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# to him/her/it; third person singular personal pronoun, allative case | # to him/her/it; third person singular personal pronoun, allative case |
Latest revision as of 13:40, 16 September 2023
Dothraki
Etymology
From Proto-Plains *mejaɣan (“to him/her/it”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
maan (allative third person singular, plural morea)
- to him/her/it; third person singular personal pronoun, allative case
Inflection
Dothraki Personal Pronouns
First Person | Second Person | Third Person | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Formal | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | anha | kisha | yer | yeri | shafka | me | mori |
Accusative | anna | yera | mae | mora | |||
Genitive | anni | kishi | yeri | shafki | mori | ||
Allative | anhaan | kishaan | yeraan | yerea | shafkea | maan | morea |
Ablative | anhoon | kishoon | yeroon | yeroa | shafkoa | moon | moroa |
Creation and Usage Notes
When I was initially drafting the pronouns, this one surfaced as mawan, rather than maan. The vowels being rounded, though, moon was as it is now. Ultimately I analogized mawan to maan on purpose, because I reasoned if Dothraki was going to have legions of devoted learners à la Klingon, I should give them a break and not have it be too difficult. Of course, the language would not actually attract that level of interest—or anything even close to it—so I now regret it. I sometimes still write mawan and then have to fix it. What might have been...
-David J. Peterson 15:40, 10 December 2019 (PST) |