Learn Mando'a

I have the materials to start working on the buy'ce. I MUST do this! This IS haat Mando'ad! I need to fight off distraction and laziness and excuses!

I have the materials, so next step:

Buy'ce pattern and pieces cut by Sunday night! Hold me to it, ner vode, and pictures shall be forthcoming!

screenaholic wrote:So I'm moving on Tuesday, and will be spending the weekend packing and getting things in order. I'm not gonna be able to organize this week, but I encourage the rest of you to do so and still meet up.

We'll do it in your honor, vod. And, good luck with your ba'slan shev'la!

(Wouldn't you just know I had to work the night of the 3rd Anniversary!) Adi'karta, I think the first thing I want to say is, ORI'VORE! You are the heart of Mando'a.org. From hosting the forums and translator, to coding all the great features we use, to keeping the light on during the times when I a...

Ori'vore, Adi'! Kandosii! Wow! This is a lot of great stuff to mull over, learn, and use! Gar ru tal'onidi, ori'haat! OK, let's review! There are only a couple of words that I did not think to specifically address, and those mostly being the looooonger compounds. I completely agree and appreciate yo...

Ni liniba ca'nara'shya. Ni liniba sur'ar'shya. Ni liniba serim'narit'shya. Ni liniba cinarin an kebise. Ni liniba kov'hibirar'shya. Cuyir Mandokarla bal Ramikadyc bal jate buir bal jate vod cuy urakto. Expanded usage of Canon Mando'a: 'shya - more of/than New compounds from Canon Mando'a: serim'nari...

I am sorry I missed it, ner vod. Been fighting a cold, and I ended up sleeping right through the time slot. But, I do look forward to these Mando'a nights, so next week for sure!

[Not sure what the "run" in the first sentence means here, maybe you fatfingered "ru"? On "adi'ke", yes, KT used that. It's proper. For bid'narit, the closest comparison I can get is "o'r taap b'ashi", so I guess you're more fluid than anything I have...] 'Lek, ast'ehutla gaan'kale (gaan = hand; ka...

Ni ru hiibi ner ad'ike 1 bah edee'baar'ur 2 ibi'tuur. Pirur gal shal edeejahaal'yaim'ika 3 cuy dush. Projorcu 4 , ni ru kov'hibira 5 Mando'a bid'narit 6 . Translation Help and Notes (Don't read this if you want to try and puzzle it out by yourself first!): 1. I believe that in the KT Rep'Comm novel...

I seem to recall something about Roman warriors wearing pink... One of the things I miss about living in Japan was the variety in men's clothing styles. Pink was just another color. Floral-type prints didn't just go on Hawaiian shirts. There were feminine and masculine ways of applying the same thi...

Thanks for your comments. This is turning into a fun little diversion for me. Here is another one: http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae102/mando_raeth/Mandoa%20bal%20Mandoade/Mandaloacuyjorhaaiolar-0002_zps5f22fb78.jpg Image Type: Facebook Cover Photo Text: Mando'a cuy'jorhaa'i olar! (Mando'a spoke...

Ni cuyi tracyn. Ni cuyi atin.
Ner kovid cuy muun'la, a'ner kar'ta cuy haat.
Ni ru nari kadala ner vode, a'ni baati ner vode darasuum.
Akaani ti ner vode; kar'tayli ner vode.
Dral kaden; dral kar'taylir.
Ori'haat, ni cuy Mando'ad bal'ban.

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Text: Mando'a cuy'jorhaa'i olar! (Mando'a spoken here!)

Notes: Perhaps a little too high-contrast and messy. But, a start...

I am so happy to have Lily here! We are locational vode in real life! Oya!

EDIT: Take any and all of my ranting with a grain of salt or tongue in cheek. My passions burn hot sometimes, but I never forget we are vode an ! As an advocate for expanding, growing, and evolving Mando'a beyond the invaluable, wonderful, yet also constrained core of Canon Mando'a (i.e., Mando'a a...

Done. I remember "Fando'a" coming up at some point, but I don't remember who suggested it...maybe I'm just crazy. :P Sorry to diminish your work; that was not my intent. No worries. I'm just one of those hot-under-the-collar Mando'ad. I like to 'brawl' it out with my fellow Mando'ade one moment, th...

If the Canon Mando'a forum is simply "Canon Mando'a", can the Non-Canon Mando'a forum be called "Non-Canon Mando'a"? In a way, I worry that "Fan'on" might have a diminuitive connotation. But, I could be wrong. That said, Canon - Non-Canon makes for a pleasingly balanced duality. Thanks for consideri...

'Lek, ni suvari te takisit. 'Lek, ni suvari gar copaan dirycir ni. 'Lek, ni suvari gar ru haaranov miit'la cheka'n. Ni cuyi ori'kaden. Ni ru dinui ner jatne. Ni ru dinui ner kar'tayl. Ni ru dinui ner ori'kar'ta. Ni ru cuy'rejorhaa' ner jatne cuy be'hut'uun miite. Ni cuyi ori'kaden. Ni cuyi Mando'ad....

I am very excited about these new words! I think to get the flavor of them, I am going to need to focus on using them in various sentences and contexts, both in speech and writing. That will really tell me a lot about their feel and place within Mando'a! Looks like I won't have any excuse to be bore...

af·fec·ta·tion noun 1. behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress. synonyms: pretension, pretentiousness, affectedness, artificiality, posturing, -------------------------------------------------- I'll get back to you on the rest after work today, but the passive voice i...

Regarding passive voice, there is none -- it seems to have been left out on purpose: http://forum.mandoa.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=22&p=247&hilit=passive+voice&sid=c89cd6684216d154cd7bd6b5dcc65955#p247 OK, I think this is where I go full on apostate* and suggest a bit of canonical heresy. :twisted: "...