Het

Hen Linge

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Etymology

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Source

Coined by CD Projekt in the game Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt.

Source Spelling

het

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɛt/

Rhymes: -ɛt

Orthographic Form

het

Determiner

het

1. this (often used with eir)
2. that (often used with a)

Pronoun

het (subjective third person singular, plural lan)

1. she, he, it (third person singular subjective pronoun)
2. this (often used with eir)
3. that (often used with a)

Inflection

Hen Linge Personal Pronouns Singular Plural 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Subjective a the het nina wak lan Objective/Possessive me, 'me ath, te, 'eth it, 'et en, 'en ek, 'ek lan, 'elan Negative na nete net nein nök nil

Derived Terms

• enet

 

Translations

Sense: third-person singular pronoun (he/she/it) ^[‌edit‌]

• Astapori Valyrian: zer (celestial), vi (terrestrial)
• Azrán: ezh
• Bodzvokhan: ba
• Chakobsa: ho
• Dothraki: me
• Engála: me (rabbit), zha (other animate), tu (inanimate)
• Gandal: lin
• G'Vunna: inngin
• Hen Linge: het
• High Valyrian: ziry (celestial), ūja (terrestrial)
• Inha: dei (fire), denen (stone), dea (water), te (wind)
• Kinuk'aaz: ts'ov (animate), bet (inanimate)
• Lishepus: sii
• Meereenese Valyrian: yel (celestial), we (terrestrial)
• Méníshè: 'ayás (magic), ìnás (human), wàás (air), t'anás (earth), jás (fire), sibás (water), a (generic)
• Munja'kin: lia
• Noalath: thil
• Ravkan: no (masculine), nya (feminine), et (neuter)
• Sangheili: mu (animate), tkha (inanimate)
• Shiväisith: vath
• Sondiv: eyo
• Trigedasleng: em, du (pejorative)
• Væyne Zaanics: vaw (dark), væy (light)
• Veda: lin (proximal), sen (medial), khon (distal)
• Yulish: shin
• Zemeni: ene

Sense: proximal demonstrative (this) ^[‌edit‌]

• Astapori Valyrian: beza (animate), kiza (inanimate)
• Chakobsa: zihi
• Dothraki: jin
• Hen Linge: het (... eir)
• High Valyrian: bisa (animate), kesa (inanimate)
• Kinuk'aaz: van
• Meereenese Valyrian: fez (animate), kiz (inanimate)
• Nelvayu: mem
• Sangheili: ne
• Sondiv: sik
• Trigedasleng: disha
• Væyne Zaanics: ter

Sense: distal demonstrative (that) ^[‌edit‌]

• Astapori Valyrian: buna (animate), kuna (inanimate)
• Dothraki: haz
• Hen Linge: het (... a)
• High Valyrian: bona (animate), kona (inanimate)
• Kinuk'aaz: vik
• Meereenese Valyrian: fun (animate), kun (inanimate)
• Sangheili: tkha
• Sondiv: pen
• Trigedasleng: dei (...-de)
• Væyne Zaanics: ægher

Creation and Usage Notes

Welp. Looks like I was hoodwinked again. I could've sworn this one came from Sapkowski... CD Projekt borrowed it directly from Dutch. Lazy... -David J. Peterson 13:25, 11 August 2023 (PDT)