Check out this list of Valyrian-English dragon commands

David J. Peterson is the man who invented the Dothraki and Valyrian languages for Game of Thrones. Well, George R.R. Martin invented them for his books, but Peterson fleshed out Martin’s ideas into full languages, with grammar and vocabulary and everything.

Peterson is a conlanger, someone who creates new languages. He also works on HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon. Recently, he posted a lot of the the work he did on season 1. And let me tell you, there is some good stuff in here. Peterson records himself saying pretty much all the Valyrian dialogue from each episode, he posts the lyrics to the song that Daemon sung to Vermithor in the season finale, and much more.

That includes a pretty comprehensive list of commands that the Targaryen dragon-riders give their mounts, complete with English translations. Take a look:

• Aderī! /a-DE-rī/ – Quickly!
• Angōs! /an-GŌS/ – Attack! (to one dragon)
• Angōtōs! /an-gō-TŌS/ – Attack! (to more than one dragon)
• Daor! /DAOR/ – No!
• Demās! /de-MĀS/ – Sit! (to one dragon)
• Demātās! /de-mā-TĀS/ – Sit! (to more than one dragon)
• Dohaerās! /do-hae-RĀS/ – Serve! (to one dragon)
• Dohaerātās! /do-hae-rā-TĀS/ – Serve! (to more than one dragon)
• Dokimarvose! /do-ki-MAR-vo-se/ – Focus! Pay attention!
• Drakarys! /dra-KA-rys/ – Breathe fire!
• Elēnās! /e-lē-NĀS/ – Bank! (to one dragon)
• Elēnātās! /e-lē-nā-TĀS/ – Bank! (to more than one dragon)
• Embrot! /EM-brot/ – Down!
• Geptot! /GEP-tot/ – Left!
• Gevī! /GE-vī/ – Good! (variant 1)
• Hegnīr! /HEG-nīr/ – Good! (variant 2)
• Iēdrot! /IĒ-drot/ – Drink!
• Inkot! /IN-kot/ – Back!
• Iōrās! /iō-RĀS/ – Stand! (to one dragon)
• Iōrātās! /iō-rā-TĀS/ – Stand! (to more than one dragon)
• Jās! /JĀS/ – Move! (to one dragon)
• Jātās! /jā-TĀS/ – Move! (to more than one dragon)
• Kisās! /ki-SĀS/ – Eat! (to one dragon)
• Kisātās! /ki-sā-TĀS/ – Eat! (to more than one dragon)
• Lykirī! /ly-KI-rī/ – Be calm! (variant 1)
• Māzīs! /mā-ZĪS/ – Come! (variant 1; to one dragon)
• Māzītīs! /mā-zī-TĪS/ – Come! (variant 1; to more than one dragon)
• Naejot! /NAE-jot/ – Forward!
• Ninkiot! /Nin-ki-ot/ – Land! (variant 1)
• Nopot! /NO-pot/ – To the pit!
• Paerī! /PAE-rī/ – Slow!
• Paktot! /PAK-tot/ – Right!
• Pālēs! /pā-LĒS/ – Evasive maneuvers! (to one dragon)
• Pālētēs! /pā-lē-TĒS/ – Evasive maneuvers! (to more than one dragon)
• Parmot! /PAR-mot/ – Land! (variant 2)
• Rāpirī! /RĀ-pi-rī/ – Be calm! (variant 2)
• Renīs! /re-NĪS/ – Touch! (to one dragon)
• Renītīs! /re-nī-TĪS/ – Touch! (to more than one dragon)
• Rȳbās! /rȳ-BĀS/ – Listen! Obey! (to one dragon)
• Rȳbātās! /rȳ-bā-TĀS/ – Listen! Obey! (to more than one dragon)
• Sōvēs! /sō-VĒS/ – Fly! (to one dragon)
• Sōvētēs! /sō-vē-TĒS/ – Fly! (to more than one dragon)
• Tegot! /TE-got/ – Land! (variant 3)
• Tymās! /ty-MĀS/ – Play! (to one dragon)
• Tymātās! /ty-mā-TĀS/ – Play! (to more than one dragon)
• Umbās! /um-BĀS/ – Wait! (to one dragon)
• Umbātās! /um-bā-TĀS/ – Wait! (to more than one dragon)
• Vēzot! /VĒ-zot/ – Up!
• Ynot! /Y-not/ – Come! (variant 2; lit. “to me”)

Command your dragon (or pet) with this comprehensive list of Valyrian-language commands

This is really detailed! C’mon, tell me you don’t want to yell some of these at your dog.

There’s other things we can probably mine from Peterson’s files. And we’ll see more of his translation work when the second season of House of the Dragon airs on HBO and Max sometime in 2024.

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