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Deadlyxsiren

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Mother of dragons
« on: June 03, 2013, 01:06:31 pm »
Hi I was wondering if anyone could translate "Mother of Dragons" for me to dathroki. I've tried looking up several things and its just confusing me the more I read up on it and try finding the correct way to translate it. Thank you! :)
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Re: Mother of dragons
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2013, 01:13:16 pm »
As a beginner, I'm gonna guess..

Mai zhavorsi?

Someone'll have to verify it though  ::)
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Re: Mother of dragons
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2013, 01:19:32 pm »
That's what I was thinking haha. Then I see this:

Kovarro: Mori astish memori nem achomoe hash mori viddee Mayes Zhavvorsi.
(They said they would be honored to receive the Mother of Dragons.)

And then I get confused  :P
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Re: Mother of dragons
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2013, 01:52:32 pm »
I did a little research  ;D

Quote from: http://www.dothraki.com/2012/04/lei-harenhaloon/
And come to think of it, I do remember this in Dothraki. We see a truly irregular word in mayes, the accusative of mai, which means “mother”.
Also, as the dictionary says
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zhavvorsa: DP ni. dragon (alternate pronunciation of zhavorsa)

So, Mayes Zhavvorsi is mother of dragons in accusative form, and Mai Zhavvorsi/Zhavorsi is in it's nominative form.  :)
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Re: Mother of dragons
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2013, 02:17:54 pm »
Awesome! Thank you so much  :)
Okay so, sorry to keep being a pain haha but how would you use either way of saying it? Mayes and Mai? I think I understand it but not completely sure.
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Re: Mother of dragons
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2013, 02:31:13 pm »
And is zhavorsi/zhavvorsi plural of dragon?
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Re: Mother of dragons
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2013, 03:18:56 pm »
Actually, the -i is for the genitive:

Quote from: http://wiki.dothraki.org/dothraki/Noun_Cases#Genitive
For inanimate nouns the genitive case is formed by adding the suffix /-i/ to the stem of the noun. [...] Plural and singular do not differ in genitive case.
(the wiki always explains it better >__<)
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Re: Mother of dragons
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2013, 03:21:05 pm »
Oh ok! Thank you! Haha I'm always on wiki trying to get a better understanding of things
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Re: Mother of dragons
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2013, 12:57:30 am »
Quote from: Deadlyxsiren on June 03, 2013, 02:17:54 pm
Okay so, sorry to keep being a pain haha but how would you use either way of saying it? Mayes and Mai? I think I understand it but not completely sure.

No no no, keep asking!  ;D

Mai zharvvorsi is when the mother of dragons is the subject of a sentence, aka the one doing something.
"The Mother of Dragons freed the slaves" or "The Mother of Dragons ate a whole horse heart."

And, Mayes Zhavvorsi is when the mother of dragons is accusative form and the object of a sentence,
aka the one something is being done to.
As in: "I see the Mother of Dragons." or "I hate the Mother of Dragons."

I hope that explains it?  :)
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