To get Game of Thrones fans ready for the House of the Dragon premiere (21.08), Duolingo is updating its High Valyrian language course with new vocabulary that will be said in the show. If you鈥檙e unfamiliar, High Valyrian is one of the ancient languages spoken in the Game of Thrones universe. Working with linguist David Peterson, the language creator behind High Valyrian, the expanded Duolingo course will now feature nearly 400 words and phrases that will be utilised for practice sentences in the app. A few examples include:
- A艒hyz zaldr墨zesse gev墨 s艒vetis, Daenerys. > Your dragons flew beautifully, Daenerys.
- Havorzo dohaeragon kost膩, Ar瘸s. > You can serve the food, Arya.
- Zaldr墨zes j膿drot heptas. > The dragon ascended to the sky.
- Somb膩zmion d膩rio syt len膩t膩s! > Build a castle for the queen!
Brushing up on High Valyrian ahead of the premiere not only allows fans to impress their friends, but there鈥檚 a payoff too. Within the recently announced augmented reality app from HBO, House of the Dragon: DracARys, fans can hatch a personalised virtual dragon egg that they can 鈥渞aise鈥� to be their dragon. The HBO app, which is available for download on July 20, will tell users how to command their dragon in High Valyrian.
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But thanks to the expanded course in Duolingo that鈥檒l include the AR dragon commands, fans can polish their pronunciation skills in order to better command their dragon within the House of the Dragon: DracARys app.
Duolingo worked directly with David Peterson, the linguist who developed the full High Valyrian language based on the book series 鈥淎 Song of Ice and Fire鈥� by George R.R. Martin.
鈥淚 am thrilled for new and old fans of the 鈥淕ame of Thrones鈥� series to experience the High Valyrian language. It鈥檚 been a pleasure to revisit the world of Westeros for 鈥淗ouse of the Dragon” and work with the team at Duolingo to breathe new life into this course,鈥� said Peterson.
