Learn Mando'a

OYA MANDA! A close vod from my Navy days is in need of your prayers. His mother has been hospitalized with severe cardiac symptoms, and will be receiving a pacemaker on Tuesday morning. She is 87 years old. Any who are so inclined, please include Mrs. Sellers in your prayers. Vor'entye in advance, n...

Dedicated to the United States Military, and to soldiers everywhere: Mhi Moti Solus, Mhi susulu ke'gyce; Solus Kar'ta, solus runi, solus narser, Vode An! Verde Tor mhi, Akaan'ade Haat mhi, Kad mav'la mhi, Vode An! Tuur tracyn'e akaan hetti dral, Akaani'an mhi. Tuur buruk jurkadi, koti'an mhi. Tuur b...

A couple more: k'gotal'u ner tuur! (This one makes it painfully clear how limited the vocab is!) K'tay'li gar burc'ye gebi, a gar aru'ee ori'gebi. (I think that's the quote LOL) And a longer one: Piruusti, ibac ori'jate, Ibac shi shabla ori'jate vod, jii meg ven'vaabit mhi? Mhi o'r ash'osik veman ji...

I have one problem with it: What the shab is up with the lightsaber? Other than that, Kandosii, JJ!

Practicing digital necromancy again here, but what the hell, maybe it'll increase traffic on the site, eh? Here goes: Ner gai Aren Vaal, bal Ni cuyi mando'ad. Cuyi ehn'eta sh'ehn simire ruug'la. Ni gana dolus ad'ika, dalyc; kaysh cuyi rayshe'a simire ruug'la. Ni cuyi verd be aliit Val'Kazh. Ner me's...

Ok, so, for "atom," I came up with oyu'baat'yc arpat (Universal seed). Kinda klunky, but it works. Maybe oyu'b'arpat?

Oh, and by the way, how the shab does mando'a NOT have a word for explode/explosion? Mando'ade are warriors, for crying out loud! LOL

Vlet Hansen wrote:Ni ven yaimpa

(don't forget your Bavarian accent!)

He's Austrian, actually.

Ibic Ripley, kyr'yc cuyan be haar Nostromo, naumii n'bat (or ani bal dayn).

ELEK! 500 nerd points to Vlet! LOL

How about:

Jate'karyc, gar burc'ya shi ge'kyraych.

Ok, here's a tough one: nuclear/atomic (as in nuclear-powered/atomic power). Can't find anything close on the list, so how do we compound-word it?

Vor entye, MsLanna. How I wish there was a word for nuke (nuclear)!

But, since one is not forthcoming, how about:

Mhi ru'olaro'an, mhi ru'haa'tayli'an, mhi ru'muuri'bajiri'an! (500 extra nerd points if you can name the film it's from LOL)

Heh heh...so, I was browsing my old facebook posts, re-reading the story to get myself up to date before beginning the next chapter, and I noticed that all of the story posts were set to be visible only to my friends, meaning no one here would've been able to read them. That has now been fixed.

Mav'la...duh. Ner mirsh solus, ibic tuur'e LOL.

Ori'vor'e, Vlett

Olarom, ner vode!

Vode...

Looking for a word for Freedom. Mav is free, but I'm unsure how to convert it into "the condition of being free." Any thoughts?

Vor'entye,

Aren

Ok, I realize this post borders on necromancy, bring back a dead thread, but, with the low level of activity here in general, I figured it was worth it. I consider myself a Mandalorian in training. I am still learning mando'a, slowly but surely, and still learning to defend myself unarmed/in melee (...

Sa gar copaani.

Su cuy'gar. Ner gai Inigo Montoya. Gar r'kyr'amu ner buir. k'tsikado kyr'amur. (Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.)

Bar,

Meh n'kar'tayl, k'pirimmur ger tebec an! (When in doubt, empty the magazine--lit: If you don't know, use all your ammunition!)

Oya, vode! Two months ago, after a particularly distressing turn of events in my life, I decided to go full-on mando'ad, and I joined this forum. As part of my cin vetin, I created a new facebook page, where I have posted a number of essays and an ongoing story. The page is listed under my username ...

Su'cuy, vode! I'm new to mando'a, and relatively new to mando culture in general. I've always been a massive Star Wars fan, and a fan of KT's mando'ade since I first read Hard Contact shortly after it was published. The last few years have been rough, and the last eight months especially, so I decid...