Learn Mando'a

'Proud'. From components g' + yaihi'l + kayst, g'yail'kayc , artificially full of oneself. It appeals to me because of the pun on kaysh . (The 'hi' in yaihi'l vanishes when you test-drive the full new word, so I took it out in the written form as well.) Proud as a noun 'the proud', 'people' implied,...

I need a non-sarcastic 'holy' for the Bible project. I'm using cin'petiryc , 'pure-centered', rather than the Biblical sense of 'set apart', because that's how 'holy' is mostly used, and if I need 'set apart' I can say that in Mando'a straight. Not 'pure-hearted' because it's possible for an inanima...

If you don't feel there's a need for a 'hypothetical you', that's cool. I was mainly trying to get something for convenience's sake, because it is a common way of phrasing a sentence in English, but as Ruus says, apparently not in Mando'a.

So I was talking to an IRL vod today and we realized that 'you' is one of the easiest English words to misconstrue. Suppose I say 'you go over there'. Depending on context, I could mean 'you, the person I am speaking to, I wish you to go over there'. Or 'a person, who may or may not be real, goes, w...

Rolled 14, intelligence +1, Nature +3 - at least that's how I'm interpreting the sheet you sent a while back - to guess what the potions do (It said Int-13 {+1}) and naw, it's fine, Lia and Ciciri are cute. I nod. Straightforward, then - test, remember some detail. Nothing I haven't done before - a...

I agree with Vlet - and I think it was Robert Stirling (SAS, British) who said it, a good soldier makes himself as comfortable as circumstances permit because if he's uncomfortable then at best he's distracted and at worst he's going to get sick, and then he's no use to anyone. Sure it's useful to b...

Sorry, are we using quotation marks now? I don't mind either way, just be nice to know. I shrug. "I don't mind playing with your potions along with the investigation. Bit of variety. Thank you, Roderick." I take the vials from him and study them. *not sure if I'm allowed to do that but I'm rational...

Cheers, thanks. Some would call it more brilliant not to speak, Lia, I say softly. Particularly around those not of your own kind, those who might not understand. I am somewhat surprised that a mere child is being included in what could be a risky mission, but perhaps age passes differently for elv...

Greetings, Lia Eevon. If you have to call me something, you can call me Xir. I bow back, stiffly, then decide it is better to be too polite than too rude, where elves are concerned. There are not elven folk where I am from and I prefer to be cautious about what I don't understand. No way of knowing...

Insight check, please - I rolled 11 and the modifier is -1, and no, you're being very helpful! Well, then, for what it matters, I am. Arune is away, you say? I murmur. I am interested - not concerned, not yet - that Crusty already knows this place, these people, so well. He is an Initiate. I am an ...

Fix it and apologize, vod, then move on. Taylir kebise pakod . My crowd would put it like this: "When a Jedi behaves badly in public, an observer might think, 'If this Jedi is a representative of the whole Order, then plainly no Jedi is worth respect.' On meeting a second Jedi, who behaves better th...

Remembering the law, I stop worrying about traps built outside. Crusty , I repeat slowly. Well, maybe I've seen you, and maybe I'm an initiate . Leaning across to shake hands, I know I'm a little off-balance, but I can pull away if I need to. I glance at the door, taking in as much as I can in a two...

Q: I've come a bit unstuck, because I need a word for servant, and completely aside from the fact that I'm really unhappy that the feminine form is 'whore around' when the masculine form of the exact same thing is 'serve or lackey' ( dalgaanir cf. jagaanir ) But anyway, ignoring the gender politics ...

Not sure if I'm allowed to 'see' things the DM didn't put there, so I'm playing this safe. Not seeing a door, I step a little closer to the building, studying the texture of the walls and the lay of the boards. I am careful not to touch anything, though - even though I was invited here, I have no r...

Coined for the Bible project, yeah. Thing is, it's a concept we use fairly often in everyday English, just usually in a more roundabout way and without really noticing - likesay your boss is really impressed with you, not necessarily because you're brilliant or deserving, they've just taken an illog...

That would do the trick - setting 'tighter' limits on the definition of born.
I'm not sure how you're getting 'favor' out of a literal meaning of 'guardian-like' or 'protective' - depending on which definition of cabur one happens to be using - care to elaborate?

1. Cool, good to know. 2. I prefer miite'dinuir on the whole, if only because 'escape' tends to carry connotations of secrecy, which is sort of the opposite of what the new word means. 3. Bluntly, because not all babies are born alive. Yes, birth usually involves a live baby, but technically 'born' ...

Aw, ori'vor'e , Tal'jair! I'm concerned that you felt the need to add urman to gedetir , since I understood Mandalorian culture had some concept of deity, and it's not a word you'd use to refer to person-to-person communication, but I can see why you've done it. I'm glad some of the words are okay -...

Osik, Vlet's right. 'Copar' + 'ni' = I want. Which inverts the usual subject-verb order, but it's easier to say, which in Mando'a I guess is more important. So vercopa is 'will want'. Which fits what Ruus said if it's something like... say a new video game: 'I want this now, and I will still want t...

You follow the Resol'nare, you're a Mando, end of, no? I mean, take Australia, particularly Sydney - it's as close to a genuine aggregate culture as I've actually lived in - there's Greeks, there's Poles, there's English, there's Chinese, there's... you name it, you can find one. And by the second g...