Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7971816-20170216170822/@comment-212.242.99.67-20170219203753

Amethystkitten wrote: Kane had a solid three months between 2.16 and 3.01 where it seems possible he could have learned Trigedasleng. And considering he and Indra are pretty good friends, it wouldn't be a huge surprise if she had taught it to him. Clarke was alone in the wilderness for those 3 months and it's possible she learned the language faster since she really needed to in order to keep herself alive.

Honestly, the timeline of the show is little wonky but the fact the characters were able to learn Trigedasleng so fast is like the least of mine concerns regarding that haha.

Also, Trigedasleng is pretty close to modern English learning the necessary parts of it wouldn't be difficult at all I imagine. I'm aware that Trigedasleng is similar to english. It's hard not notice it, Trikru meaning wood people sounds a lot like Tree crew. However 3 months is still not a lot of time to learn a language, even if it has derived from an already known one. And not to mention Trigedasleng due to the Grounder civilization as a whole not being all that well developed, most likely doesn't have writings, which would make grammatics a living hell to learn, and not to mention dialects.