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Revision as of 16:34, 16 October 2021
Chapter 1-Nominative
Note: copy/paste from Latin wikibook to see what it looks like.
The Nominative Case
The Nominative case refers to the subject of a sentence. For example:
The girl is pretty
"The girl" is the subject of this sentence. In its simplest form a sentence will have a subject stated as a noun and will give some further information about the subject. The second part of this sentence tells the reader that the girl is pretty. This is called predicating the noun. This sentence consists of a subject and a predicate. As you know from English, an adjective is a word that denotes some quality, which in this sentence is attractiveness. The noun and adjective are joined together by the word "is", which is called the copula. Note that the copula simply connects the words and gives almost no information about the subject.
The sentence in High Valyrian has the same grammatical elementsː
riña litse issa
The noun is followed by the predicate. The only difference is the absence of an article which has to be supplied by the translator. Riña can be translated as "girl", "the girl", or "a girl". Can you tell which word is the copula?
Translate the followingː
- Valyria kara issa
- Valyria kostōba issa
- Valyria dārion issa
Where were military battles occurring?
Translate the following (hint: Valyriā, in the locative case, that will be addressed later, means 'in Valyria')ː
- Rios Valyriā ilza
- Blēnon Valyriā ilza
- Qelbar Valyriā ilza
Notice that this second exercise used the copula ilza, this is called the locative or existential copula. It functions similarly to issa and is used when describing location.
Note the conjunction given in the Vocabulary, and translate the followingː
- Valyria kara se kostōba issa
- Valyria kostōba issa se Ghīs kara issa
- Valyria se Ghīs vȳhot issi
Vocabulary
Lesson Vocabulary | |||
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High Valyrian | English | ||
kara (adj. I) | great, magnificent, excellent | ||
kostōba (adj. I) | powerful, strong, mighty | ||
rōva (adj. I) | big, large | ||
litse (adj. II) | cute, pretty, fair, beautiful | ||
sȳz (adj. II) | good, well-made | ||
sylvie (adj. III) | wise | ||
riña (1lun.) | girl | ||
dārion (3ter.) | kingdom | ||
rios (3sol.) | canyon, valley | ||
blēnon (3ter.) | mountain | ||
qelbar (1aq.) | river | ||
taoba (1lun.) | boy | ||
rijīblion (1lun.) | temple, church | ||
pater (m.) | father | ||
āeksio (3lun.) | master, lord | ||
Valyria (1lun.) | Valyria | ||
Ghīs (3sol.) | Ghis | ||
iksan iksā issa iksi iksāt issi |
I am you are he/she/it is we are you are they are | ||
ilan ilā ilza ili ilāt ilzi |
I am you are he/she/it is we are you are they are | ||
laborat, laborant | (he/she/it is) working, (they are) working | ||
jorrāelza, jorrāelzi | (he/she/it) loves, (they) love | ||
se (conj.) | and | ||
Some type II adjectives, whose stems end in r, have an unexpected ending in z in the nominative and accusative cases; otherwise, they function like regular type II adjectives. |
Key to Vocabulary:
- 1lun. = first lunar
- 3lun. = third lunar
- 1aq. = first aquatic
- 3ter. = third terrestrial
- 3sol. = third solar
- High Valyrian nouns have one of four genders (lunar, solar, terrestrial, and aquatic) and are formed into five groups of declension with a sixth declination group for borrowed words and paucal and collective nouns. Lunar nouns ending in "-a" or "-ia" in the Nominative Singular are of the 1st declension. Most High Valyrian names for countries and cities are 6th declension borrowed nouns, so they end with "-i" in the Nominative Singular.
- sg. = singular
- pl. = plural
Overview of Adjectives
An adjective is any word that qualifies a noun. For example:
English | High Valyrian |
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The good master | āeksio sȳz |
The boy is good | taoba sȳz issa |
Adjectives in High Valyrian
Adjectives must agree with the nouns they describe in gender, number, and case.
- Class I Adjectives are made to agree with a noun with -a, -ys, -on, -or (lunar, solar, terrestrial, and aquatic) suffixes.
- Class II and class III adjectives merge the lunar and solar, and the terrestrial and aquatic forms together.
These words will look like:
- Class II: litse (lunar and solar), litsior (terrestrial and aquatic).
- Class III: sylvie (lunar and solar), sylvior (terrestrial and aquatic).
Class III adjectives typically end in a consonant cluster.
Adjectives often come before the word they describe; this is called prepositive. Since word order is not central to the meaning of a High Valyrian sentence, the adjective may also appear after the described word; this postpositive style is more formal.
In the following examples the -ion is terrestrial (3ter.), and -a and -io are lunar (1lun. and 3lun.). So rōvon is terrestrial, and rōva is lunar.
High Valyrian | English |
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riña sȳz issa | The girl is good |
āeksio sȳz issa | The master is good |
rijīblion rōvon issa | The temple is big |
Basic Verbs
Verbs in High Valyrian work quite differently than those in English. Study the following table then view the examples below.
English | High Valyrian | |
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Number | In English we use pronouns to denote number when using verbs. Compare "I work" and "we work". | In High Valyrian the ending of the verb changes to denote number. Compare "botan" (I work) and "boti" (we work). The two personal endings are "-an" and "-i". |
Tense | Tense refers to past, present and future. Consider these examples: I walked, I am walking, I will walk. | Ending changes and frequent stem changes denote the tense, though this will be covered in a future lesson. In this lesson, only the present tense is being taught. |
Person | First person refers to the speaker. Second person refers to the person being spoken to. Third person refers to what is being said about someone or something. The vocabulary, starting with iksan for I am, clearly illustrates this concept. Note that the 1st person plural is "we". | High Valyrian verbs are conjugated to show person. The verb will undergo changes in the stem and it is these inflections that denote 1st, 2nd or 3rd person singular or plural. |
Personal Endings
High Valyrian | English |
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jorrāel-an | I love |
jorrāel-ā | you love (sg.) |
jorrāel-za | he, she, it loves |
jorrāel-i | we love |
jorrāel-āt | you love (pl.) |
jorrāel-zi | they love |
Further Examples
Example 1
High Valyrian | English |
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rijīblion rōvon issa | The temple is big |
- Notes
- The adjective rōva -ys -on -or must agree with rijīblion in gender, number, and case, so the correct form is rōvon (terrestrial nominative singular).
- Note x rijīblion rōva issa is incorrect because rōv-a does not agree with rijībl-ion.
Example 2
High Valyrian | English |
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riña litse issa | The girl is pretty |
- Notes
- In the same way, the adjective litse -ior must agree with riña in gender, number, and case, so the correct form is litse (agreement with the lunar nominative singular noun of the first declension).
Example 3
High Valyrian | English |
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taoba riñe jorraēlza | The boy loves the girl |
riña taobe jorraēlza | The girl loves the boy |
- Notes
- The ending "-e" is of the accusative case for the object of a verb and will be covered later. Think of it as what the action of the verb is targeting.
Example 4
High Valyrian | English |
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qelbri rōvra issa | The rivers are big |
- Notes
- The adjective rōva -ys -on -or in this case must agree with qelbri in gender, number, and case, so the correct form is rōvra (aquatic nominative plural).