Learn Mando'a

Ori might be unnecessary in ori'naastan, though I can see why you might want it as an intensifier. Given how slangy ol' is in English, you might get away with just ruug. I like the way you worked around the limitations of the vocabulary with jehav. I'm not sure on the use of eyn here, though. I don'...

Don't forget that you can drop or extend the occasional syllable to better suit your meter, I think it might help the flow in the first few lines.

Interesting! Songs are always extra tricky if you're trying to keep the meter

Olarom!

I know the feeling, I've got a project I was trying to write that I keep ignoring...

I think it's a fair use of dar, yes. Seems to fit the meaning on both sides.

Kih'parjai

Olarom! Don't feel bad about taking a while to post here, the important thing is that you're here now!

I don't know the song personally, so I can't speak yet to the accuracy of the lyrics, but I'd say you've got a better handle on translation and grammar than 90% of the people who look at Mando'a.

It's technically correct, but I'll admit I hate it. While there's value in the semantic difference between ad and adat, I basically always use ad.

Olarom! We're always happy to see more guides like that; the more out there, the better chances someone will learn from them!

Olarom!

Practice is always the tricky part, hard to get people to sit around for it most of the time. If you need someone to practice with, I try to stay available for it!

Welcome! Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be able to pick up the basics faster than you think! Only a very small handful of people really get into it enough to even criticize, anyway

I'd say, the existence of the "prosaic" goran and the more "poetic" naur'...

I think I misread your post. The thing you proposed is actually almost identical to the term naur'alor, which actually already exists, coming from the bounty hundet code appendix. So, well... spot on! Correct!

Wayii, that's complex! I'll need to give it a try!

Shig itself is just any tisane, so no matter what recipe you use you'll truly be making shig, but that does sound like something Mando'ade would enjoy!

Olarom! Always fun to discuss the culture in addition to the language!

That's actually an excellent line of inquiry, and one that I think we might have heretofore neglected entirely! I'll have to think for a while about how I feel on the subject, but so far I feel your idea is perfectly serviceable (though maybe putting the cart before the horse linguistically).

Olarom! Gar jorhaa'i jate! You're already working at a good level.=! You're handing things like conjugation pretty well, and can make yourself understood. The two things I'd change are use nu' instead of dar' (dar is specifically "no longer" instead of just "not"), and I'd replace kar'tayli with sir...

Yeah, that's one of the nice things about Mando'a. Like 40% of the words in a word-for-word translation can be dropped, since it prefers to rely on context unless for emphasis or clarity!

like it! The way I think of the difference is yust is the root word for any form of path (hence why it shows up in yustapir and such), goyust is anything more "constructed" instead of just being a trail, and chortav feels to me like a street in a city, somewhere built up a bit. You might find it han...

Olarom, and best of luck on your endeavor! Don't hesitate to ask if you want help!