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User:GhunwI'/Dothraki grammar

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The grammar of the Dothraki language was created for the HBO television series Game of Thrones by David J. Peterson

Nouns

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Dothraki has two genders: animate and inanimate

Animate Declension
[1] Singular Plural
Nominative Example Example
Accusative Example Example
Genetive Example Example
Ablative Example Example
Example Example
Example Example Example

Verbs

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There are two types of verb in dothraki: one whose stem ends in a vowel, one whose stem ends in a consonant. Dothraki conjugates for tense, person, and polarity

The present tense is

Consonant Stem Verb (jolin- to cook)
[2] Positive Negtive
Singular Plural Singular Plural
1st Person jolinak jolinaki jolinok jolinok
2nd Person jolini jolini jolini jolini
3rd Person jolina jolini jolino jolini
Vowel Stem Verb (dothra- to ride)
[3] Positive Negtive
Singular Plural Singular Plural
1st Person dothrak dothraki dothrok dothrok
2nd Person dothrae dothrae dothrao dothrao
3rd Person dothrae dothrae dothrao dothrao

The future tense is formed by affixing a- to it

The past tense does not conjugate for person

References

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  1. ^ CN
  2. ^ CN
  3. ^ CN