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Revision as of 16:12, 12 February 2020
Azrán
Etymology
Pronunciation
Preposition
a (assigns nominative)
- to, toward
Trigedasleng
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a
Pronoun
a (first person singular, dual inclusive yumi, plural inclusive oso, plural exclusive osir)
- (variant pronunciation of ai) I; first person singular personal pronoun
Inflection
Trigedasleng Personal Pronouns | |||||||||
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Singular | Plural | ||||||||
1st Person | 2nd Person | 3rd Person | 1st Person | 2nd Person | 3rd Person | ||||
Plain | Pejorative | Inclusive | Exclusive | Plain | Pejorative | ||||
Plain | ai | yu | em | du | yumi, oso | osir | yo | emo | du |
Possessive | ain | yun | emon | oson | yon | emon |
Creation and Usage Notes
My original conception for Trigedasleng was quite a bit different from what it ended up being. The original version had object agreement, for example (would've been cool). Among other things, though, was the absolute absence of the original English diphthongs [ai] and [au]—both of which, I reasoned, would have been lost by the Skaikru came to Earth. Unfortunately, when I presented my original version to Jason and the writers, the writers balked. They said it was too different from English (quite ironic now—for more than a few reasons), and insisted I alter it enough to make it would be recognizable to viewers. One of the things I did was reintroduce the diphthongs [ai] and [au]—and I regret it everyday.
One of the casualties was the first person pronoun, which should've just been a. Instead, I had to make it ai. I couldn't bear to be rid of the original, though, so I retained it as a variant, with the caveat that the possessive adjective never reduces (a nice and sensible tidbit, I thought). Truth is, in actual speech, the pronoun almost always comes out as [a] anyway (or at least when I record it), so it's still there in spirit. -David J. Peterson 02:31, 6 February 2020 (PST) |