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Heya! This is a blog where you can learn Trigedasleng, the language of grounders from the TV show The 100. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message here. Leida!

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grammar - auxiliaries & modals

Auxiliaries and modals are used for a few different purposes, but mostly to distinguish tenses.

Present tense: no auxiliaries

I help him = Ai sis em au

Past tense: don

There is only simple past tense in trigedasleng, no perfect tenses.

I helped him = Ai don sis em au

I have helped him = Ai don sis em au

I had helped him = Ai don sis em au

Future tense: na

I will help him = Ai na sis em au

Na also means can.

I can help him = Ai na sis em au

Passive aspect: ge

I am helped = Ai ge sis au

Progressive: ste

I am helping him = Ai ste sis em au

Can also be used together with past or future tense.

I was helping him = Ai don ste sis em au

I will be helping him = Ai na ste sis em au

Modality: beda and souda

Beda means should.

I should help him = Ai beda sis em au

Souda means must.

I must help him = Ai souda sis em au

Question negation: din

Din means didn’t, won’t and isn’t.

Didn’t you help him? = Din yu sis em au?

Won’t you help him? = Din yu sis em au

Isn’t he helped? = Din em ge sis au?

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grammar - possession

As said HERE, nouns do not have case distinctions. Neither does names. This means that the is no difference between for example Octavia and Octavia’s, so therefore

Octavia’s knife = Okteivia swis

For nouns, one way to express possession is to use the preposition

from = kom

For example,

The village’s leader = Heda kom stegeda

The possessive forms of pronouns, such as his or her can be found HERE.

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-de

If it is important to emphasize the definiteness of a noun or a pronouns, the suffix -de can be used.

The trees are listening = Tri-de ste set yu op

She’s the enemy = Em-de laik baga

This suffix is used quite rarely and on specific occasions, so use with caution.

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grammar - adjectives

For a list of all adjectives in Trigedasleng, go HERE.

There is no difference between English and Trigedasleng when it comes to adjectives. They have no case distinctions or plural form, and they are placed before the noun they describe.

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bilaik

The word bilaik have a few different uses in Trigedasleng. As a copula Bilaik can be used as a more figurative to be instead of ste or laik. Read more HERE.

You are not a (real) warrior = Yu nou bilaik gona

As a relative pronoun

All relative pronouns in Trigedasleng translate tobilaik. The relative pronouns include which, that, whose, whoever, whomever, who, whom, what, when, and where.

The warrior that I healed is safe = Gona bilaik ai don fis op ste klir

Often the relative pronouns is not needed though, so

The warrior that I healed is safe = Gona ai don fis op ste klir

is also a correct translation.

As a preposition/conjunction

Bilaik can be translated into like or as in some instances.

Like you said = Bilaik yu don biyo

She’s like me = Em bilaik ai

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copulas

A copula is a word that means to be. There are three copulas in Trigedasleng.

Ste - used with adjectives and as a progressive auxiliary         (read more about auxiliaries and modals HERE).

I am strong = Ai ste yuj

Laik - used with nouns and adverbial and prepositional          phrases.

I am a girl = Ai laik gada

I am a strong girl = Ai laik yuj gada

I am in the house = Ai laik raun hou

Bilaik - used with adjectives, nouns and adverbial and            prepositional phrases but not in an as literal sense as            ste or laik (more like to sort of be).

You are not a (real) warrior = Yu nou bilaik gona

Read more about bilaik HERE.

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grammar - verbs & satellites

For a list of all verbs in Trigedasleng, go HERE. For more information about copulas, or words that mean to be, go HERE.

The verbs are the part of Trigedasleng that differs from English more than any other part. In Trigedasleng, most (not all, see below) verbs consist of two parts:

The verb and the satellite. Changing either of them will change the meaning of the entire sentence. Nine different satellites have been observed so far: raun - most often used with transitive verbs when they are           used intransitively, or with intransitive words op - most often used with concrete verbs in - most often used with abstract verbs klin - indicated finality au - most often used when the English “out” would be used we - most often used when the English “away” would be         used daun - most often used when the English “down” would be            used thru - indicates continuation and progressive actions of - most often used when the English “off” would be used Transitive verbs are verbs that affect an object, intransitive verbs are ones that do not (compare to have and to run). Concrete verbs are verbs for doing and acting on the physical world, abstract verbs do not have the same impact on the physical world (compare to say and to feel). Examples:

To watch = ai op

vs

To watch out = ai raun

To watch (satellite = op) is transitive and is usually used with an object, unlike to watch out (satellite = raun).

To wait = hod op

vs

To love = hod in

To wait (satellite = op) has a more concrete impact on the physical world than to love (satellite = in).

To destroy = flosh klin

Can also be translated to to massacre, which is also very final.

To help = sis au

From help out.

To leave = gon we

From gone away.

To write = skrab daun

From scribe down.

To live = kik raun

vs

To survive = kik thru

To live (satellite = raun) is intransitive, means basically the same thing as to survive (satellite = thru), but to survive describes a more progressive action.

To rip off = rip of

Not all verbs in Trigedasleng need satellites, for example

To say = Biyo

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grammar - nouns

For a list of all nouns in Trigedasleng, go HERE.

Nouns always stay the same. They have no plurals, so therefore

My friends = ai lukot

Though there are two options if pluralization of nouns still is necessary: Bosh and loda can be translated to some.

Some friends = Bosh lukot

Some friends = Loda lukot

Emo can be translated to those or the.

Emo lukot = Those/the friends

Nouns don’t have definite or indefinite articles;

The girl = Gada

A girl = Gada

But if it’s important to emphasize the definiteness of a noun, the suffix -de can be used, read more HERE. Or, as said above, to emphasize the definiteness of a noun in plural form, emo can be used.

They also do not have case distinctions (for example the possessive form, the girl’s), but if you want to know more about possession, go HERE.

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Monin!

This is a blog where you can learn Trigedasleng, the language of grounders from the TV show The 100. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here! These are the sources from which I have found every piece of information on here! trigedasleng.info skaigedasleng.tumblr.com The 100 Wikia You may wonder why I would make this tumblr if there already are some great sources out there, and the answer is that I don’t know either! I just thought it would be fun, and that it would help me learn. If it can help someone else too, than that’s great! In the sidebar, you can find links to some information about Trigedasleng, information about the grammar, vocabulary and pronounciation & writing, and also a dictionary. These are not finished yet, and they will probably never be (since languages develop all the time), but I’m working on making them as complete as can be! There is also a link to a translator that I made, but that is not even close to be finished yet. Maybe you’ll be able to find what you’re looking for there, but if you don’t - feel fre to send me an ask and I will do my best to translate it for you. Soon I will start posting lessons and exercises to learn Trigedasleng, but for now you can always practice on the verbs (here) or something. One last thing - English is not my first language, so please excuse any grammatical errors that you may find anywhere on here. Good luck with your Trigedasleng! Leida!