Learn Mando'a

Su'cuy! Ni haa'tayl ibic gayi'kary'ika kyr'adyc, a ni copaani jorhaa'ir o'r Mando'a bal ibic ru'haa'tayli sa taap par ibac.
Briikase ori'tuure (approximating 'holiday') par anade. Tion gar gana cin'ciri? Tion gar gotal'u ori'tuur'la kai'tome?

Throughout Karen Traviss’ work, we see Mandalorians mixing Mando’a words with their speech in Basic. From my memory, the tendency was to insert Mando’a when a character would swear (my favorite instance of this would have to be when Kal Skirata says “when the osik hits the fan” or something to that ...

Olarom, gelert! I can confirm that this is a concept- the word “dar’buir” (‘no longer’+ ‘parent’) refers to parental divorce. Being divorced by a child is said to only happen if the parent does something extremely egregious/against mandalorian values, and is considered an extreme dishonor to the par...

Here’s one I had in a notebook somewhere for a while- “Working for the Weekend” by Loverboy. There might be a few typos in here that I didn’t catch even though I went back through it, I copied it down from the paper pretty quickly… Borari par raysh’tuur’kyr- kar’tayl’ad Anade ja’haili haa’taylir meg...

Happy to help! Thanks for the explanation of the phrase. I agree with the usage for each variation that you described- almost brings to mind k’oyacyi.

The first thing I think of would be “Ke’nu’duumi kyr’am gevir gar”. To break this down: Ke’nu’duumi Imperative (command) prefix + negative prefix + “allow” (conjugated) May + don’t + allow (Note- to imply a less harsh tone (I don’t know much about how the band uses the phrase), you could replace thi...

I was just reading through a bunch of music-related posts, looking for some info, and a thought crossed my mind. We obviously have several legends and even canon musical works in Mando'a (Vode An, Dha Werda Verda, etc., as well as the recent Aliit Ori'shya Tal'din), very oriented around grand, often...

Here’s yet another Green Day song- one of my favorites and earlier translations, ‘She’s a Rebel’. The chorus (the first verse below) is repeated several times at the end in the song’s original recording, but I didn’t figure I needed to repeat it that many times. Kaysh cuy mav’verd Kaysh cuy cin’gaan...

Great translation! I have a few minor corrections- rather then ‘dajuna at morut’ I would say ‘dajun at morut’- ‘a plan towards sanctuary’ rather than something closer to ‘planning towards sanctuary’. The only other thing (though it may be more stylistic) would be to alter the last line ‘hokan’yc ner...

I would agree with ‘sho, sho’ as an onomatopoeia for the sound of the ocean. And, thanks for the input on pitter patter- I don’t know if it has to do with my location in the USA or how I learned to speak, but I’ve always associated pitter patter/heard it associated with the steps of a baby.

Thanks! I wasn’t sure if I was being vaguely poetic or grammatically incorrect…

Here’s another Green Day song, J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva, or, as I transcribed it, Jeison Andru Relva). Any input on my use of ‘dar’ in the first few lines? Ner bur’cya ba’slana ash’tuur Jii kaysh dar bal an val sirbu Gar liniba oya’cyir naka’tuur Haa’tayli ni ven’dar balyc Nu’ni lise oya’cyir sa g...

Hi again! Here’s another Green Day song, Whatsername. (There are plenty more of these, and, not to worry, non-Green Day titles…) Ni mirdi mhi urcye daab bat chortav A ni mar’eyi bic shi nuhoy’sur Ni kebbu digur anay’kebi mhi me’dinui Kaysh ba’slana bal ni kemi eyn’ashi yust Ni partayli te troan a nu...

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. Oh wow, I have no words… thank you so much! Coming from THE Vlet Hansen, active member since ten years ...

Back from a vacation with another one: Hamilton’s ever-memorable “you’ll be back”. Still working towards the title rap, but I know this was a fan favorite! Gar sirbu Waad be ner kar’tayli darasuum cuy naysol Gar tri’karla O’r shig gar nariti o’r sho’cye sa gar haa‘tayli ni Tion’jor Partayli mhi go’t...

Sounds right to me! That’s how I had been using it, anyway.

Haha, I did make it sound pretty complicated…

Glad it seems interesting, this is the first time I’ve given anyone the recipe!

I know this thread is long dead, but I hadn’t seen any full recipes for shig anywhere and I thought I’d post the one I’ve been using for a while. I had originally been using some lemon or lime juice to add to the citrus aspect, but I eventually switched over to all dry ingredients after adding ginge...

You might remember me as a frequent song translator and Green Day fan from the Song Translations thread. Well, I was thinking about a translation of one of their songs, “Bang Bang,” when I realized I had encountered a problem- how would ‘bang’ translate? It’s an onomatopoeia that adheres to the lett...

Here’s another one- Celebrity Skin by Hole. I took much artistic license with some of the wording, but I hope it makes sense in a mando context. This also applies to some of the transcription, any thoughts on that are welcome. Alor’gam Ori’ami ni Ni meg ni copaani Oyayc kebi Haamyc gar mir’adi Hey, ...