Mando'a class (Mandalorian language)

I forgot to cross post. Sorry! Thanks for doing it.

 

Karen, i cant belive you alreayd have over 1000 words! If i was making a launguage, if i went over 50, i would go crazy. After you are done with RC hard contact and your mando'a dictonary, i beg you to right more mandalorian novels. There is a huge gap between the prequels and KOTOR, and then the mandalorian wars have very little in organized history. You could be us mando enthusiats flag ship author. (after all, you have got to be interested in mandos to make them a launguage)

I bet you already have these words, but since Mandalorians are warriors, they would most likely use words like:

Cover( I need covering fire!)
Cordinate(s)( i need artilary at cordinate 2.8)
Charge!( i bet you've got this one)
Pull back, or retreat( retreat, retreat)
reinforcements( we need reinforcements!
bombard( bombard that bunker with some grenades/rockets)
Surrender( mandos wont do that, but people will to them)
for more viscous stuff:
Leave non alive!
No Mercy!

Dont take it as an insutlt that i provided some ()s using the word, it is a tendancy of mine...

 

Boba wins. I know my limits.

I've got two words for apology added to the list now. Felt a little unnatural somehow...

 

Yes, Fi says "Oops..." rather a lot. That fits the mindset.

 

back to topic...

is gedetye only "please" or also "you're welcome"? (y'know, we Germans have only one word for both...)

 

They have a separate phrase for "You're welcome" or "Don't mention it". I did think about the danke schon/ bitte schon thing (apologies for lack of umlauts) but went with a totally different phrase in the end.

 

Sorry - hit the return key in error!

I keep doing that.

 

Ok, nice to know. I know your keyboard hasn't got "umlauts", so never mind

 

That's okay, I'm never insulted. Good ideas - some of those I have covered, some not.

I have under 1000 words, actually, but that's growing by about ten a day. Trouble is, it's addictive. I ought to be working on my next novel now...

I'd be happy to do Mando novels if LFL wanted them and if they asked me. No idea what their plans are, though.

 

Cross-posted: ne'tra gal is black ale, like stout or Guinness.

ne'tra = black
gal = ale

 

Just wondering, would ner vodebe, my brothers? Corran Fett says that ner vod means my brother, and vode means brothers, but i am not sure if there is a special conjugation to go with it.

 

Good question... I already wondered about that one...

thx for the "new" words, Karen

 

The joy of Mando'a is that you don't have to make adjectives and possessives agree with nouns.

So it's ner vod - my brother/ sister/ comrade

(pr: nair vohd)

and

ner vode - my brothers/ sisters/ comrades

(pr: nair VOH-day)

Vod also means "mate" for all Brits and Aussies out there. I'm incapable of conducting a conversation without the word "mate".

 

A great language!

Thanks for making this clear

 

No, ne'tra just means black as in the colour.

 

And what means "Udesii" and "burc'ya"? I saw that in your blog...

 

Udesii is "calm down" or "take it easy". A very useful phrase, I find.

Burc'ya is friend. Careful hwo you use that one.

 

Yes, indeed *g*

- so what is "foe" or "enemy", if I might ask?

btw, thx for more Mando'a words

 

I'll sit on the "enemy" one for a while, because explaining it will involve going through a whole lot of background on the way the Mandos see the non-Mando world.

Burc'ya, by the way, is like "pal" - say it in one tone of voice and it's friendly, say it in another and it's not.

EDIT: forgot to add - it's pronounced BOOR-sha.

 

Ah, nice to know.

Interesting...

Mando'a is getting cooler and cooler...