Eldamo : Quenya : sa¹

Q. sa¹ pron. and conj. “it (inanimate); that” (Category: Pronoun)

Q. sa¹, pron. and conj. “it (inanimate); that” (Category: Pronoun)

@@@ in Qenya living things as trees etc. are never regarded as neuter (PE14/44) Note that most vegetable objects (esp. trees) are rarely classed as neuter or “inanimate” in Qenya - while all things may in nonce-use be personified (PE14/73)

References ✧ MS/1; PE16/96; PE22/156; VT49/20, 30, 32, 34, 37, 51

Glosses

“inanimate, it” ✧ VT49/37
“it” ✧ PE22/156; VT49/30
“S[ingular] 3 neuter” ✧ VT49/51 (sá)
“that” ✧ MS/1; VT49/20; VT49/34

Variations

sa ✧ MS/1; PE16/96; PE22/156; VT49/20; VT49/30; VT49/32; VT49/32; VT49/34; VT49/37
sá ✧ VT49/51

sa “inanimate, it” as opposed to se “animate, he, she, it” ✧ VT49/37

Element In

Q. insa “itself”
Q. san “*then, so, thus”
Q. ecë nin care sa “I can do that” ✧ VT49/20
Q. ecuva nin carë sa nöa “I ‘may’ do that tomorrow, I have a chance of doing that [tomorrow]” ✧ VT49/20
Q. merin sa haryalyë alassë nó vanyalyë Ambarello “I hope that you have happiness before you pass from the world” ✧ MS/1
Q. sana “that very thing (already referred to)” ✧ PE16/97
Q. tultauvas sa nin “he will send it to me” ✧ PE22/156

Derivations

< ✶sa “3 sg. neuter [it], the thing, impersonal; this by me, [ᴱ√] demonstrative”

ᴹQ. sa pron. “that” (Category: Pronoun)

Reference ✧ PE22/119 ✧ “that”

ha the subjective form of objective sa “that” ✧ PE22/119

Element In

ᴹQ. san “*then”
ᴹQ. me·láner fasta sa yára Túro “we were not pleased [that old Túro...]” ✧ PE22/119
ᴹQ. ni qente (sa) e·tule “I said he is coming, I said (that) he was coming” ✧ PE22/119
ᴹQ. ni qente (sa) e·tulle “I said he came, I stated that (at some time previous to my speaking) he came (but was no longer present)” ✧ PE22/119
ᴹQ. ni qente (sa) e·utúlie “I said he had come” ✧ PE22/119
ᴹQ. ni qete (sa) e·tule “I say (that) he is coming” ✧ PE22/119

ᴱQ. sa pron. “that (there)” (Category: Pronoun)

References ✧ PE14/54-55, 59

Glosses

“that (there)” ✧ PE14/54

Variations

sa ✧ PE14/54
ta ✧ PE14/54
(es)sa ✧ PE14/59

Changes

sasta >> santa ✧ PE14/55

Inflections

sallo	ablative	✧ PE14/55
santa	allative	✧ PE14/55
sasta	allative	✧ PE14/55
sasse	locative	✧ PE14/55

Element In

ᴱQ. enta “that there (emphatic)” ✧ PE14/55
ᴱQ. i·liante sa “that vine” ✧ PE14/55
ᴱQ. san¹ “then, at that time” ✧ PE14/55
ᴱQ. sanda “that” ✧ PE14/55
ᴱQ. santo “that” ✧ PE14/55

Derivations

< ᴱ√SA “demonstrative”