quenya_grammar1-7  Exercise 3: To Be
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  the ship was          né         na- (copula), past singular
                        (or engë if "existed": ëa-, past singular)
  the ships are         nár        na- (copula), present plural
                        (or ëar if "exist": ëa-, present plural)
  the ship will exist   euva       ëa-, future singular
                        (nauva with na- would be "will be" joining
                        something, e.g. "will be bright")

na- joins things ("A is bright"); ëa- means exist.

mánta  "their hand" (each has one)
mántat "their hands" (each has two): -t marks the dual thing owned.

These sentences are built by rule; the verb forms are from the page's table.