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Revision as of 12:48, 6 May 2024

Dothraki

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ai/

Interjection

ai

  1. yes (obedient)
Translations

Trigedasleng

Etymology 1

From English I.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈai/

Rhymes: -ai

Determiner

ai

  1. my; first person singular personal possessive adjective
    Gon ai nontu, gon ai nomon, gon ai bro, gon ai seingeda
    For my father, for my mother, for my brother, for my kin…
    -Grounder Assassin (The 100, Episode 303)

Pronoun

ai (first person singular, dual inclusive yumi, plural inclusive oso, plural exclusive osir)

  1. I; first person singular personal pronoun
    Ai na dula ai na du.
    I'll do all I can.
    -Nyko (The 100, Episode 209)
Inflection
Related Terms
See Also

Creation and Usage Notes

When I was trying to think up a reason that Trigedasleng would be very, very similar to English and yet also not just English, I came up with the idea of a code. I reasoned that those who were alive on Earth at the time Skaikru came down would be the descendants of the most successful groups to come out of the nuclear catastrophe. One thing a successful group might do is come up with a code to help easily distinguish group members from outsiders. An easy way to get an outsider to slip is to do something an English speaker would never do on their own: Use "I" in non-subject position. Thus was born the Trigedasleng first person pronoun, which doesn't change in any grammatical position. (The notion was suggested by the usage of "I" in Iyaric, but there it's done for philosophical rather than practical reasons.)

-David J. Peterson 02:53, 6 February 2020 (PST)

Etymology 2

From English eye.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈai/

Rhymes: -ai

Verb

ai (root)

  1. to do with eyes, looking or watching
Derived Terms