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{{djpnotes|quote=When I was initially drafting the pronouns, this one surfaced as ''mawan'', rather than ''maan''. The vowels being rounded, though, ''[[moon]]'' was as it is now. Ultimately I analogized ''mawan'' to ''maan'' on purpose, because I reasoned if Dothraki was going to have legions of devoted learners à la Klingon, I should give them a break and not have it be ''too'' difficult. Of course, the language would ''not'' actually attract that level of interest—or anything even close to it—so I now regret it. I sometimes still write ''mawan'' and then have to fix it. What might have been... | {{djpnotes|quote=When I was initially drafting the pronouns, this one surfaced as ''mawan'', rather than ''[[maan]]''. The vowels being rounded, though, ''[[moon]]'' was as it is now. Ultimately I analogized ''mawan'' to ''[[maan]]'' on purpose, because I reasoned if Dothraki was going to have legions of devoted learners à la Klingon, I should give them a break and not have it be ''too'' difficult. Of course, the language would ''not'' actually attract that level of interest—or anything even close to it—so I now regret it. I sometimes still write ''mawan'' and then have to fix it. What might have been... | ||
-''[[User:Djp|David J. Peterson]]'' 15:40, 10 December 2019 (PST)}} | -''[[User:Djp|David J. Peterson]]'' 15:40, 10 December 2019 (PST)}} | ||
Revision as of 02:54, 8 October 2020
Dothraki
Etymology
From Proto-Plains *mejaɣan (“to him/her/it”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
maan (allative third person singular, plural morea)
- to him/her/it; third person singular personal pronoun, allative case
Inflection
Dothraki Personal Pronouns
| First Person | Second Person | Third Person | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Formal | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | anha | kisha | yer | yeri | shafka | me | mori |
| Accusative | anna | yera | mae | mora | |||
| Genitive | anni | kishi | yeri | shafki | mori | ||
| Allative | anhaan | kishaan | yeraan | yerea | shafkea | maan | morea |
| Ablative | anhoon | kishoon | yeroon | yeroa | shafkoa | moon | moroa |
Creation and Usage Notes
| When I was initially drafting the pronouns, this one surfaced as mawan, rather than maan. The vowels being rounded, though, moon was as it is now. Ultimately I analogized mawan to maan on purpose, because I reasoned if Dothraki was going to have legions of devoted learners à la Klingon, I should give them a break and not have it be too difficult. Of course, the language would not actually attract that level of interest—or anything even close to it—so I now regret it. I sometimes still write mawan and then have to fix it. What might have been...
-David J. Peterson 15:40, 10 December 2019 (PST) |