"The women and men are happy."
Translation:Ābri valī kirini issi.
November 6, 2017
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aoxer
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I found this from the "tips and notes" at Basics 1:
High Valyrian doesn't use a word like "and" when coordinating two non-modifying consecutive elements. Instead, the last word in a pair or trio of nouns, adjectives, or even verbs is modified in some way to indicate that it is participating in a coordinative structure. One common strategy is to lengthen the final vowel of the last word in a list and shift the word's stress to the end. Watch out for word-final long vowels in sentences with coordination!
I think that can explain why don't use the "se"
zstelling
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It is the "ī" at the ultima of "valī" that makes it read as "and the men." "Vali" is the plural of pen, whereas "valī" is the plural "and the men."