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Who knew a completely made up language would be so different from English? Like not even the same word order.
This language doesn't appear to differentiate between "it," "he," and "she." It only conjugates a verb with the implication of a third person pronoun. So, just use "it" to keep it simple. In my opinion, it works better if you try to translate these sentences like this:
<h1>"Ābra muña issa."</h1>"The woman, a mother is it." ...or, "The woman is a mother."
<h1>"Hontesse kirini issi."</h1>"The birds, happy are they." ...or, "The birds are happy."
<h1>"Ñuha kepa issa."</h1>"My father, ... is it." ...or, "It's my father."
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You learn by example—the word order appears to be SOV, subject-object-verb.
Ñuha kepa issa.
My father he is.
He is my father.
Ābra muña issa.
Woman mother she is.
The woman is a mother.
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Yes.
Ñuha : my
Kepa : father
Issa : he/she/it is
(Ñuha) [kepa] {issa}.
{He is} (my) [father].
He is my father.
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The words aren't "backwards". They're just in a different order than what you're used to. Take Japanese for an example.
彼は私の父です。
He my father is.
This might seem like Japanese people are talking backwards, but to them it's just how you say a sentence. To them, English seems backwards. Now look at High Valyrian.
Ñuha kepa issa.
My father he is.
He is my father.
It's basically the same as in English, you just put the verb (issa) at the end instead of in the middle.
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Ñuha : my
Kepa : father
Issa : he/she/it is
(Ñuha) [kepa] {issa}.
{He is} (my) [father].
The order the words come in is kind of weird (verb at the end), but it's easy once you get used to it.
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Ñuha kepa issa:
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She is my father
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She`s my father
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She is my dad
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She`s my dad
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It can't be "She's my father" because while issa can mean "he is" or "she is", kepa means "father". It makes no sense to say "She's my father" because "she" is used with women and "father" is used with men.
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Adjectives seem to come before the noun they modify. So ñuha muña.
Could be wrong tho
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While it doesn't fit into masculine/feminine like in Latin (or Spanish or French), High Valyrian actually does have gender. The four classes are:
Hūrenkon qogror : lunar class
Vēzenkon qogror : solar class
Tegōñor qogror : terrestrial class
Embōñor qogror : aquatic class
Yes, they sound silly.
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The word order is a little wonky.
Ñuha : my
Kepa : father
Issa : he/she/it is
(Ñuha) [kepa] {issa}.
{He is} (my) [father].
Unless you're confused about why he is your father, in which case I can't help you.
"Daddy" should be accepted as well as "Dad", right?
"Daddy" should be accepted as well as "Dad", right?
"Daddy" should be accepted as well as "Dad", right? I put "Daddy".
"Daddy" should be accepted as well as "Dad", right? I put "Daddy".
"Daddy" should be accepted as well as "Dad", right? I put "Daddy".
"Daddy" should be accepted as well as "Dad", right? I put "Daddy".
