23 | trigedasleng

since my go-to website for trigedasleng shut down (rip), i decided to include an entire chapter dedicated to the language!

(update: 2 june 2019 i found a new website that's similar to the one i used. it's called trigedasleng.net and has a dictionary, grammar rules, translations, & more!)

all of this information is from the several pages of the 100 wiki website dedicated to discussing trigedasleng. although it may seem overwhelming at first, i promise that, as you use it more often in your story, you may not even need to use a reference anymore!

WHAT IS IT?

trigedasleng is hailed from a heavily-accented version of the english language and was created by the grounders so that the mountain men wouldn't be able to understand them. its development was also influenced by a code-system that was developed shortly after the first praimfaya (nuclear apocalypse).

NOTABLE PHRASES

Your fight is over: Yu gonplei ste odon

My fight is over: Ai gonplei ste odon

Our fight isn't over: Oso gonplei nou ste odon.

Blood must have blood!: Jus drein jus daun.

May we meet again: Mebi oso na hit choda op nodotaim.

I'm Octavia of the Sky People, and I seek safe passage: Ai laik Okteivia kom Skaikru en ai gaf gouthru klir

The dead are gone; the living are hungry: Stedaunon don gon we; kikon ste enti.

Stay strong: Ste yuj

Get knocked down, get back up: Ge smak daun, gyon op nodotaim.

We fight together: Oso throu daun ogeda.

Love is weakness: Hodnes laik kwelnes.

I love you. Goodbye: Ai hod yu in. Leidon.

All of me, for all of us: Omon gon oson.

IMPORTANT WORDS

Commander: Heda

Commander of Death: Wanheda

Red Queen: Blodreina

Death from Above: Skairipa

Nightblood: Natblida

Flamekeeper: Fleimkepa

Sky People: Skaikru

Ice Nation: Azgeda

Woods Clan: Trikru

Boat People: Floukru

First Commander: Pramheda

Fight: Gonplei

King: Haihefa

Mountain Men: Maunon

City of Light: Soncha Kapa

Death Wave: Praimfaya

Teacher: Seda

NAMES

Abby - Abi

Clarke - Klark

Finn - Fin

Bellamy - Belomi

Octavia - Okteivia

Raven - Reivon

Blake - Bleik

Jasper - Jaspa

Monty - Monti

Murphy - Mofi

Ethan - Ithon

Lexa - Leksa

Gustus - Gostos

Anya - Onya

Lincoln - Linkon

Nyko - Naikou

Niylah - Naila

Tomac - Tomak

Artigas - Adigas

CLANS

Coalition - Kongeda

Woods Clan - Trikru / Trigedakru

Boat People - Floukru / Floudonkru

Ice Nation - Azgeda / Azgedakru

Desert Clan - Sankru / Sangedakru

Lake People - Podakru

Delphi Clan - Delfikru

Glowing Forest - Trishana / Trishanakru

Plains Riders - Ingranrona /Ingranronakru

Blue Cliff Clan - Ouskejon Kru

Shallow Valley - Louwoda Kliron Kru

Rock Line - Boudalankru

Broadleaf - Yujleda

Sky People - Skaikru

Mountain Men - Maunon

PRONOUNS

ai = "I/me" from English "I"

yu = "you" from English "you"

em = "he/she/it" from English "him" or "them"

osir = "we/us" (excludes the listener) from English "us-here"

oso = "we/us" (includes the listener) from English "us-all"

yumi = "you-and-me/you-and-I" from English "you-me"

yo = "you (plural)/you all/y'all" from English "you-all"

emo = "they/them/the" from English "them-all"

NOUNS

People/Places:Army/unit of warriors: gonakruBody: medoChild: goufa or yongonTypically, goufa refers to any child. Yongon is used to refer to one's own child, or the child of a particular person. While the two are technically interchangeable, it is more common for someone to use yongon to refer to their own offspring.City of Light: Soncha Kapa; Sonchageda/SonchgedaCoalition/alliance: kongedaCommander: hedaCommander of Death: WanhedaEnglish (language): GonaslengFather: nontuAfter the nuclear fallout, surviving Grounders didn't want to tip off scouts from enemy tribes (or Mountain Men) about the identities of their leaders, which in clans tended to be mothers and fathers, so they called their leaders "number one" and "number two", which eventually came to mean "mother" and "father" respectively. Over time, these codenames were slurred to nomon and nontu.Fight: gonpleiFlame Keeper: FleimkepaForest: trimaniFriend: lukotGirl: gadaGorilla: paunaHealer: fisaIce: azJoined/entwined: teinaKnife: swisLanguage: slengLife: sonraunLunch: sanchMother: nomonMount Weather: Maun-deMountain Men: MaunonMurderer: ripaPassage: gouthruPeople: kruPrisoner: hononQueen: HaiplanaRaccoon: snachaRaiding party: veida troRider: hosaSecond (a warrior's apprentice) & second (ordinal): sekenSky: skaiSky People: SkaikruSoul: Keryon. From "carry on"Shadow: TrikovaWarrior: gonaTunnel: sobweMany or most of the tunnels that the Reapers hide in are abandoned subway tunnels.

Things:Number: nomaBlood: jus

Events:Fall (season): fotamNever: noweNightblood: NatblidaOutsider/outcast: splitaOver/done/finished: odonSpring: sprintamStorm: skaikrashaSummer: SontamWinter: wintam

ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS

Strong: yujWeakness: kwelnesTree People: TrigedakruThe Woods Clan is known as Trigeda; the Tree People (people of the Woods Clan) may also be called Trikru.Tree People's Language: TrigedaslengShallow:"louwoda"Far: "lowe"World: houdWorthless/foolish: branwodaIn the years after the nuclear apocalypse, the basic needs of finding drinking water clean enough for human consumption were often hard to meet. "Brown water" was a generic term for water which was not suitable for drinking. Over time, the meaning was extended to include anything worthless. It is now used as an insult as well, and can be used as a noun to mean "fool".Safe: klirLying: spichenHidden: steltBlack: NatNight: natEnough: plenidaun ste pleni = "that is enough"em pleni! = "enough!" (as a command)Then: den

CONJUNCTIONS

And: enAgain: nodotaimBut: baBefore: fouBecause, for: kosBut, except: sefOr: ouAfter: pasIf...then: taim...taimm

VERBS

Be: laik or steai laik Okteivia = "I am Octavia"yu laik kom Trigeda = "You are from the Woods Clan"ste is from "stay" and is used with adjectives (as a stative copula) and verb phrases (as a progressive marker).yu ste kwelen = "you are weak"emo ste hon em op = "they are finding him""Be" (figuratively or metaphorically): bilaikbilaik is from "be like" and has many, many different usesas a copula, it is used to mean "to be in a figurative way" or "to be, for all intents and purposes"ai bilaik ticha "I am a teacher, for all intents and purposes", versus ai laik ticha "I am a teacher"Tell: tel...opbilaik yu don tel ai op otaim = "like you have always told me"Help: sis...ausis em au = "help him"Protect: shil...opDen dula yu dula en shil ai op. = "Then do your duty/job and protect me."Want/need/seek: gaf...inai gaf sen em in = "I need to hear it"Fall behind: drag...raunLeave behind: ban...auTaim yu drag raun, taim yu ge ban au. = "If you fall behind, then you get left behind"Quiet/Be quiet: shof...opshof op has gone through "amelioration" and has lost the offensiveness of its Modern English ancestorLove: hod...inai hod yu in = "I love you"Wait/stop: hod...ophod op! = "Wait!"Attack: jomp...opJomp em op en yu jomp ai op. = "Attack her, and you attack me."Strike/attack en masse: zog...raunden oso na zog raun kom trikova = "then, we strike from the shadows"Find: hon...opai don hon em op = "I found him"Locate: lok...opFall: slip...daunem slip daun kom skai = "he fell from the sky" (note: the past tense auxiliary don has been left out, most likely by mistake)Hear: sen...inai don sen in chit bilaik ai gaf sen in = "I've heard what I needed to hear."Take: jak...opSkaikru don jak ething op kom ai = "Sky People took everything from me"Go to/stay near/be near: kamp...raunosir na kamp raun ona tri = "we will stay in the trees"Pull away/draw away: pul...wepul em we gon emo honon = "draw them away from their prisoners"Free: breik...aubreik em au = "free him"Die: wan...opnau yu na wan op = "now you will die"Kill : frag...opteik ai frag em op = "let me kill her"Cut: kot...op'kot em op = "cut him"Beg/Plead = "beja...daun""Ai ste beja yu daun, hop op" "I'm begging you, stop"Speak (for): shish...opBeja. Hod op. Teik ai chich op gon emo = "Please. Wait. Let me speak for them"Leave: gon...we or bantsOsir na gon we or osir na bants = "we will leave"Eat: choj...opai don choj ai sanch op = "I ate my lunch"Watch: ai...opWash: "wada...Klin"Go back: bak...opAccuse: finga...auBurn: fleim...auLook for: lufa...auEnter: min...opOwe: ouyon...klinExecute: put...daunRetreat: rowe...opDecide: sad...inSend: sen...opBegin: stot...auBind: tai...opThink: vout...inForgive: wigod...opTrick: ponk...klinFollow: mafta...opHappen/Become: kom...auSave: kep...klinAquire: hon...inPass on: gyon...klin

PREPOSITIONS

From, of, until, with: komai laik Okteivia kom Skaikru = "I am Octavia of the Sky People"Against, at, because, for, on, to, upon: gonAi laik Heda. Non na throu daun gon ai. = I am the Commander. No one's gonna fight for me.Regarding, about: hashta...Gouthru klir hashta yu soujon, kom taim oso fali kom daun gon graun-de. = "Safe passage on your travels until our final journey to the ground."Until: na kom, kom taimOn, under, into (locative): onaTeik em set raun ona tri. = "Put him on the tree."Near, around, next to: raunWithout: thau

IMAGES TO SAVEi did not create these (credit to m-rphy on tumblr) but i figures that these are more reader-friendly and easily screenshot-able!

(just a reminder that requests are open on the "requests" chapter of this book! you can discuss tips you want me to write about or even rants you want me to include)