Learn Mando'a

So basically, instead of saying "I was bitten by a dog" you would say "a dog [prefix]bit me"? The main issue I (personally) have with passive voice is that there are very few situations where a sentence in passive voice could not be rephrased to be in active voice. That said, there are times when pa...

Sorry for the (very) late response. That is an incredibly astute observation. Upon reading your post, I searched the dictionary and it seems as though go (from gotal ) is indeed used consistently in such a fashion, and despite that word root existing, that pattern never occurred to me. Your construc...

Ner Jate'kara wrote:What would this language do without you

Taljair is indeed one of our (if not the) most prolific contributors and their enthusiasm is most appreciated.

Chiming in because Linebeck asked me to:

I like Belandrie's and Aondeug's name suggestions, and I like Linebeck's adoption of the motto. I've been out of the loop a while so I don't have any of my own ideas to contribute.

That is a lot of material, vode. Ori'vore!

I've been super busy with other projects and life in general but I will definitely make some time in the next week to read through this course material you created.

-Adi

Su'cuy, vode! Just wanted to give you a din'kartay: Our web hosts have informed me they plan to reboot the server sometime between 8 and 10 PM US Mountain Time on Tuesday 4 April 2017 (0200-0400 UTC on Wednesday 5 April 2017). They said to expect 30-60 minutes of downtime, but don't be overly concer...

Regarding the sex/gender distribution of Mando'ade on the internet: I have no actual statistics with which to judge, but I do get the general sense that the ratio on the Mercs forums (and in videos of Mercs events) might be between 1:2 and 1:1 (female:male). As for these forums, identifying one's g...

Ruus wrote:K'oya' cyi in every sense of the word, ner vod. I'll be praying for you too.

I second this. I do not practise a religion nor believe in a specific higher power but you will be in my thoughts. I'm pulling for you. If there's anything I can do to help, just drop me a PM.

Warning: I am going to get all hippie on you and maybe sound like a therapist for a minute... *snip* Any therapist or anyone mature enough and experienced in interpersonal (or romantic) relationships will tell you that the most important thing in any relationship is communication. The thing about co...

I suspect the reason there are so few recordings is because by our very nature, most Humans recoil at the sound of their own voice in recorded form, because it sounds nothing like what we hear from inside our own heads. It takes a special sort of person -- the sort who enjoys sharing and broadcastin...

I split this to its own topic because I hope it will take off.

Let's compile a list of known Mandalorian foods and drinks from the books (and of course the dictionary) so we can either find or make recipes for as many of them as possible.

I have played a few campaigns (3.5, 4, and 5). I have way more dice than one person needs.

I probably won't have much time to participate (and I am pretty bad at RP) but I'll be pleased to see where this goes.

The "work family" dynamic can be fun and rewarding, but it can also be dangerous or disruptive. This seems to be a bigger thing in agency/startup culture, especially among younger professionals or folks who miss the old fraternity/sorority days from college. As with most things in life I recommend b...

How dikut'la of me to forget dogtags... Hardly dikut'la -- it's not exactly an officially-proscribed means of identifying one's allegiance within the Star Wars canon, let alone the Mandalorian culture. Hence, those who don't "dress up" for an event are seen as poor or sloppy. Thoughts, anyone? I wo...

Here is how I personally apply the guideline about wearing amrour: Photo on 16-02-29 at 16.41 crop.jpg I *would* keep a weapon on me at all times, but I am a pacifist (and any weapon you carry can end up being used against you). Beyond that, though, my hands are weapons, my tongue is a weapon, my br...

Freenode keeps suffering Netsplits, which causes the channel permissions to be reset to the original configuration (invite-only). As a result, the IRC channel has -- yet again -- become invite-only. I am going to set up our own IRC server so we won't need to worry about that sort of thing anymore. S...

I keep a copy on my Google Drive for reference and easy access, but you should also be able to download it from the link on this page via the Internet Archive.

The pronunciation in the translator on the main Mando'a.Org site is the official pronunciation straight from the MandoaApril09.xls file penned by Kar'buir and gifted to the Internet for all eternity. The font as you're using it is a fabrication by a fan (created the mand-alore.org website, which was...

According to the old dictionary, the pronunciation for chayaikir is "CHAI-ay-keer", leading me to believe the "ay" in that word should be "ai", and the "ai" should be "e", as such: chaiekir or perhaps with a "y" thrown in as a pseudo-consononant like chaiyekir or a beten like chai'ekir . Also accord...

I agree with your constructions; the new diphthongs seem pretty clear. I would say for sake of consistency to swap ai for ay but you are absolutely right that (at least in my accent) ah+ee does *not* sound like how ay *looks*, especially in a word, where the actual y sound is much more noticeable wh...