Beginning Quenya aims to take students with any level (or no level) of previous language experience and introduce them to the quest to learn Quenya, Tolkien's most developed invented language.

The first set of lectures of Beginning Quenya, Lectures 1-4, introduces students to the pronunciation and basic inflections of the language, with a dose of vocabulary and basic sentence translation as well as an introduction to the Tengwar system.

The second set of lectures of Beginning Quenya, Lectures 5–8, guides students through the core of Quenya grammar, including the declension system, past tense formation, and the full range of verb conjugations, both regular and irregular, deepening their ability to read and construct increasingly complex sentences in the language.

The third and final set of lectures, Lectures 9-12, will bring students to a more complete understanding of the language with the aim of eventually diving into "primary source" Quenya and Tolkien's numerous Quenya poems, and even into student compositions in Quenya itself!

Instructor: Patrick Lyon