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TRBagon
March 28, 2014

Contractions

If I wanted to say "Il mii" or "let us".

Would I simply say Il'mii? Or are contractions not used in the dragon language?

Category: Grammar


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paarthurnax
Administrator
March 28, 2014

Contractions aren't used in the dragon language save for one canon example from the game: "Ful, losei Dovahkiin", which means "So, you're the Dragonborn". I'm not sure how exactly "losei" is formed from the root "los" (is/are/am). It's possible "losei" could also mean "I'm", "he's/she's/it's", etc., or it may only mean "you're". We don't know for sure.

Sorry that I don't have a better answer at this time! You'd be safest not worrying about contractions. Since the goal is to shorten phrases, there'd really be no difference between "Il mii" or "Ilmii".