Hello all, I'm Evildea your sexiest god,
and today we will discuss and explore the Dothraki language a little
Dothraki is a constructed language
which was created by the linguist David J. Peterson
The language was created for the TV-series
(based on) the series "A Song of Ice and Fire",
by George R. R. Martin,
or better known as "Game of Thrones".
Originally, the Dothraki language
covered no more than 30 words
particularly names sitting lifelessly
among the pages of his series.
However, when the executive producers of the TV-series
David Benioff and D. B. Weiss
started planning the series
they came to the decision
to bring the Dothraki language to life
So, they hired the Language Creation Society
to create a language based
on the in-book culture
Many proposals were submitted
by language creators
but, finally, the language created by
David J. Peterson defeated beat out all the others.
So what are the Dothraki?
Dothraki is both a language and the name
of its people
Spoken by the nomadic horse warriors
of the Dothraki sea
in the middle of the continent, Essos
While creating the language,
David needed to fulfil two conditions;
(1) The language needed to follow the spirit of the books.
(2) The language needed to be easily
pronounceable for the actors.
I found an interesting titbit of information
which I want to share with you
before we explored the language further.
In 2012, 146 new-born girls
were named "Khalessi" in the US.
"Khalessi" is the name of traditional title
of the Dothraki "queen"
And thus it has already entered
the real world.
Usually, in my films
I like to show the grammar and pronunciation
But today I want to show several tools
and after that, I'll show you
several interesting and "useful" sentences
for the office.
So, if you want to explore or learn
the language more in depth
I recommend the following tools
(1) The book or application
Dothraki Companion from Living Languages
(2) The Dothraki Wiki
or (3) The Dothraki forums
So, now I'll show you the interesting sentences
for the office.
Literally: I must make a meeting with John
I need to organise a meeting with John
Literally: How many valuables?
How high is the salary?
Literally: I need bigger valuables
I need a pay-rise.
Literally: A great meeting on the first roof
The reception is on the first floor
Literally: She left
She resigned
Literally: I will cut you off!
You are fired!
Literally: Today the horse herds were bad
Today, the traffic was terrible
Literally: Where is the book-photo make-same-tool?
Where is the the photocopier found?
Literally: The tattoo making tool has broken down
The printer has jammed
And now I'll show you several swear words
perhaps also useful for the office
Childish person, idiot
Butt face
Literally: female dog
Female goat (nanny)
Literally: Cricket sperm
Essentially, you're calling someone impotent
Clarification: "Chiftik" in Dothraki
means a cricket person
A cricket person is slang for
a coward, weakling
So in essence, if you call someone a cricket sperm
you're saying that they're not
brave or strong enough
to get a woman pregnant
"B***h"
And finally, a tongue twister for you:
Three fish marked the donkey's nephew
thrice on the scorpion
And that's all,
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And I'll see you all in the next film
and if you're not there
Well, originally I intended to threaten you
using Dothraki
but I forgot to ask how to translate
Dothraki threats ... so ...
Cya!
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