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Viewers of the HBO fantasy series “Game of Thrones” could be forgiven for thinking that the jagged, vaguely malevolent dialect spoken by the show’s Dothraki tribe is just a random assortment of guttural noises. However, such assumptions would be ojil.

Speak Dothraki Useful Phrases Whether you’re a Dothraki speaker in New York for the holidays or a New Yorker looking to entertain visitors from Westeros, David J. Peterson offers some useful phrases. LIFE

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“Ojil” means “incorrect” in Dothraki, which is actually a meticulously crafted language, with its own extensive vocabulary and grammatical rules. David J. Peterson, a “conlanger,” or person who constructs new languages, created the dialect for “Game of Thrones,” finding inspiration in Swahili, Estonian, Turkish, Russian, among other languages.

But could Dothraki have any application in the real world? Judge for yourself. We asked Mr. Peterson to come up with and pronounce some phrases inspired by the series, as well as others that might be more useful in a land outside of Westeros. The translations aren’t always exact. (Ordering a pizza for delivery? Tell them to “bring me my food by raven.”) But what language doesn’t include a few colorful idioms?

Here’s an easy guide (with audio) to life, love and getting by in New York, in Dothraki.

Feel free to liberally sprinkle any of these sentences into your daily conversations — and please use this Dothraki dictionary to come up with some one-liners of your own and share them in the comments field below. The best submissions will earn our athchomar and the athjahakar that comes from a job well done.

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“Winter is coming.”

“I want to place an order for delivery.” (Literally, “Bring me my food by raven.”)

“His tweet offended his followers.”

“Is this locally-grown?”

“Hello, little man. I will destroy you!”

“Fail!”

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“Can I have your phone number?” (“How will I speak with you again?”)

“Dance! It will please me.”

“I will never do that!”

“Yes, you were right, moon of my life; I was wrong.”

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“Is the F train running? (“Does it ride, this metallic lizard with a name that begins with the ‘F’ sound?”)

“Can you take me to Brooklyn?”

“If you say that again, I will choke you with your own tongue!”

“Fuhgeddaboudit!”