Gimli speaks Elvish?

Aranwe · 02-15-2003, 08:59 PM

I noticed when watching TTT last night that when legolas (i think?) shouts "ladders!" in elvish at helms deep, gimli responds by saying "good!" in the common tongue.

However, throughout the first 2 movies I don't recall gimli ever speaking or responding to elvish before, and aragorn and legolas have several conversations in which gimli just stands and watches as though he doesn't know what they're saying.

Is he meant to understand elvish? I can't remember from the book whether he did or not

02-15-2003, 08:59 PM	#1
Aranwe Enting Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 55	Gimli speaks Elvish? I noticed when watching TTT last night that when legolas (i think?) shouts "ladders!" in elvish at helms deep, gimli responds by saying "good!" in the common tongue. However, throughout the first 2 movies I don't recall gimli ever speaking or responding to elvish before, and aragorn and legolas have several conversations in which gimli just stands and watches as though he doesn't know what they're saying. Is he meant to understand elvish? I can't remember from the book whether he did or not

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