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{{head|hval|pronoun|first declension lunar||nominative solar/lunar singular|zirȳla|nominative terrestrial/aquatic singular|jāla}}
{{head|hval|pronoun|first declension lunar||nominative solar/lunar singular|zirȳla|nominative terrestrial/aquatic singular|jāla}}


# {{lb|hval|reflexive pronoun}} themselves; third person plural reflexive personal pronoun, nominative case<ref> To force the reflexive meaning and distinguish it from the reciprocal, add {{m|hval|hēnka}} before the pronoun (so ''Hēnke pōntāle ūndis'' can only mean "They saw themselves").</ref>
# {{lb|hval|reflexive pronoun}} themselves; third person plural reflexive personal pronoun, nominative case<ref>To force the reflexive meaning and distinguish it from the reciprocal, add {{m|hval|hēnka}} before the pronoun (so ''Hēnke pōntāle ūndis'' can only mean "They saw themselves").</ref>
# {{lb|hval|reciprocal pronoun}} each other, one another; third person plural reciprocal personal pronoun, nominative case{{HVexp|{{m-self|hval|Quptyssy}} '''{{m-self|hval|pōntāle}}''' {{m-self|hval|johegzi}} {{m-self|hval|se}} {{m-self|hval|jomōzū}}.|The heathen continue to slaughter '''each other''' and you continue to get drunk.|Melisandre|3|06}}
# {{lb|hval|reciprocal pronoun}} each other, one another; third person plural reciprocal personal pronoun, nominative case{{HVexp|{{m-self|hval|Quptyssy}} '''{{m-self|hval|pōntāle}}''' {{m-self|hval|johegzi}} {{m-self|hval|se}} {{m-self|hval|jomōzū}}.|The heathen continue to slaughter '''each other''' and you continue to get drunk.|Melisandre|3|06}}
# {{lb|hval|emphatic}} they, them, they themselves; third person plural emphatic personal pronoun, nominative case
# {{lb|hval|emphatic}} they, them, they themselves; third person plural emphatic personal pronoun, nominative case

Revision as of 01:42, 8 July 2023

High Valyrian

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language. 
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Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /poːnˈtaːla/

Rhymes: -aːla

Pronoun

pōntāla (first declension lunar, nominative solar/lunar singular zirȳla, nominative terrestrial/aquatic singular jāla)

  1. (reflexive) themselves; third person plural reflexive personal pronoun, nominative case[1]
  2. (reciprocal) each other, one another; third person plural reciprocal personal pronoun, nominative case
    Quptyssy pōntāle johegzi se jomōzū.
    The heathen continue to slaughter each other and you continue to get drunk.
    -Melisandre (Game of Thrones, Episode 306)
  3. (emphatic) they, them, they themselves; third person plural emphatic personal pronoun, nominative case
Inflection
Plural
Nominative pōntāla
Accusative pōntāle
Genitive pōntālo
Dative pōntālot
Locative pōntālā
Instrumental pōntālosa
Comitative pōntāloma
Vocative pōntālus
Related Terms
Notes
  1. ↑ To force the reflexive meaning and distinguish it from the reciprocal, add hēnka before the pronoun (so Hēnke pōntāle ūndis can only mean "They saw themselves").
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