Table of Contents:
  1. Notes & Credits
  2. Grammar
    a. Pluralization
    b. Possessive Case
    c. Verbs
    d. Adjectives
    e. Adverbs
  3. Common to Drow
  4. Drow to Common
  5. Phrases

NOTE: The phrases listed below are from the Drow of the Underdark sourcebook.

Phrase

Translation



Vendui'
I/we greet you
Aluve'
I/we leave you
Jal khaless zhah waela.
All trust is foolish.
Xun izil dos phuul quarthen, lueth dro.
Do as you are ordered, and live.
Ilharessen zhaunil alurl.
Matrons know best.
Lil waela lueth waela ragar brorna, lueth wund nind, kyorlin elghinn.
The foolish and unwary find surprises, and among them, waiting death.
Nindyn vel'uss kyorl nind ratha thalra elghinn dal lil alust.
Those who watch their backs meet death from the front.
Kyorl jal bauth, kyone, lueth lil Quarvalsharess xal belbau dos lil belbol del elendar dro.
Watch all about, warily, and the Goddess may give you the gift of continued life.
 
Oloth zhah tuth abbil lueth ogglin.
Darkness is both friend and enemy.
Lloth tlu malla; jal ultrinnan zhah xundus.
Lloth be praised; all victory is Hers.
Lil alurl velve zhah lil velkyn uss.
The best knife is the unseen one.
Khaless nau uss mzild taga dosstan.
Trust no one more than yourself.
Ulu z'hin maglust dal Qu'ellar lueth Valsharess zhah ulu z'hin wund lil phalar.
To walk apart from House and Queen is to walk into the grave.
Vel'uss zhaun alur taga lil Quarvalsharess?
Who knows better than the Goddess?