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.

Future modules will eventually 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!

Beginning Quenya is currently being offered in our SPACE program and new students are most welcome to join the continuing group. The delivery of this course is being structured around a weekly pre-recorded lecture followed by a live practicum later in the week. The lecture explains new concepts and gives (optional) exercises to aid in student mastery of each topic and the live practicum allows students to work through problems, clarify questions, and practice exercises as a group to reinforce each lesson.

Instructor: Patrick Lyon