ hahaa

    • @livedandletdie
      @livedandletdie 6 лет назад +26

      But you guys have Kiwi... it's like your own language you could use to speak elsewhere in the world without anyone understanding.

    • @tishjuliana6556
      @tishjuliana6556 5 лет назад +91

      @@livedandletdie i seriously hope youre joking cause kiwi isnt a language

    • @ilyaelric9539
      @ilyaelric9539 5 лет назад +39

      Eleanor Shellstrop maybe he meant language of Maori

    • @diobutimnotdiobutitisidio1273
      @diobutimnotdiobutitisidio1273 4 года назад +90

      @@livedandletdie kiwi... yes indeed we speak the language of kiwi, we communicate to our fruits, and they speak through us

    • @diobutimnotdiobutitisidio1273
      @diobutimnotdiobutitisidio1273 4 года назад +3

      @@tishjuliana6556 is your name a totally eleanor shellstrop? Cause that's also the name from The Good Place

  • @linneris
    @linneris 5 месяцев назад +149

    I'm studying Sindarin, and though it took me a few rewatchings to understand what he's saying, I can confirm that it does actually match the subtitles. Really well-researched, using the correct Sindarin names for Middle-earth geography, too.

    • @SuperCoolSunglasses
      @SuperCoolSunglasses Месяц назад +4

      Oh my, where do you study it? From the internet somewhere? Or a book? I would be so interested to know some good source material if you care to share :)

    • @Achdujeh
      @Achdujeh Месяц назад +1

      Is it hard to learn? I have just bought an Elvish dictionary with grammar in it but have not yet started :)

    • @kuura37
      @kuura37 15 дней назад

      I would also love to know where I could study it

    • @Bunbun10100
      @Bunbun10100 2 дня назад

      Just learn Welsh, mae’n llawer fwy defnyddiol… yn ychwanegol, Cymraeg yw’r ysbrydoliaeth i’r iaith Sindarin 😌

  • @pangeas8623
    @pangeas8623 4 года назад +396

    I'm getting an unbelievable amount of asmr whenever he switches to elven

    • @atanvardo5730
      @atanvardo5730 3 года назад +24

      "Elvish" is the correct designation (and Elvish is not a single language, it is rather a group of languages). ;)

  • @smashbash123
    @smashbash123 2 года назад +5081

    He looks more Elvish than the Elves on the Amazon series!

    • @krugbit9642
      @krugbit9642 2 года назад +191

      Sad but true.

    • @miraclepsycho
      @miraclepsycho 2 года назад +115

      He is nice...and better.... so disappointed with Amazon...what happened 2022😢😢😢

    • @Alonoda
      @Alonoda Год назад +70

      We all know why

    • @magmaron9356
      @magmaron9356 Год назад +15

      Agreed

    • @naomiuchiha0906
      @naomiuchiha0906 Год назад +8

      Trueee

  • @ThranduilWithATardis
    @ThranduilWithATardis 7 лет назад +1016

    And now he's an elected member of parliament. I fucking love this country.

    • @atanvardo5730
      @atanvardo5730 3 года назад +171

      Now he can make Sindarin an official language in NZ

    • @golwenlothlindel
      @golwenlothlindel 7 месяцев назад +43

      Damn, good for him.

    • @abe881
      @abe881 Месяц назад +86

      Elected member of the council of Elrond*

    • @leno_o17
      @leno_o17 Месяц назад +39

      Damn. Ok, that seals my decision: if Russia decides to push the war further into Europe, I'm moving to New Zealand.

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance Месяц назад +32

      @@leno_o17
      "The flames of Isengard will spread. There will be no Shire left, Pippin."

  • @aragiss
    @aragiss 6 лет назад +4018

    00:44 See that, USA? Even Elves use metric units!

    • @inlovewithbooks4976
      @inlovewithbooks4976 5 лет назад +448

      Of course they do they are smart

    • @brainsploder4841
      @brainsploder4841 5 лет назад +56

      Screw metric, it may be better, but I rebel against the popular opinion.
      @InLoveWithBooks, using either system has no reflection upon your intelligence, that's stupid, it's like saying you're not smart cause you don't speak english, just makes no sense.

    • @chall-us6de
      @chall-us6de 4 года назад +42

      @@brainsploder4841 wow I just cut myself on your edgyness

    • @prototypep4
      @prototypep4 4 года назад +168

      @@brainsploder4841 trying to use a system based on fractions of its smallest measurement IS stupid. That's why all STEM fields use metric

    • @masonhenrickson7678
      @masonhenrickson7678 4 года назад +73

      I am in America and have never even left the country, yet I still use the metric system

  • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
    @TheSmart-CasualGamer 4 года назад +445

    Here's something to note.
    Tolkien made Sindarin so well, you're able to just use it for stuff like this.

  • @aubs400
    @aubs400 Месяц назад +88

    Sindarin ia largely based on Cymraeg (Welsh); if you love Middle Earth, in addition to NZ, visit Cymru, whose landscape, language, history, and literature had an enormous impact on Tolkien and then Middle Earth.

    • @a.katherinesuetterlin3028
      @a.katherinesuetterlin3028 Месяц назад +5

      @@aubs400 Ahh, that's why it felt like music to my ears. I'm from the States, but I absolutely love hearing Welsh! 😁🥰

    • @karphin1
      @karphin1 Месяц назад +3

      I had a feeling there was a connection to a Gaelic like tongue, Brythonic. What fun!

    • @cogboy302
      @cogboy302 Месяц назад +1

      Iechyd da.

  • @quantumannihilator3431
    @quantumannihilator3431 6 месяцев назад +64

    The fact that this exists makes me so happy.

  • @Longbow89
    @Longbow89 9 лет назад +1144

    The pronunciation was actually rather good!

    • @Kitties_are_pretty
      @Kitties_are_pretty 7 лет назад +222

      Yeah it's really impressive because I don't think it's his first language.

    • @verdakorako4599
      @verdakorako4599 7 лет назад +53

      XeQzh0n
      do you mean his Elvish or his English?:)

    • @angrysnekgoeschomp3240
      @angrysnekgoeschomp3240 4 года назад +51

      @@Kitties_are_pretty How would Sindarin be his first language? 😂

    • @Kitties_are_pretty
      @Kitties_are_pretty 4 года назад +44

      @@angrysnekgoeschomp3240 Now you're getting it.

    • @paitentdew8784
      @paitentdew8784 3 года назад +1

      @@Kitties_are_pretty that’s funny hehe

  • @JoyofWhisper
    @JoyofWhisper 6 лет назад +373

    This is priceless! Who cares if it is a 3 year old weather forecast, made my day and totally brightened it up :-)

    • @animeandmanymore7957
      @animeandmanymore7957 3 года назад +14

      haha this made me realise that I'm probably the only person here who is watching this 10 years later and it was not on my recommended (I actually searched up elvish)

    • @brendamobley
      @brendamobley 3 года назад +9

      @@animeandmanymore7957 It popped up on my recommended... I guess I’m a big nerd! 😀

    • @Maria_Bar
      @Maria_Bar 2 года назад +3

      well, hello from 2022. still brilliant

    • @LoonyLoonyLovegood
      @LoonyLoonyLovegood 5 месяцев назад +2

      9yrs now.
      Still going strong

    • @LoonyLoonyLovegood
      @LoonyLoonyLovegood 5 месяцев назад +6

      11 years now
      Still going strong
      :)

  • @andmundinevox
    @andmundinevox 4 месяца назад +53

    I watched a guy present weather in a mix of English and Sindarin without blinking an eye. And then experienced serious shock when he said the summer is going to be fantastic since December to February 😂

    • @cmt89497
      @cmt89497 Месяц назад +2

      That kinda thing happens in the southern hemisphere.

    • @andmundinevox
      @andmundinevox Месяц назад +4

      @cmt89497 yes, I'm... I'm aware. I'm just laughing at how unnatural it feels to a northerner, to the point where even though we learn it at schools, we still can't immediately get it in practice

  • @sirpsychosussy
    @sirpsychosussy Год назад +323

    "Have a great summer from December to February" caught me so off guard

    • @rogerwilco2
      @rogerwilco2 Месяц назад +5

      New Zealand does have great summers. I was lovely seeing the snow storms on the news back home in Europe. December 2009-January 2010.

    • @MRSHARK-zu4zk
      @MRSHARK-zu4zk Месяц назад

      Filthy American

    • @XiaoYueMao
      @XiaoYueMao Месяц назад +25

      yeah many forget that seasons are reversed below the equator

    • @caril.9384
      @caril.9384 Месяц назад

      Same

    • @ADT1995
      @ADT1995 26 дней назад +3

      Threw me for a loop for a second and then I was like "oh yeah, Southern Hemisphere"

  • @N3RDYG0GGLES
    @N3RDYG0GGLES 10 лет назад +249

    He seemed to do a pretty good job, and it was definitely entertaining XD

    • @SnillhundReal
      @SnillhundReal 10 лет назад

      No

    • @nicobarrack1537
      @nicobarrack1537 8 лет назад +2

      +Morten snillhund this is hilarious, I'm jot sure if you did it on purpose tho

    • @SnillhundReal
      @SnillhundReal 8 лет назад +26

      Wtf was wrong with me a year ago? This is fucking hillarious

    • @christopherdiaz1622
      @christopherdiaz1622 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@SnillhundReal and now?

  • @dmitrygor9813
    @dmitrygor9813 7 лет назад +348

    Sindarin sounds very similar to Welsh language. In fact, it was based on welsh grammatic, phonetically and stylistically have many similarities. So, learn Welsh and you will know living elvish language)

    • @dmitriofficial3552
      @dmitriofficial3552 5 лет назад +36

      I was expecting to understand some of it as I am a native welsh speaker 😂😂 turns out I was wrong

    • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
      @TheSmart-CasualGamer 4 года назад +36

      I'm first language Welsh, and it's uncanny in some places. There's a part of Gondor called Ddruwaith Iaur, which is super easy to pronounce as it just sounds like somewhere from around here.

    • @PleaseNThankYou
      @PleaseNThankYou 4 года назад +13

      @@dmitriofficial3552 I think just makes Elvish easier to learn because of its grammatical rules, not because the words are the same. 2-ish years on though and I'm sure you no longer care or you've picked up some Elvish. As an older American with only 3 years of French in grade school, I can't seem to remember any of these words. I'm good at pronouncing them while reading but 5 minutes later I can't remember what i read.hahah

    • @maggiem6209
      @maggiem6209 2 года назад +7

      All the Welsh people out there are the living decendants of Elvish folk? Heck yeah.

    • @golwenlothlindel
      @golwenlothlindel 7 месяцев назад +2

      ⁠@@dmitriofficial3552yeah, no. It's not like he derived the language from Welsh (though he wasn't above a little copy-paste here and there). He just made it sound like Welsh, because he liked that sound. Not sure why OP said the grammar is similar, since the only grammatical similarity is the mutation. Otherwise, Sindarin grammar is more similar to Middle English than anything else really. In that it's a conjugating language sort of caught partway to becoming an analytic language, so there's a lot of endings which are being lost or becoming leveled but still sort of present. As far as I'm aware, Welsh is very much still a conjugating language like the majority of Western European languages.

  • @garthhunt7238
    @garthhunt7238 2 года назад +40

    Holy cow! Great Elvish accent; even more enviable to me, is the way he speaks English!👍

  • @Lumissne
    @Lumissne 12 лет назад +206

    "If I talk slower, everything becomes more significant..."

  • @therandomizer7187
    @therandomizer7187 2 года назад +137

    When Tolkien said he didn't want people to treat his creations like a cult or something, he buried himself right there lol.

    • @RaveDecoy242
      @RaveDecoy242 7 месяцев назад +42

      He should have made a boring world, then. And the way he crafted his world was very obssessive, too. How the hell did he not expect people to develop the same level of obsession...unless he thought he was the only one capable of having such?

    • @CatBxtchNami
      @CatBxtchNami Месяц назад +19

      @@RaveDecoy242
      "Speaking Elvish to the chaps, hah!" - actual quote from Tolkien, mocking the idea that somebody would actually go through the trouble to fully learn one of his language, bro he was so wrong.

    • @slayerdwarfify
      @slayerdwarfify Месяц назад

      If there was one person, living or dead, I could have a conversation with today it might very well be Tolkien. I'd love to see his reaction to being the father of modern day fantasy and having influenced the genre forever

  • @kaboom138
    @kaboom138 8 лет назад +119

    This should become a regular thing. That would be awesome!

  • @MarkMaddyGriff
    @MarkMaddyGriff 4 года назад +50

    It must be quite easy for a Maori speaker to pick up Elvish,
    For me it sounds like a bridge between Maori and Welsh

  • @PanDeSal.28
    @PanDeSal.28 3 года назад +16

    I simp for his voice 😩😩😩

  • @G-ForceJoJo
    @G-ForceJoJo 3 года назад +21

    I DIDNT KNOW I NEEDED THIS IN MY LIFE

  • @puellamagica3359
    @puellamagica3359 10 лет назад +190

    hahaha i love new zealand so much

  • @ElvenWisdom
    @ElvenWisdom 7 лет назад +26

    This is amazing! I love hearing from my people...

  • @PrettyinPink9789
    @PrettyinPink9789 4 года назад +25

    This randomly popped up. It's sounds really cool lol wanna learn now how to speak Elvish

  • @gleebgoob
    @gleebgoob 2 года назад +10

    Imagine being high as shit and waking up to this guy speaking elvish

  • @GreatMusicIsGoodForYou
    @GreatMusicIsGoodForYou Месяц назад +9

    Thank you, Knight Weatherelf! Your lines are noble and so is your pose! Your hair flows like a river and your eyes sparkle!
    I feel and guess you had a good time too, delivering your report, as much as we have a good time listening to it!

    • @AnnatarTheMaia
      @AnnatarTheMaia Месяц назад

      ...Elves have no knights. Never did, never will.

    • @GreatMusicIsGoodForYou
      @GreatMusicIsGoodForYou Месяц назад

      @AnnatarTheMaia Chill. Neither they have weathermen for that matter. Also lore does not apply to tv antics and jokes. Enjoy being #1 on lore though. Nobody disputes your throne.

    • @AnnatarTheMaia
      @AnnatarTheMaia Месяц назад

      @@GreatMusicIsGoodForYou when you learn something new from someone, the proper upbringing and bon ton is to thank that person, not to tell them to "chill".

    • @GreatMusicIsGoodForYou
      @GreatMusicIsGoodForYou Месяц назад

      @@AnnatarTheMaia “Chill” is in general a friendly and jocular interjection and it was meant as such. Also, when one is actually taught something, one is indeed grateful. Which does not apply when one is told whatever in a condescending tone, something that never happens when people endowed with the correct upbringing choose to graciously impart actual knowledge. Speaking of which, I would indeed be most grateful if someone could tell me where in Tolkien’s magnum opus TV weathermen are to be found, elven or otherwise. Because speaking in Dutch does not make a person or an imaginary character a citizen of the Netherlands. Same applies to a person or an imaginary character speaking any of Tolkien’s languages - it does not mean they belong to the Tolkien opus and the rules it has been shaped by. Especially TV weathermen.

    • @AnnatarTheMaia
      @AnnatarTheMaia Месяц назад

      @@GreatMusicIsGoodForYou "Which does not apply when one is told whatever in a condescending tone" - a sufficiently advanced and intelligent being can learn from anything.

  • @djokealtena2538
    @djokealtena2538 3 года назад +27

    All who wants their weather in Sindarin from now on including costume say aye.

  • @jjrsht9662
    @jjrsht9662 Месяц назад +10

    I love being a New Zealander.

  • @Larsholden702
    @Larsholden702 6 лет назад +17

    Delivered with passion! Nice! ^^

  • @MoonShoneClear
    @MoonShoneClear 10 лет назад +35

    I can't stop laughing. This is so overwhelming XDDDDDDD

  • @aminoria9752
    @aminoria9752 4 года назад +22

    J.R.R Tolkien will be so overwhelmed in happiness if he see how people learn to to speak the language that he created

  • @silverelves7307
    @silverelves7307 3 года назад +6

    We love this video and come back to watch it often!

  • @seripanther
    @seripanther 4 года назад +27

    You can tell you're an American geek when you see 'Dunedin' on the map and are not sure if this is a counterintuitive Tolkein reference or actually a city in New Zealand.

    • @Frodo.Baggins.
      @Frodo.Baggins. 10 месяцев назад +8

      3 years late, but Dunedin is an actual city lol. You can see Hobbiton on there too.

    • @DizzyDungeoneer
      @DizzyDungeoneer 4 месяца назад +8

      It's Gaelic. Dun means fortress in Gaelic. The equivalent in German is burg, and in English burgh. So, Dunedin in English is... Edinburgh.

    • @埊
      @埊 2 месяца назад +8

      @@DizzyDungeoneer and from dun spawned the dungeon, if there was city which called Dun Geon iwt would prob mean 'Great Fortress' or 'Earth Fortress'

  • @srenhaandbk7904
    @srenhaandbk7904 11 месяцев назад +2

    the weather forecast in elvish!
    *proceeds to talk mainly english

  • @titanmonarch
    @titanmonarch 4 года назад +88

    Awww, Sindarin. I was hoping for Quenya.
    The Sindarin is actually accurate :O

    • @rahilario
      @rahilario 4 года назад +31

      Shhhhh Quenya was banned ages ago. You don't wanna get in trouble

    • @jonathanhamilton2504
      @jonathanhamilton2504 4 года назад +12

      @@rahilario Elu Thingol cannot stop us!

    • @atanvardo5730
      @atanvardo5730 3 года назад +5

      Surprisingly accurate! Except for the "r" sound. He had to pronounce it as a trilled "r". I mean strongly trilled (rolling R's), not slightly trilled (a tap) as he did.

    • @kailashmendiratta6178
      @kailashmendiratta6178 6 месяцев назад

      @@jonathanhamilton2504 He is dead

    • @theguywhoasked6858
      @theguywhoasked6858 5 месяцев назад +2

      @kailashmendiratta6178 exactly. He can’t stop us

  • @lorenheard2561
    @lorenheard2561 5 лет назад +17

    Never enough Elvin weather forecasting!

    • @atanvardo5730
      @atanvardo5730 3 года назад +2

      You meant "Elven". But the correct designation is "Elvish", instead. And "Elvish" has a broad meaning: it can designate all the Elvish languages (Quenya, Sindarin, Telerin, Doriathrin, Nandorin,...) as well as any of those languages.

  • @sebastiangallo8869
    @sebastiangallo8869 2 года назад +8

    I'm happy that Legolas found a good job

  • @armanon9225
    @armanon9225 9 лет назад +63

    Woah Elivish is such a great language

    • @IsabelleAmelia
      @IsabelleAmelia 8 лет назад +5

      Yeah! I am actually learning it a bit. I am still a complete beginner but it is really fun!

    • @teczawy
      @teczawy 3 года назад

      so how's learning?

    • @luine8984
      @luine8984 3 года назад

      @@IsabelleAmelia can we have an update? How’s learning Elvish? Sindarin or Quenya?

    • @atanvardo5730
      @atanvardo5730 3 года назад

      @@luine8984 Leve her alone, Bluey... :) I think she meant that she was learning a bit from this video, actually.

    • @luine8984
      @luine8984 3 года назад

      @@atanvardo5730 oh, I was meaning to ask if it’s really learnable and where they look for the learning materials so.

  • @katakimikusan
    @katakimikusan 21 день назад +2

    If the elves had a travel channel

  • @Lyzy04
    @Lyzy04 17 дней назад +2

    And he's still looking better than Rings of Power elves

  • @Mumskiiz101
    @Mumskiiz101 9 лет назад +27

    OMG!! That is awesome... I want to speak elvish

  • @KestrelDC
    @KestrelDC 26 дней назад +1

    Wow, he really committed! Mad props!

  • @fenrir7878
    @fenrir7878 Месяц назад +2

    The funniest thing is that Tolkien derived Elvish language from Welsh and Finnish. Given New Zealand's Welsh ancestry and given it has lots tourists (Finnish tourists among them) there's probably a good chance at least some people understand what the heck he was saying. Lol

  • @hairglowingkyle4572
    @hairglowingkyle4572 5 месяцев назад +1

    Gotta love how he got that Elvish energy when he speaks with such a strong Sindarin accent, makes it even more realistic

  • @VlerkeDamne
    @VlerkeDamne 16 дней назад +1

    We need this everyday. Let's make it in an official language 😂

  • @percyvolnar8010
    @percyvolnar8010 Месяц назад +1

    Not going to lie, his Sindarin is ABSOLUTELY IMPRESSIVE!

  • @LegolazDragonzzz
    @LegolazDragonzzz 5 месяцев назад +2

    i love how he uses sindarin instead for quenya.

  • @oldgoat142
    @oldgoat142 День назад

    So, 12 years later, here it is. Well, better way late than never.
    This was a lot of fun to watch. He got it down pat. Kudos.

  • @aeronlee4830
    @aeronlee4830 5 месяцев назад +2

    it sounds like he's telling us where to hit an Uruk-hai with an arrow.

  • @RamasesB
    @RamasesB 3 года назад +9

    Wish more spoke this language so I could learn it

  • @thatkiwi8378
    @thatkiwi8378 2 года назад +5

    This is why i am grateful to be born in New Zealand

  • @jackconklin5398
    @jackconklin5398 4 месяца назад +5

    I would love to go to Hobbiton some day! Looks gorgeous

  • @Mufasotep
    @Mufasotep 21 день назад +1

    Just another day in New Zealand of Middle Earth.

  • @Jan_Koopman
    @Jan_Koopman Месяц назад +3

    "From december to February . . . Have a nice summer!"
    Me: "??? Oh, right! New Zealand, Southern Hemisphere, reversed seasons!😅"

  • @BobbysGirl1973
    @BobbysGirl1973 4 года назад +4

    Absolutely LOVE IT!!!!

  • @jacquelynsale4822
    @jacquelynsale4822 8 лет назад +19

    man ya gotta love living in New Zealand

  • @EQOAnostalgia
    @EQOAnostalgia 16 дней назад +1

    This dude was NOT fkin around! His Elvish is on point! 🧝‍♂

  • @sheyeet2244
    @sheyeet2244 Месяц назад +1

    Sindarin is so calming

  • @stephensmith4025
    @stephensmith4025 Месяц назад +2

    Coffee and LOTR are New Zealand’s entire personality.

  • @fallenangel_899
    @fallenangel_899 8 лет назад +32

    YEAH NEW ZEALAND!

  • @hairo4242
    @hairo4242 13 дней назад +1

    Tolkien is a mad lad to create such a beautiful language❤

  • @KEROVSKI_
    @KEROVSKI_ 4 месяца назад +5

    This is better than rings of power...

  • @wayverleesoulsong
    @wayverleesoulsong Месяц назад +1

    I wish my country was this funky with new reports

  • @skymaster4121
    @skymaster4121 Год назад +1

    “Volcanic eruptions, dark skies and thunderstorms over Mordor….”

  • @mariabettega3513
    @mariabettega3513 Месяц назад +1

    He looks fantastic and sounds it too. Missing his calling I think.

  • @DarthWall275
    @DarthWall275 Месяц назад +1

    Oh, he's a Rings of Power Elf.

  • @angrysnekgoeschomp3240
    @angrysnekgoeschomp3240 4 года назад +5

    2020 anyone??

  • @dimitrioskazaglias
    @dimitrioskazaglias 3 года назад +3

    Plot twist: New Zealand is indeed Middle Earth!

  • @grimble4564
    @grimble4564 Месяц назад

    You can tell he's a tiny bit embarrassed but genuinely loves being in character and it's really cute lmao

  • @wvr653
    @wvr653 4 месяца назад +6

    What about the weather in Mordor?

    • @NoRegerts
      @NoRegerts 2 месяца назад +1

      @@wvr653 Hot as hell 😭😭

    • @danielstride198
      @danielstride198 Месяц назад +1

      Ask the Australians.

    • @wvr653
      @wvr653 Месяц назад

      @danielstride198 XD

  • @victorrock1997
    @victorrock1997 Год назад +1

    This was so cool to watch, I swear!

  • @sejalahrae6331
    @sejalahrae6331 5 лет назад +7

    Who's here in 2019 watching this

  • @servantofaeie1569
    @servantofaeie1569 4 года назад +3

    It really does sound like Welsh and Finnish

    • @atanvardo5730
      @atanvardo5730 3 года назад +5

      Welsh was the major inspiration for Sindarin. Finnish was the major inspiration for Quenya. But both Quenya and Sindarin were inspired on quite a few other languages too.

    • @dio8628
      @dio8628 6 месяцев назад

      As a finn, i think it sounds like a mix of finnish and greek/latin

  • @karphin1
    @karphin1 Месяц назад

    How delightful! And appropriate as we “know” Middle Earth is in New Zealand! 😍

  • @Spaced_Invader
    @Spaced_Invader 3 года назад +2

    how beautiful! wow!

  • @lorekeepermeerah
    @lorekeepermeerah Месяц назад

    RUclips recommended got this one right lmao, I love this so much

  • @juhapekkaruusala9038
    @juhapekkaruusala9038 Месяц назад

    Oh my! I lost it completely in 30 degrees! What a lovely elven voice!

  • @Nifylau
    @Nifylau Месяц назад +1

    You get this every morning in Wales

  • @user-bc8pp7lx4r
    @user-bc8pp7lx4r Месяц назад

    This is so amazing ... please more, more ... love it 😍👏👏👏👏👏

  • @londonbeatz
    @londonbeatz 12 лет назад +1

    first:) but yeh i was hoping someone would post this:) Tamati rocks!!!! new zealand is the best place to live in:)

  • @Quasihamster
    @Quasihamster Месяц назад +1

    So much for the hospitality of the elves. Just say it's raining orcs god dammit!

  • @heidipetrick918
    @heidipetrick918 2 года назад +3

    That is funny, I love a good sense of humor! I'm trying to learn a couple of languages of my heritage, maybe I can learn Quenya as well. Enjoy!

  • @luminyam6145
    @luminyam6145 Месяц назад

    This is the first time I have seen this, it was wonderful.

  • @benevolencia4203
    @benevolencia4203 Месяц назад

    Very good 🙌🏽 I can only speak English and Gibberish, and yet the “melody” of this Elvish speaker reminds me of indigenous North American tongue I’ve heard spoken as a child. It’s beautiful speaking, even if I can’t fully understand what is being said… in my opinion, the flow of it is beautiful to listen too.

  • @kirsilly
    @kirsilly Месяц назад +1

    This is unironically so cool

  • @wizardsuth
    @wizardsuth 2 месяца назад +2

    Meanwhile, in Valinor...
    Ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë;
    ar sindanóriello caita mornië
    i falmalinnar imbë met, ar hísië
    untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë
    All paths are drowned deep in shadow;
    and out of a grey country darkness
    lies on the foaming waves between us,
    and mist covers the jewels of Calacirya for ever.
    Or in more familiar terms: Cloudy. Patches of fog in low-lying areas.

  • @Blackhawk303
    @Blackhawk303 14 дней назад +1

    Why didn't he report this from Weathertop?

  • @solvated_photon
    @solvated_photon Месяц назад

    I’m low key in love with NZ between this and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke’s parliamentary haka

  • @Jedapoo
    @Jedapoo 20 дней назад

    Lol, this is amazing to see so many years after it was done

  • @notv_internetuser3789
    @notv_internetuser3789 4 года назад +2

    This is Sindarin and its phonology is based entirely on Welsh

    • @atanvardo5730
      @atanvardo5730 3 года назад

      Sindarin was inspired mostly on Welsh, but other languages were also sources of inspiration, such as Greek and Old Norse. We can also count Latin (the stress rules for both Sindarin and Quenya were the same as in Latin). Quenya was inspired mostly on Finnish. Other languages which served as inspiration to Quenya were Greek, Latin and Italian. We can also count some Spanish.

  • @zollen123
    @zollen123 10 дней назад +1

    How would one say "Computer" in Elvish?