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# him, her, it; third person singular personal pronoun, accusative case | # him, her, it; third person singular personal pronoun, accusative case | ||
#: ''[[Qora]] [[mae]].'' | |||
#:: Take hold of '''him'''. | |||
#::: -''[[Khal]] [[Drogo]]'' (''[[Game of Thrones]]'', [[Season_1_Game_of_Thrones_Dialogue#Episode_106|Episode 106]]) | |||
# of him, of her, of it; third person singular personal pronoun, genitive case | # of him, of her, of it; third person singular personal pronoun, genitive case | ||
#: ''[[Anha]] [[laz]] [[rhelak]] [[dothrakes]] [[vezhvena]] [[ha]] [[zisoshaan]] [[mae]].'' | |||
#:: I can help the great rider with '''his''' cut. | |||
#::: -''Mirri Maz Duur'' (''[[Game of Thrones]]'', [[Season_1_Game_of_Thrones_Dialogue#Episode_108|Episode 108]]) | |||
=====Inflection===== | =====Inflection===== |
Revision as of 00:38, 23 October 2020
Dothraki
Etymology
From a blend of the accusative Proto-Plains *meja (“him, her, it”), the partitive Proto-Plains *mejǝ (“of him, of her, of it”), and the genitive Proto-Plains *mehi (“of him, of her, of it”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
mae (accusative/genitive third person singular, accusative plural mora, genitive plural mori)
- him, her, it; third person singular personal pronoun, accusative case
- of him, of her, of it; third person singular personal pronoun, genitive case
- Anha laz rhelak dothrakes vezhvena ha zisoshaan mae.
- I can help the great rider with his cut.
- -Mirri Maz Duur (Game of Thrones, Episode 108)
- I can help the great rider with his cut.
- Anha laz rhelak dothrakes vezhvena ha zisoshaan mae.
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
The original idea was an old [ei] diphthong would become modern [ae]. I'm not sure if I held to that throughout the language, though...
-David J. Peterson 01:12, 18 February 2020 (PST) |