quenya_grammar1-10  Exercise 1: Varda ortanë máryat
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Pronounce (Chapter 2): VAR-da OR-ta-në MÁ-ryat. Stress is built by rule:
"ortanë" has 3 syllables and the middle "ta" is light, so stress falls on "or";
"máryat" has 2 syllables, so the first.

Verb: ortanë, a past tense in -në (like hentanë, Chapter 9).   built by rule
Subject: Varda, a name.                                         attested line
Object: máryat = má "hand" + possessive "her" + dual -t
        "her two hands" (Chapters 4 and 7).                     built by rule
Whole line: "Varda has uplifted her (two) hands."               attested
            (gloss from the Wikipedia article)

Not explained: the stem of ortanë (orta-) is not given in the sources used.