chongjasmine Posted September 18, 2012 Posted September 18, 2012 Why did Galladon always say 'kolo?' at the end of his speech?
Windrunner he/him Posted September 18, 2012 Posted September 18, 2012 It was just a Dula manner of speaking. The translation means something along the lines of, "Isn't that right?" or "Don't you think?" Just the same way someone might add a word like, "right" onto a sentence. "We're going to the mall next week, right?" Does that make sense? If you want to know more about the Dula language there are a few facts here in Elantris's glossary on Brandon's site. A few terms there are outdated or wrong though, so take everything you read with a grain of salt.
Senor Feesh Posted September 18, 2012 Posted September 18, 2012 I always thought it was more 'understand?', kind of like people saying 'capishe?' This is also what he says on Roshar during the first interlude of Way of Kings - he keeps punctuating his sentences with 'Understand?'
Trizee Posted September 18, 2012 Posted September 18, 2012 I think Brandon compared it to Canadians ending their sentences with "Eh".
Windrunner he/him Posted September 18, 2012 Posted September 18, 2012 I'm just going off Brandon's glossary here, you're free to disagree.
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