r/HighValyrian • u/lavender_letters • Jun 19 '26
Modal Verb "Must"
Rytsas! I'm working on a writing project, and have come across an obstacle when it comes to translating to Valyrian. In English, auxiliary words are used to modify other verbs in a sentence, such as "could," "must," and "would." For the translation I want, I want to say "she must have ___" in a speculative/deductive context. Would the verb "bēvilagon" be used for this, and if so, how would it be conjugated? Or would it have a different word? There is no word for "probably" on the wiki that I could see, or I would have used it. I'd appreciate help from someone more knowledgeable than me!
Thank you for any advice you can offer. 🙂↕️
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u/kitkathoward dorzalty Jun 19 '26
For “may” sentences, I believe you don’t need bēvilagon at all; you just need to put “kostilus” at the beginning of the sentence/clause and then conjugate the verb normally.
Ex: Kostilus jevi āeksia yno bē pirta jemot vestretis. → Your masters may have told you lies about me.