Since it’s come up in the comments and elsewhere, I thought I’d give a quick rundown of my read on the Valyrian in the world as it exists in A Song of Ice and Fire. It’ll be useful to refer to this map in the discussion to come, since I’m going to be talking mostly… Continue reading The State of Valyrian
Tag: theory
Numbers, Numbers Everywhere
So let’s all take a drink! Per a request initially made by ingsve over at the Dothraki forum, today’s post will be about numbers in Dothraki. In addition, though, since I think it might be interesting, I’m going to expand on the topic to talk about number, in general, in Dothraki. One of the questions… Continue reading Numbers, Numbers Everywhere
Citation Form
I got a question from Hrakkar which begins: This thread brings up a good question: What is ‘lexical form’ for Dothraki? To read the full question, go here. Basically, I think there’s two questions here: What is the citation or dictionary form of a given Dothraki word? What is the bare stem in Dothraki? I’ll… Continue reading Citation Form