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Is the rs of zhavvors allowed as a coda? Wouldn't it have to be zhavvorse?

I haven't taken the time to learn all the phonology rules yet. Where are they, by the way?

Yeah, I'm not too sure. I was looking at the epenthesis page http://wiki.dothraki.org/dothraki/Epenthesis and how to form an accusative nouns for inanimate nouns http://wiki.dothraki.org/dothraki/Noun_Cases

Sek! Anha char qisi yer.
Shafka lajakes vezhven.
Yes! I have heard about you.
You (are a) great warrior.

Me vos zhavvors.
Vorsa vos addriva zhavvors.
He no dragon.
Fire (does) not kill dragon. (I have a feeling something is missing here. I wonder if we'll be given a word for the verb "to do".

Feedback is appreciated.

That is, I think, an artefact from times when we knew less about verb conjugations. The verb is in infinite frakhat (you'll find it in the dictionary). Ofrakhi is a negative of second person singular future: frakhat -> frakhi -> afrakhi ->ofrakhi. It has been snatched from Peterson's short Dothraki lesson published at Making of Game of Thrones thingie at HBO website.

ahh.. I understand now. Thanks!

I'm studying my index cards and I'm a little puzzled by the word ofrakhi. In the dictionary the given meaning is will not touch, will touch.

That would be will not touch with the use of the word vos, right?

Anha vos ofrakhi... I'm not too sure how to conjugate it either... (ofrakhat?)

Any feedback would be appreciated.

[Vekhat che vos vekhat...]

Thank you very much Ingsve! I've never been very good with grammar (I can understand the rules individually, their usefulness and all, but putting it all together in my brain... gah! I'm the type of person you can drop in a foreign country and expect to pick back up later and I'd be able to speak the language without knowing too much of the grammar. That's how I learned Italian. I also learned English trough immersion, away from home where we speak French) and really do appreciate the clarifications you provided.

My guess would be:

Vekhat che vos vekhat... which would roughly translate as:

"to exist or to not exist..." or "to be present or to not be present"

As for general rules to express "to be":

First of all when you place two words next to each other like "man warrior" it translates as "The man is a warror". Think of it roughly as "Me Tarzan, you Jane". Then there are verbs that express the meaning of being in the verb itself. Nrojat means "to be thick", nemat means "to be empty", diwelat means "to be small" etc.

I was looking at the verb "to be present" and wondered if it could be used in that context. Man I love learning new languages. Just for gaining a new perspective on things and people and really make you think about what you're trying to say and the right way to say it. 

What is the word for the verb "to be" in Dothraki?

There isn't one...   

But that's a FEATURE, not a BUG. 

Well that's going to make translating Shakespeare (to be or not to be?) in Dothraki a bit difficult. Lol. Holy brain twister!

Oh boy... here it goes. Attempt #1

Anha zalak nesak kifinosi astak "my name is Izzi" she lekh Dothraki.

It's supposed to mean: I want to know how to say "my name is Izzi" in Dothraki. Actually, that would be attempt #2. The first thing I tried to write was "my name is Izzi" but only got "anni hake(es?) Izzi" and I'm really not sure if that sounds right or not lol. What is the word for the verb "to be" in Dothraki?

[izzat]

Hi, and welcome. We had an IRC chat with David Peterson who created the language and he said he read your post here. He said that izzat mean "to poison" so Izzi would probably be a Dothraki name that means something like "She who poisons". I don't know if you would see that as foul or if you perhaps have a mischievous side that fits the desription at least in spirit (and hopefully not literally).

"I've heard it said that poison is a woman's weapon."
Ned Stark

Wow!! Love it! I was really hoping it wasn't going to mean something like latrine. Hahaha! But "she who poisons"? That is (mischievously) awesome!

Thank you Ingsve!

Peterson, you rock!

Hello everyone!

Pleased to meet other Dothraki enthusiasts. I have been an avid (some will say obsessed) fan of ASoIaF for years now and am looking forward to share this learning experience with other fans! I've always wanted to learn a created language. I'm an army brat and know French, English and Italian and always considered learning Esperanto as well as Klingon. But I've been saying to myself that I'd learn Klingon for years now and... well... yeah!...

But I think Dothraki is something I could realistically learn. I have no problems spending a couple of hours a day reading material on Dothraki and hope one day maybe I could be of use to this group in any little way I can.

I noticed some members of this group have chosen Dothraki names. I like that. What is your criteria for choosing a name? If I were to choose a Dothraki name, I think my nickname Izzy should be good? (or Izzi?) Hopefully, in future dictionary updates, Izzy won't mean something foul! lol

So yeah. Again, pleased to meet you all! Thank you Admins for this forum! And I raise my... Arakh to what I hope is the beginning of a new chapter in conlang history! Just glad (hope) that I can be part of it!

Dothraki FTW!