sindarin_grammar1-10 Exercise 1: The Reading Method ==================================================== i chîn verb/noun phrase: i = the (plural article), chîn = the word undo mutation: chîn -> hên "child" (the plural article softened h) stem: hên "child"; plural hîn; so i chîn = "the children" label: attested nerin verb with the ending -n "I" undo vowel change: nerin -> nor- "run" (o -> e before -i-) stem: nor- "run"; present "I run" label: reconstructed (Real Elvish Academy pattern)