Dunmeri language

Dunmeris is the common language of the Dunmer. It is descended from Aldmeris, the language of the first elves, and is written using the daedric alphabet. Note that this is FANMADE and for the biggest part not based on official lore.

Notes on Grammar

Pluralisation follows a very simple convention. To pluralise a noun, take the first vowel from the right and double it. For example, to pluralise the word providihn, pick the second I and double it, making providiihn.

For possessive words other than possessive pronouns, add 'm. For instance, "Azura'm gah'amer" would mean "Azura's champion".

Verb Conjugations

	Regular	Regular Ending in -AD	Irregular "Be"
Infinitive	khosid - "to walk"	ahrenshad - "to agree"	muhrid - "to be"
Imperative	khosi - "walk"	ahrensha - "agree"	muhri - "be"
Simple Future	khosin - "will walk"	ahrenshan - "will agree"	ean - "will be"
Simple Present	khosig - "walks"	ahrenshag - "agrees"	e - "am" adur - "are" edur - "is"
Past Participle	khosi'ag - "walked"	ahrenshe'ag - "agreed"	muhri'ag - "been"
Simple Past			ebahr - "was" abahr - "were"
Past Perfect	khosi'ath - "had walked"	ahrenshe'ath - "had agreed"	muhri'ath - "had been"
Future Perfect	khosi'an - "will have walked"	ahrenshe'an - "will have agreed"	muhri'an - "will have been"
Past Continuous	khosith - "was walking"	ahrenshath - "was agreeing"	muhrith - "was being"
Present Participle	khosikam - "walking"	ahrenshakam - "agreeing"	muhrikam - "being"

1. The infinitive form (i.e. to walk) always leads with a vowel and ends with a “D”: ‘ad', ‘ed', ‘id', ‘od', ‘ud'.
2. The imperitive form (i.e. walk) is designated by removing the –D from the end of the infinitive form of the verb.
3. The present tense form (i.e. he walks) simply drops the –D from the infinitive and adds a -G in all vowel cases.
4. The past tense form (i.e. he walked) drops the –D and adds a -’AG in all vowel cases except the –AD infinitive, which drops the –AD and adds a –E’AG.
5. The future tense form (i.e. he will walk) drops the –D from the infinitive and adds an –N in all vowel cases.
6. The past continuous tense form (i.e. he was walking) drops the –D from infinitive and adds a -TH in all vowel cases.
7. The past perfect form (i.e. he had walked') drops the –D and adds a –’ATH in all vowel cases except the –AD infinitive, which drops the –AD and adds a –E’ATH.
8. The future perfect form (i.e. he will have walked) drops the –D and adds a –’AN in all vowel cases except the –AD infinitive, which drops the –AD and adds a –E’AN.
9. The present participle form (i.e. walking) drops the –D and adds a –KAM to every vowel case.

Subjunctive Verb Form

A verb is subjunctive when it expresses a wish, a suggestion, a command, or a condition that is contrary to fact. Consider the difference between "To fight is better than to run" and "It is better that you fight than run."

Present subjunctive (also called Jussive or mandative) is used in declaritive "that" clauses in which something is demanded, suggested, or similar. In all cases, (except for the verb "be"), the imperitive form of the verb is used.

Ex.) El edur juli (ist) ohn shogaha. "It is good (that) you know."

Past subjunctive most recognized for the "If I were you" structure. Like modal verbs, the if conjunction -AJ is attached to the verb in this case.

Ohn abahraj ot Altmer, os hariar erufi'an ohn. "If you were a high elf, I would have killed you."

Modal Helper Verbs

In Dunmeri, modal verbs are attached directly to the verb they are helping. This is done by first dropping the -d at the end of the verb and then attaching the corresponding suffix.

Ex) Majra havatar druhad. "Majra should go to sleep."

can, -nich could, -kar

should, -tar may, -har

might, -hir must, -yir

will, -n would, -ar

Numbers

• 0. bahr
• 1. aln
• 2. asc
• 3. cahn
• 4. cin
• 5. arc
• 6. tahn
• 7. sahn
• 8. daskhor
• 9. ent
• 10. alnahn
• 11. alnahn aln
• 12. alnahn asc
• 13. alnahn cahn
• 14. alnahn cin
• 15. alnahn arc
• 20. ascahn
• 30. cahnahn
• 40. cinahn
• 50. arcahn
• 100. alnihn
• 200. ascihn
• 1000. alnohn

Ordinal Numbers

In cases where subjects have an order, such as first, second, third, etc., you simply add the number before the word with a very light "a" at its end. To say firstly, for example, one would say alna'.

Original Words

Some words which are originals. Aldmeri words like Aedra, Bos or Chi are not dunmeri words, but are used in the common language. You can read them at uesp.net

Ald, old or elder Alt, high Aka, dragon Aruhn, full form of ruhn Bal, stone Balmora, "Stone Forest" B'vehk, "by Vivec!", interjection Card, "undeparted kin-wardens" Cardruhn, Ancestral Tomb Chap'thil, a guard or a House retainer Corprus, skin blight Daedra - "our stronger, better ancestors" Dun, dark or cursed Dwe, deep

Enamor, pride Fetcher, thief (insult) F'lah, "native", form of address Foyada, "fire river" Gah, great Gah-Julan, "great benefit" Gahmerdehn, queen Gahmerdohn, king Hla, little Isra, row (Bal Isra, "Stone Row") Julan, benefit Kena, an honorific for scholars and tutors Khan, leader or councillor Kogo, unbreakable Miramer, thief Molamer, warrior Mora, forest Morag, forester Muthsera, term of great respect, also used in legal documents

Nammu, "no-name" Nchow, a vulgar interjection N'wah, outlander/slave, insult Oad, harbor Ouada, river Rah, staff Ruhn, home / hearth-hall Sadrith, mushroom Sedura, term of respect for wealthy people Ser, term of respect (shortened from serjo or sera, familiar) Sera, term of respect, aimed at those to whom they have sworn allegiance. Serjo, term of respect, to address nobility Sunna, blessed S'wit, nimwit, insult Tel, tower T'lonya, birthing swaddle Tong, guild

Original nouns

Some original nouns have no equivalent in English. They are transcribed here with a definition.

Alit, a tailless two-legged predator native to Morrowind Alrathith, a female garment tailored to support the breasts from the Ordinator's liturgical vestment Arnith, a golden "underbelt" secured using brass pins from the Ordinator's liturgical vestment Duleso, a crimson wool stole from the Ordinator's liturgical vestment Dreni'urolan, Deputy Curate of Tribune Permissions Felassani, pants from the Ordinator's liturgical vestment Guar, a bipedal reptilian creature native to both Morrowind and Black Marsh which is used as beast of burden Gula-khan, champion of the Ashkhan for the Ashlanders Kagouti, a two legged creature with horns native to Morrowind Llananor, a long shirt from the Ordinator's liturgical vestment Llanathro'lani, first vesting of the Ordinator's liturgical vestment Neleviso, a triangular golden reliquary clasp from the Ordinator's liturgical vestment Nosa, a blue rope-like belt from the Ordinator's liturgical vestment Rathith, a triangular linen small clothes dyed a deep blue and fastened with brass pins from the Ordinator's liturgical vestment Vvardvark, an anteater from Vvardenfell

Terms of Respect

• muthsera - term of great respect, used in legal documents
• sera - term of respect, aimed at those to whom they have sworn allegiance.
• serjo - term of high respect used to address nobility
• ser - same as serjo, but informal and private
• sedura - term of respect used to address wealthy people
• kena - an honorific for scholars and tutors
• khan - used to address an ashlander chief, but also as a suffix to address a chief or a councillor in the Great Houses

Set Expressions

• fetcher - "thief"
• n'chow - a vulgar interjection similar to "damn"
• n'wah, "outlander/foreigner/slave"
• s'wit, "slackwit"
• b'vehk, "by Vivec", used as an interjection of surprise
• f'lah, "native"

Grammatics

Conjunctions

• but, er
• or, sint
• and, en
• so, et
• neither / nor, bahrsint
• because, un
• when, ku'elm
• as, lakor
• if, eri
• though, noj
• since, dashilu

Articles

• the, as
• a, ot

Prepositions

about, lih above, morh after, ghinu along, kin also, sha always, marik among, jibu around, sudas as, fut at, kol back, bivi behind, pohim

between, devohr by, ru down, huirf ever, neiris for, sut from, devehr here, iru in, gher in front/before, gan into, gherde like, lacor

never, bahris on, ghar only, alnef out, wah outside, khurdahr over, bar so, et than, ilu then, dash there, diru though, noj to, de through, damjulan

under, luvahr until, telshahr upon, tifur with, enhi within, enhigher of, am not/no, bahr yes, nei maybe, neibahri

Personal Pronouns

Warning. While the possessive suffix is -m (see above), possessive pronouns terminate in -th and adjective pronouns terminate in -m (except for the first person singular which follows the general possessive rule)

	Subject pronouns	Object pronouns	Possessive adjectives	Possessive pronouns
I, me, my, mine	I, os	me, lo	my, yi	mine, yim
you, you, your, yours	you, ohn	you, ohl	your, ohm	yours, ohth
he, him, his, his	he, oas	him, oal	his, oam	his, oath
she, her, her, hers	she, eas	her, eal	her, eam	hers, eath
it, it, its, its	it, el	it, el	its, amel	its, amel
we, us, our, ours	we, osuhn	us, osuhl	our, iam	ours, iath
you, you, your, yours	you, ohuhn	you, ohuhl	your, ohuhm	yours, ohuhth
they, them, their, theirs	they, asuhn	them, asuhl	their, asuhm	theirs, asuhth

Indefinite Pronouns

• nothing, bahr'zuil
• other, busad
• something, zuillah

Determiners

• no / none / any, bahr
• that, ist
• this, isk
• those, tost
• these, tosk
• several, had

Verbs

Interrogative Verbs

who, ku’or what, ku’ilm

where, ku’ay when, ku’elm

why, ju’it how, ju’okor

Other Verbs

to agree, ahrenshad to argue, ruid to ascend, barokad to ask, lakhad to attack, marghad to attempt, orod to avenge, balmhadod to become, veysad to begin, jabid to believe, nulfid to bend, maliad to betray, dael'udurid to birth, muhrhad to blaspheme, demid to bleed, ouakilid to bless, sunad to blow, vishad to boil, molouad to bound, loharad to break, adurid to breathe, mulkad to build, balmarad to burn, molad to bury, cardad to buy, julred to call, aynad to camp, tosad to capture, alinfed to cast [a spell], archad to challenge, sorilkad to change, nifid to cheer, julrishid to choose, khiryad to clear, rupud to close, rurhilid to come, yaglad to command, gaharud to complain, wehbid to contain, ashalud to continue, manised to convert, bahpud to cook, vehrumad to cover, yakid to create, amaldad to criticise, dahrmalad to dance, alda'hirad to dare, munuad to darken, molhid to deliver, pedihr to deny, sehted to descend, luvahrokad to die, drahad to direct, ouanesid to discuss, dahrlihad to divide, devadurid to do, mugad to drift, lakud to drink, ouajid to drizzle, ouapid to eat, brohad to end, dimid to enjoy, juhlmid to enter, ruhnjad to excavate, molcithad to exit, ajalded to explain, ahardid to fail, mumaebid to fall, gokled to favour, julifid to fear, nabulad to feed, tejid to feel, merakhed

to fight, molhad to fill, ouabad to find, shotelad to flail, turutad to fly, barmid to follow, eremnesid to gather, amurod to get, enad to give, jikhid to glow, sinvad to go, havad to grow, muhrsad to hate, malked to have, harid to heal, nahilad to hear, leyshad to heat, khenad to herd, surghid to hide, miragad to hold, falmed to honor, lornad to hope, vamid to hunt, kilmid to join, humored to judge, amalatud to kill, erufid to know, shogahad to lay, anashud to lead, halberad to learn, viyad to leave, khurhad to let, balorid to lie, mephad to light, sincad to linger, minthid to listen, velsuad to live, muhrad to look, binthid to lose, jigdod to love, daelhad to make, balmarid to marry, lascwinod to match, lascad to measure, alshurod to meet, prokid to mock, malagid to move, okad to murder, fahrad to name, ammud to obey, sehred to observe, menfid to open, pasdid to paint, sairuhad to pass, ligdud to pay, tolkhid to pierce, tralsid to pile, bavhod to place, rested to plan, maridid to plant, baldrid to play, juhlridad to practise, maridad to pray, almesed to prepare, maridod to proclaim, elevirad to promise, winad to protect, fredad to punish, ferghad to purify, ouagorud to read, talehjid to rest, difshid to run, aradid to reflect, lacortud to reform, biridad to refuse, usehted to reincarnate, aldadad to release, khardid to rely, lavsid to remain, alburod to remember, norid to remove, sinuthid

to represent, yivid to reside, derihid to respect, lorkod to retaliate, devarked to return, devahrokad to reveal, alshokad to ridicule, helvid to rip, armakad to rise, havgad to ruin, balgad to run, ekanad to scream, girad to search, talid to see, taljed to seek, talghed to seem, ujilid to send, nesid to serve, yilad to sever, uripad to share, devod to show, ulorad to signal, ahshad to silence, almardid to sin, demyrid to sing, belid to sit, julifud to skin, balkhid to sleep, druhad to smell, unirad to smile, periud to speak, dahrdid to spill, vocud to spread, finred to stab, udurid to stand, bahnid to succeed, mujulid to suspect, molshid to swim, ouakad to symbolise, pasad to take, captud to talk, dahrud to tame, drenlid to teach, shoreshad to tell, homad to torment, hadarshad to trade, julad to trap, ueghid to travel, duhnad to trouble, rokashid to trust, itkhod to turn, hulod to understand, heriad to use, markad to wake, bahrdruhad to wait, hilyed to walk, khosid to wander, errad to want, urad to waste, khayad to watch, doldid to wear, neripod to weave, balmephid to weep, lournad to whisper, mulkarud to win, yalid to work, baldefud to worship, ahanhad to wound, arked to write, shokhad

Greetings

• Thank you, juohn
• Welcome, ju'rohn

Nouns

affair, shuhnif agreement, ahrenshad air, ka alliance, derjuhn ally, julbir ambition, shocapta amusement, uripe ancestors, card ancestral tomb, cardruhn anteater, vark anticipation, alvios ape, tigi arena, molhamar armor, molfredihn army, shaldmas art, sairuhash ash, ara ashland, arador assassin, morfijin axe, dibol baby, hla'jul balance, amnur basket, ashadihn battle call, cornayn beauty, merdekh bed, druhfir bell, vurok beer, mazte beginning, jabihn belief, nulfyr berry, tidihn betrayal, dael'udur bird, miluth birth, muhrhal blade, urip blasphemer, demig blessing, shoksuna blight, gahmakhet bliss, luayl blood, molkhun body, khier bone, duru book, shokhahn bowl (food), brofis bowl (general), fis box, lud breath, mulkaf brick, balmar brilliance, yifif brother, daesohn bush, kabur business, ajil bypass (work-around), sudas call, majahn camp, tos canopy, bosri care, ihasmir cart, bolthi cave, molkadish center, alish chain, molghen chair, julifur challenge, sorilk champion, gah’amer change, nifun channel, ouapith chaos, rokav charcoal, embier child, muhrjul chief, khan city, fell claw, kagilim (pl) kagilint clay, mar clearing of trees, mijuhr cliff, balseth cliff racer, mal'barmiag (literally evil flier) cloak, solsha clothes, halmin coast, ouabal coin, ota color, askabahn comfort, julbihn compensation, ferkhes conspiracy, malshore cook, vehrumag corner, jehrfas corruption, malkhes cost/price, khes councilor, ponihn coward, nabeshvig cowardice, nabesh creature, wukim crowd, malyuri crystal, arkhes cup, vulis curate, dreni curse, malyisk custom,alda’harish curtain, tirur dagger, shuduri darkness, lor daughter, julikal dawn, dayn day, sin day-dream, rouansho death, dra decadence, khesfir defeat, jigdol denial, seht desk, ounshok destiny or doom, lor destroyer, opreym destruction, dagon devil, sharmat direction, duhn dirt, baldrahn disease, makhetos dish, brofas disorder, rokaldehn distance, khoslim door, khis dragon, aka dream, almeshin dung, argal dusk, sur dust, mesh duty, opulidi east, muhrduhn earth, malath edge, jehrlas egg, vish egg of time, telsanvish elder, ald end, dimi ending, dimihn enemy, moljuhn energy, arcaresh epic, gah'toshok epoch, tosh error, kiohr eruption, abhoril essence, albusehr event, gahshuhn evil leader, gahmal existence, muhrjil exit, khurhahn exodus, gahkhosahn eye, jakesh fable, resdul face, shogan faction, provihn failure, mumae famine, malak farm, rosdoyna farmer, rosdoynag fate, arghen father, ata fear, beshvi feast, gulak field, deldor figure, pahrn fire, molag fire river, foyada fish, ouakim flaw, gui flood, rouagah flower, dalder follower, eremnesig food, bro food (plant), narum foot, pandu forest, mora forester, morag form, iluvi founder, shotelag

freedom, julgham friend, daeljuhn friendship, daeljuha fruit, khesdihn future, gan'tosh gem, khes ghost-snake, shalnosa gift, indkhes glacier, solkahst glutton, brohadik goblet, ouafas godhead, panthihn gold, khestis good leader, gahjuli government, Narshad grandfather, gahata grandmother, gahalma grass, bohtok greatsword, uri'gah ground, dor growth, binif guild, tong hall, desroth hand, baldefur hatred,malkem head, sho heart, daelkhun hearth, drabim helmet, fredsho herd, surghin herder, surghinag hill, citha hip, hub home, ruhn honor, lorna hope, vamidium house, thil hunger, ur'bro hunter, kilmin husband, daelekil immortal, albumuhr inequity, khifird information, medelel ink, dahkem insect, shavish iron, moldask jail/prison, ghenmar jealousy, malshir journey, itam king, gahmerdohn kinsman, daeruhn kitchen, vehrumuhn knowledge, shogah lake, ouadir lamp, af land, providihn language, hudilk lantern, sinlud lava, foyer law, aldweleh leader, halberag leaf, hlabos learner (student), viya leather, balkham legacy, minth legend, toshok lesson, shoreshik library, shokrahn life, muhr life path, mahkan light, sil light, malur lockpick, ruhrtukh longblade, niburi love, daelha lover, daelheg loyalty, kan’ild luck, kuayl mage, archag magic, arcuhn malice, ihrfihn man, ekilam marriage, lascwinol master, gaharihn match, lasc meal, brodihn meat, kagin member, inil memory, norim message,venshik metal, molihn middle/luke warm, smolkhen midnight, lursan mind, shoyul mine, molcithuhn miner, molcithmer miser, hildegan misery, lourgih month, calhnsan monument, havgahn moon, luhn moor, duhr morality, julinith morning, dayn mortal (being), aln'muhr mortal plane, muhrhadik mother, alma mountain, cithal mouth, hidyivin movement, okahn murder, fahraj murderer, fahrag mushroom, sadrith native, f'lah music, leyr name, ammu necromancy, arcuhnecrom need, ur’ish newborn, muhrhag night, san nightmare, malalmeshin noise, vohn north, chiduhn oblivion, dradihn omen, ahshun order, arihn package, jiha'lud palace, merdishk parchment, silud passage, seyda pants, haldesh passing, ligdur past, po'tosh path, sey piety, sunlidi peace, flur people, mer perfume, uhimus piece, kulim (pl) kulint pilgrim, gahduhnag pilgrimage, gahduhnir place, bulor placenta, jikhes plague, gahmakhet plain (ground type), jenthi plan, marida plant, ghelu pocket (clothing), hallud poet, leyrehjiag poetry, leyr'lehjii poison, analen pole, sild port, oad potion, muhroua power (influence), kegrath

power (magic), arc'gah prayer, almes present (time), hi'tosh prey, molnik pride, enamor priest, almsti problem, balgan promise, winol prophecy, bihn prophet, bihn'shokil punishment, ferghen purpose, julminth queen, gahmerdehn rain, rouada reformer, biridar reincarnation, aldadim respect, lorkor responsibility, todinith restraint, falmerhn return, devahr revealing, shoksehr river, ouada river spring, ouamuhr road, khosduhn robe, telmin rock, bal role, hulip roof, kharuhn room, drushuhn root, ghindi rope, jerlosh row, isra rug, hadlu sacrilege, de’im scion, almedif scroll, shokarcahn sea, ouafe secret, farayn seed, morjul seriousness, sa'elidi shadow, tear shape, hadaf shame, bahrenamor ship, ouakhas shirt, halvid shock, sinkayl shoes, halduhn shrub, yurdif sign, shokhos silence,almardi silk, min sin, demyr sister, daeseh size, je skill, shoviya skin, balkhun skull, shoduru sky, rouan slavery, molgham smell, unir snow/ice, fal son, julekil song, ania soul, sul sound, rokahr south, maorduhn speech, gahrudi spirit, shaln spy, mephajul staff, rah stairs, nuhnshol star, silvar stone, balhlag store, julrehn storm, malroua stranger, nammu street, duvil strength,amer’kon success, muju sun, magnu swimmer, ouakam sword, cheldur symbol, pasakur table, ounar tail, argori tamer, drenlyn taming, drenlihn taste, kampoyr tea, sai teaching, shoreshin tear, lourif temple, daenthi thief, miramer thing, zuil thought, shoul throne, gahridu time, telsad today, kasin tongue, serpul tonight, kasan tooth, shud torch, molalsi torture, fershadal tower, tel tower, telgah trade, jiha trash,voclur travel, duhnad traveller, duhnadag treachery, bali’anan tree, bosmin triangle, gahneen tribe, merial trophy, yalpas trouble, rokashin trust, itkhol truth, neihn twilight, smolsan urn, dra’ash undead, bahrdrar victory, yalalt virtue, julopum vision, talul voice, yivohn void, nol wall, balmarhin wanderer, barudag want, ural war, molgah warning, nivisu warrior, molamer waste, khayag water, oua waterfall, ouacithuhn way, malidi wealth, julkhes weapon, molhegahn weaver, balmephag wedding, windael well, ouajihr welt, forihmarken west, draduh whisper, mulkar wild beast, du'gahkim wilderness, dualish wife, daelikal will, khamir wind, ka’im wind, re wine, shein wisdom, opumel wisemen, opumer witness, urithir woman, ikalam wood, morash word, lehji work, baldefud world, hadishk worship, ahanha wound, arken wrath, abhahr yesterday, ochisin

Adjectives

In general, adjectives follow the noun which they are modifying.

alive, amuhr alone, alne'khier all, hadik ambitious, khardafi bad, maeb balanced, amnudif bare, sehrma beautiful, merdekhes bitter, nikula black, baan blasphemous, demigi blatant, hudayn blessed, sunna blind, maebjakesh blue, ouahn blunt, forihm bright, alsinif brilliant, yifir broken, reymo buried, duhayl calm, ouafluroua capable, baldif central, alif certain, shog'nei chaotic, rokadif clear, cishu clouded, arouar cold, solsif crafty, miratif crimson, kilivur curious, muhrtisk curled, furul cursed, dun dangerous, urighi deep, cithunif different, vilshif difficult, maltif diseased,mahketif decadent, malkhesah dirty, baldraf divine, burkhan dry, bahrudir each, alni encircled, alifin enormous, gahfer even, hadot evil, mal exotic, khajir expensive,khestif fallen, gokleif far, khostif fast, aradir fat, akhesdif few, bivri fine, meshti flat, halor flawless, bahrgui foolish, khebreit

foul, makhel found, bahr’errat free, indur full, udir glow, shivir godless, bahrpanthif godly, panthif gone, madir good, juli green, bosara guilty, bahrjulihn hard, maltir high, alt hot, molaf hungry. ur'brofo impossible, bahr'feyal incapable, bahrbaldif innocent, julihn insane, malshok invisible, bahrperhu irresponsible, bahrtodihf favourable, julifif known, shogur large, bahlar last, kefris lazy, zalku left, ayn less, abehntik little, hla living, muhrji locked, ruhrhilif long, nibis lost, errat loud, dishmak low, lan loyal, kan lucky, kuaym many, kivri mighty, throgah more, eshtik musical, leyrur murderous, fahrimif near, nekhostif new, hagil now, hij off, bahrlom on,lom old, ald open, yidul own, juzei parallel, hatur physical, khierju plagued, gahmakhel poor, bahrdi’ota possible, feyal powerful, kegran pregnant, julemsen prideful, enamorur prophesied, ouabihn

proud, velishif pure, ouahul quiet, pishuk red, kili responsible, todihf rich, di’ota ridiculous, bahrsa’eltim right (direction), eyn ruined, balgif sacred, deif sad, igunif safe, ayuli same, albur secretive, faraynif serious, sa’eltim sharp, vohrim silent, ouakir simple, hayghin slow, re’aldis small, hla sneaky, joual soft, maliat solitary, kubem some, lah sour, scutif steep, asakhen strange, bidi’im striped, pashut strong, jubu stubborn, gena’id suspicious, molshiris sweet, com symbolic, pasakrif symmetrical, talur tangerine, khesire thick, mighi true, neen trustworthy, amitkhuli unconscious, bimuhr uneven, bahrhadot unlocked, rubahrilf unnamed, nammu unsure, vohnish victorious, yalif visible, perhu warm, khen weak, jubarhu weary, signif wet, rudir white, julahn wicked, malfurdigh wide, sekhes wild, dual wilted, nibiv windy, o’uter wise, opumelu yellow, muhrahn young, julders

Adverbs

• almost, badirif
• away, gahkho
• certainly, shog'neif
• freely, indurif
• fully, udirif
• instead, orond'ni
• merely, hlaghin
• probably, smol'neif
• reluctantly, gufisha
• soon, ne'tosh
• too, deh
• truly, neif
• again, ascif
• warmly, smolkhif

Translation Example

The following is an excerpt from the Casual Elder Scrolls PnP roleplaying game. As you can see, it was necessary to heavily revise and simplify the English text before translating it into the terse Dunmeri language.

Original Text (English) : Suddenly, the gold and blue blur that was Dremoran dashed past the rest of the group, his golden sword held aloft in the air above his head. "MORE BLOODSHED!" he yelled, most likely stamping on any remaining chances of the group managing to remain unnoticed and stealthy. Charging past the rest of the group, Dremoran charged into the next room. Shortly after he disappeared from sight, a wavering, screeching sound could be heard coming from the room, followed by the sound of several sword hits landing, the horrible screeching sound of something being scraped across metal, Dremoran's yells of shock and surprise, and the sound of magicka being released in fire and ice spells. Comically, Dremoran suddenly ran backwards out of the room yelling, his shield (aswell as the front of his armour) covered in a layer of frost and sporting several scratches or claw marks in the paintwork, "Wraith, WRAITH, WRAITH!"

Revised Text (English) : With no warning, Dremoran passed them like a blue and yellow blur, holding his yellow sword over his head. "Spill more blood!" he battle-called, revealing them. He ran into the hall. Before many time[-unit]s passed, they heard Dremoran's insane battle-calls, then a loud high sound, then the sound of attacking with swords, then the bad high sound of ripping metal, then the sounds of casting. 'They saw with amusement Dremoran running back from the hall. His armour was cold and claws had attacked it. "Wraith, wraith, wraith!"

Final Text (Dunmeri) : Bahr enhi nivisu, Dremoran ligdu'ag asuhl lacor ot shivir ouahn muhrahn, falmekam oam cheldur muhrahn bar oam rouansho. "Vocu eshtik molkhun!" oas cornayne'ag, alshokkam asuhl. Oas aradi'ag ujil as desroth. Gan'il kivri telsaan ligdu'ath, asuhn leyshe'ag 'as cornaayn malshok am Dremoran, dash 'ot rokahr dishmak alt, dash as rokahr am marghakam enhi chelduur, dash as rokahr maeb alt am molihn armakkam, dash as rokaahr am archakam. Asuhn talje'ag enhi uripe Dremoran aradikam bivi devehr as desroth. Oam molfredihn muhri'ag solsif en kagiliim marghe'ath el. "Wraith, wraith, wraith!"