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Plural for Asura?


Swagger.1459

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Like "sheep" and "moose", the plural of Asura is "Asura".

A passive group of Asura is a "college", but an active group of Asura is a "krewe".

 

The sentence should be: "A krewe of Asura stole my lunch money.".

 

Incidentally:

A weak Asura is an "Asure"; a powerful Asura is an "Asuraga".

An Asuran anthropologist is a "bookah-reader".

An Asuran geneticist specializing in non-Asura cloning is a "bookah-publisher".

An Asuran romance is an Eternal Alchemical Reaction.

An Asura who is dependable or reputable is "Asura-thing".

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> @"Lord Kreegan.8123" said:

> [For the idiot white knights out there who have no sense of humor or perspective, this is all tongue-in-cheek.]

> One Asura; two Asurae...

> Multiple groups of Asurae: Asuraeae.

> Multiple groups of Asuraeae: noisy mob.

> A group of male Asurae: Asuraeine.

> A group of female Asurae: Asuraefem.

> A group of Asuraefem ovulating (happens only once per decade; their cycle is different than humans or the world would be crawling with Asurae): BeechyAsuraefem.

> A group of tall Asurae: nonexistent, so no proper noun.

> A group of attractive Asurae: also nonexistent, so no proper noun.

> A group of Asurae confronted by a group of Charr: lunch.

 

Going by your asuraefem remark wouldent a group of male be asuraemal? if female get 3 first letters then sure male would get the same treatment.

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> @"Ayumi Spender.1082" said:

> > @"OneYenShort.3189" said:

> > > @"Swagger.1459" said:

> > > Asuras or Asurans?

> > >

> > > Edit based off of comments- So what would we use for this sentence?...

> > >

> > > A group of (Asura or Asuras or Asurans) stole my lunch money?

> >

> > Per game and Taimi: Asura.

> >

> > https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Buried_Insight

> > : Tizlak was right. The city appears long dead. I guess we won't find any allies to rally for our cause.

> > Taimi: Such a pity. All those asura.

> >

> > For stuff created by asura : asuran.

> >

> > https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Way_In

> > : I’m looking for Rata Novus. Ever heard of it?

> > Tizlak: Rata… Hmm…

> > : That doesn’t sound promising.

> > Tizlak: I’m assuming you mean an old asuran city?

>

> Aha. Good. So I've been saying it right all along.

 

Yeah, it's usually how language works, you kind of subconsciously pick it up without actually acknowledging it and when someone just asks you, you might have to think about it before answering.

 

I think people have asked this before though. Just to fulfill the pattern, the reason there are varied ways to refer to Asura and their creations is because it ends in a vowel. When talking about Charr technology, it's not Charran/Charrian, it's just Charr technology or Charr territory...but Sylvari also ends in a vowel but also doesn't have a different form to refer to things belonging to their race. Should it be 'Sylvarian' weaponry, for example? Or just Sylvari weaponry?

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> @"Illconceived Was Na.9781" said:

> > @"Trise.2865" said:

> > An Asura who is dependable or reputable is "Asura-thing".

> ****

> > Krewe members offering money-back guarantees for the survival (at the other end) of gate users?

> Asurance sellers

>

> > Moto's revisionist history of Tyrian MMOs?

> Asura Annz Call

>

>

 

More? ok.

 

An Asura who fails a tryout is a "krewe cut".

An Asura who doesn't fail a tryout is "Asura-fit".

When Asura marry, they become "compound Asurants".

When Asura separate and must divide holdings, it is an "Asurance claim"

 

Bonus:

A counterfeit clockpunk device maker is a Charrlatan.

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> @"Swagger.1459" said:

> Asuras or Asurans?

>

> Edit based off of comments- So what would we use for this sentence?...

>

> A group of (Asura or Asuras or Asurans) stole my lunch money?

 

Singular: Asura

Plural: Asura

Possessive: Asuran

 

"An asura stole my lunch money."

 

"A group of asura stole my lunch money."

 

"An asuran golem stole my lunch money."

 

> @"Cragga the Eighty Third.6015" said:

> In truly proper Asuran grammar, "A collective of Asura pilfered the currency intended for my midday comestibles."

 

Unless we're speaking archaic asuran! They mixed grammar and mathematics into their written language before surfacing.

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