Nina

Hen Linge

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language.
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Source

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

Source Spelling

ninnau

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnina/

Orthographic Form

ninnau

Pronoun

nina (subjective first person plural, singular a)

1. we (first person plural subjective pronoun)

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/'th it, 'et/'t en, 'en/'n ek, 'ek/'k lan, 'elan/'lan Negative na nete net nein nök nil

Creation and Usage Notes

When I started working on The Witcher we were advised to take material only from the books and not from the games, as Andrzej Sapkowski and the producer of the Witcher video games CD Projekt were feuding. They have since buried the hatchet, so presumably it's okay to borrow from the game material, but I did a lot of work to ensure that everything I borrowed (as opposed to what I created myself) first appeared either in the books or in one other source that featured material that definitely came from Sapkowski. The first person plural pronoun ninnau was one of the words I could have sworn came from additional Sapkowski material, but it turns out it was only used once, and that was in The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt. It was definitely a mistake to include it. I wish I would've known it came from CD Projekt, because, like most of the material the game folks created, it is terrible. What an incredibly stupid form for this pronoun. It sticks out like a sore thumb, and I hate it. But...it's canon now... -David J. Peterson 18:55, 3 August 2023 (PDT)