Sindarin Greetings & Farewells
Greetings
A star will shine on the time of our meeting. ~ Êl hílatha
nan lû e-govaded vîn.
I hope you have a good day/morning/evening/night. ~ Harthon gerich
arad/aur/aduial/dhû vaer.
Have a good day/morning/evening/night. ~ Garo arad/aur/aduial/dhû
vaer.
Greetings! ~ Suilaid!
Greetings, friends! ~ Suilaid mellyn!
Greetings my friends! ~ Suilaid mellyn nîn!
Greetings my friend! ~ Suilaid mellon nîn!
I greet you. ~ Chen suilon
I give greeting to you. ~ Cen suilannon or Suilannon
achen.
My heart sings to see you. ~ Guren linna chen cened.
My pleasure to meet you. ~ Glassen na chen govaded.
Well
met! ~ Mae govannen.
I have not seen you for a long time. ~ Anann chen ú-gennin.
Farewells
Farewell. ~ Navaer.
I hope you have a good journey. ~ Harthon gerich lend vaer.
I hope
useful winds will speed you on. – Harthon
huil vaer chen horthatha.
Fair winds! ~ Suil vain!
I hope you will have kind seas. ~ Harthon gerithach aeair vilui.
I hope you will have a good hunt. ~ Harthon
gerich rui vaer.
I hope the leaves of your tree of life will not wither. Harthon i laiss en-Galadh e-Guil chîn ú-belithar.
I hope you will have green paths
and a breeze behind your body. ~
Harthon gerithach raid gelin ar chwest adel thraw
chîn.
I
hope you will have paths green and golden. ~ Harthon gerithach raid gelin ar
velthin.
Nothing
will stop the weeping of my heart until our reunion. ~ Unad nuithatha i nîr
e-guren nalú aderthad vîn.
I hope you will have sweet waters and joyous laughter until our next
meeting. ~ Harthon gerithach nîn velui ar lalaith veren na-lû govaded
vîn.
I hope you will have sweet dreams tonight. ~ Harthon gerithach elei velui
nef fuin hen.
I hope to see you there. ~ Ennas harthon chen cened.
I hope to see you at this time. ~ Harthon chen cened na lû hen.
Notes:
chen is the unattested accusative pronoun "you"
cen is the unattested dative pronoun "you"
chîn is the unattested possessive pronoun "your"
unad is constructed for "nothing"
nalú is constructed for "until"