Learn Mando'a

I'll start this one by retranslating 35, because I'm not too happy with how it came out last time. 35. That which does not kill you has made a tactical error. Ibac meg ne'nari kyr'amur ni ru' gotal kyramla dunar. That which does not kill me has made [a] fatal error. 36. When the going gets tough, th...

We are all the same, because we are all unique. Mhi cuy an aras, jorcu mhi cuy an sol'tan. We are all [the] same, because we are all unique. Here's a resource I use for a lot of my translations: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8-c9yBulNHdbkpZd2hQZGEtdW8/view It has a larger dictionary than Mando'a...

31. Only cheaters prosper. Shi ne' torla akaan cuyi akaan gar nibrar. [The] only unfair fight is [the] fight you lose. 32. Anything is amphibious if you can get it back out of the water. An besbe cuyi pirun'besbe meh val su borari piryc. All gear is water-gear if they still work wet. 33. If you're l...

25. If a manufacturer's warranty covers the damage you did, you didn't do enough damage. Meh gotur liser gotali meg gar ru' nyn, gar ne ru' nar nyn luubid'muun. If [a] maker can fix what you struck, you didn't strike enough-hard. 26. "Fire and forget" is fine, provided you never actually forget. Yus...

17 is why counter-intel is important, so you can make your enemies think their plan is coming together nicely. Not that I have first-hand experience with such things. I've never even been to Hapes. 21. Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive...

I doubt more words are ever bad to have. Even if Mandos don't mummify anything themselves, they've probably encountered it in other cultures, and probably assimilated individuals originating from said cultures. So I've been making some new words in my own thread for a while, but forgot to post them ...

18. If the officers are leading from in front, watch out for an attack from the rear. Meh alore alor jurkad, ja'haili par aru'ese laam gar shebs. If [the] officers lead [the] assault, watch for enemies at your back. 19. The world is richer when you turn enemies into friends, but that's not the same ...

16. Your name is in the mouth of others: be sure it has teeth. Gar gai cuy o'r uram be ash'ade. Jatne meh gan edee. Your name is in [the] mouth of other people. Best if [it] has teeth. 17. The longer everything goes according to plan, the bigger the impending disaster. Munit 'shya dajun oya, muun 's...

Glad to hear it! Expect more of these on weekdays when I'm at work waiting on a simulation.

11. Everything is air-droppable at least once. An vhebesbe liser abiik'barycir sol'ca'nara. All ground gear can air deploy once. 12. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head. Pel'miite udes a'den. Tion a'den tengaan norac, tracyn a'den'kovid. Soft w...

Well, that was only an 8 month hiatus. I return with more dubiously translated nuggets of dubious wisdom! 10. Sometimes the only way out is through... through the hull. Dul'ca'nara entay'naast gar'besbe naastar val'besbe. Sometimes you must destroy your gear to destroy their gear. Note: this is phra...

I actually have a friend working on a reading at the moment. She's an up-coming professionally trained voice actor with several podcast guest appearances and a video game contract under her belt. I'll post it here once she's done with it (with English and Mando'a subtitles). She's also working up an...

7. If the food is good enough, the grunts will stop complaining about incoming fire. Meh skraan cuyi luubid'jate, verde'kar'ta ven'cuy ne'trattok'or chur aru'ela tracyn. If [the] food is enough-good, [the] soldiers'-heart will not-collapse under enemy fire. 8. Mockery and derision have their place. ...

That may be true, but it still feels a bit awkward to me. Is there any issue with keeping ne'tome? 6. If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it. Meh besbe'trayce ne'ru'cuy* kyr'yc kebi gar ru'pirim*, gar ru'trattok'or* pirimmur luubid be val.* If weapons were not [the...

I'm curious to see whether any of our spheres of influence overlap. I can often be found at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, but I also do cons in Alabama, and I haven't ruled out Florida or Tennessee. American deep south, basically. Anyone else in that region? If not, which conventions do you g...

I'm going to start adding literal translations as a third line to make reverse-engineering the translations (and my possibly flawed thought processes) easier. 5. Close air support and friendly fire should be easier to tell apart. Gebi can'gal hukaat bal burcya'la* tracyn liniba cuyir pakod'shya rejo...

Racism may not exist in the Mando'a thoughtspace, but nationalism certainly does. Mandos use the same word (aruetii) for "traitor," "foreigner," and "outsider," with linguistic ties to "enemy" (aru'e). If memory serves, some interpretations of the Resol'nare require that armor be worn in public, and...

Yeah, the coming of age thing wasn't particularly inspired. I'm just throwing ideas out. I think the teenager thing would presume that the work was done (or at least far enough along that they could be spared for the afternoon). Get the grunt work that benefits from young, able bodies in the morning...

Space corn. Perfect. We'll add it to the list with blue milk and transparisteel. xD Needling aside, I really don't have a better name for it without mashing my keyboard, space corn works. I'd recommend fleshing out spring a bit more. Maybe add a coming-of-age ceremony for adolescent Mando'ade that t...

This is definitely helping, thanks. So far, all of my words have come from the main site dictionary and Taljair's Total Guide To Mandalorian Language , posted here , with pronoun suffixes applied as appropriate. To the best of my knowledge, I haven't invented or misspelled anything, but I've also on...