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High Valyrian Frequently Asked Questions
This page serves as a source of questions one learning High Valyrian may have.
Verb Usage
- Can you negate a passive infinitive such as x aōma urnekson daor gūrēni, intended to say with you we learn to not be seen?
- Yes, however the pronoun is not placed correctly. Rephrase it as urnekson daor aōma gūrēni to avoid the reading we learn not to be seen with you.
- Why are there two verbs in the sentence: belmondo bantāzmā bōsā jemī qlādīlusy botilāt?
- A dependent clause acting as the object of the main verb.
Noun Usage
- How does the conjunction iā effect a genitive translation of, for example, the knight's or the master's horse verses the knight's horse or bull?
Adjective Usage
- If a coordinated list has nouns of different genders such as rios, qelbar, tegōn, how is a single adjective coordinating them declined?
Prepositions and Postpositions
- How does a genitive prepositional phrase like from the knight's land translate?
- Hen azanto āliot. Azantys remains in the genitive and the preposition hen modifies ālion.
Misc
- Can words like zaldrīzerme, udrimmi, and averilloma occur postpositive?
Coordinating Lists
- Where is and in the phrase muña, riña, kepā (mother, girl, and father)?
- The vowel lengthening (macron, ā above) serves as the conjunction and and is used for coordinating non-modifying consecutive nouns, verbs, or adjectives. Se is not used in this case.
- Does the vowel lengthening strategy like kepa muñā hold for nouns in other cases? For Adjectives?
- The vowel lengthening holds for nouns in other cases; it is used for adjectives.
Interrogatives
- Can interrogatives be used in non question sentences like I understand why this law is just, where why is not a question word?