Learn Mando'a

• heaven - taap (location) ashi (other) ka'ra (stars) be'chaaj (away/afar) suum (beyond) uvete (worlds; poetic) tra (space/void/star field) darasuum (eternal) yaim (home) I quite like the compound idea conveyed by daras'yaim or maybe darasuyaim (hm, feels clunkier) as Heaven being an "eternal home"...

Vor'entye, Ca'tra! I agree with Vlet, Mando'a tends to be laconic in practical use as far as I've seen, so even "par me'dinui" would be more than sufficient. On the poetry translation side, I'm going to try to do some more poems that either have IRL cultural significance or would fit well with a Man...

Ky'goy Be'ca Edge of Night Excerpt from "A Walking Song" J.R.R. Tolkien Nor'vaii yaim, troan'vaii uvet Bal ori'sol yuste kemir 'Dol prudii, at ky'goy be'ca Akay an trane ven'nau'i Vhipir, prudii, tra'verd bal werd An laandui An laandui -------------ORIGINAL TEXT------------- Home is behind, the wor...

Urman'miit N'at Chaab Litany Against Fear Frank Herbert, Dune (1965) Ni n'enteyo chaabar. Chaab mirda'kyramud. Chaab kyr'amika meg jori haran. Ni ven'haa'tayli ner chaab. Ni ven'duumi bic shaadlar jaon ni bal adol ni. Bal tuu bic ru'slana nor'vaii ni ven'goy'yi or'haai haa'taylir yust bebic. Vai ch...

Yust Nu'gaanade The Road Not Taken Robert Frost, 1915 T'ad yuste chaaj'urci or shi'yayc kurs, Bal, trikari bac ni nu'lise kemir bintar Bal cuyir solus kem'ur, ni ru'moti mun'ca'nara, Bal ru'haa'tayli kyr'at be'solus bid chaaj'yc ibac ret'yc, Akay bic ru'goy'yi or dir'vorpan'oy; Ven ru'gaanade ni t'...

Su'cuy~! The project is open to all comers as long as the site is active, I'm just on hiatus while I sort out graduation stuff. Luke is as good a place to start as any, and I like how you think. ;) Off the top of my head your translation looks alright, and I'm not sure about "ibice" but it could be ...

Ner ca'nara ori yaihi'l. Nuliser miit'gaanar ner hokaanir.

Close. "Hokaanir" is a verb, so the noun form would be "hokaan" and "nuliser" should be "nu liser"

Other than that, no objections! Start wherever you like, do what you can.

Naak ti gar, vode.

Oya! I'm glad to see that there's been activity on the board while I've been gone, and a little surprised that I didn't get any email notifications about it. Ah well. I quite like Te'Solus as the translation for God as it fits well with a lot of subsequent scripture, and Al'alor is then appropriate ...

@King John - actually, just "me vaar ti gar" suffices, since gar applies to plural as well.
Another possibility is "me vaar ti anade" but i'm not sure if that's in usage or even correct.

Anyway, olarom! Welcome to the group.

Olarom, Kael! Welcome to the group.

Balyc, su'cuy anade! Me vaar ti gar?

So it's a snow day, and I'm not going to be getting anything else done for classes. Mando'a time. Chapter 6 of Genesis has been completed, 7 has just begun. Here's 6 for now; the Flood. Goten 6 [Haar ori'pirun] 1. Ca'nara adate ru'ori'soler dos vhetin bal ru'goteni dalyc adike, (2.) jagyc ade be Man...

Psalm 91 - Translation incomplete [all verses, few words left] Psalm 91 Su'cuy, anade. Me vaar? I've not made a lot of progress on chapter 7 in the last few months, but I have had a mostly-finished Psalm sitting in another document for a while now, so here it is: Psalm 91 (frequently used in my fam...

Su'cuy ner vode, bal olarom, evaar'la vode. Still banging away at these keys, slowly and surely. Few phrases at a time, still wondering if I'll ever get some feedback and turn this into something bigger. Hope springs eternal. Anyway, here's Chapter 5 of the Book of Genesis. Since there are a lot of ...

May as well keep posting, eh? Chapter 5 is in progress, here's 4 for now. Goten 4 [Kein bal Ebel] 1. Adam ru'rid'nuhoy ti kaysh riduur Iiv, bal kaysh ru'cuyi yaihadla bal ru'goteni Kein. 2. Projor Iiv ru'goteni kaysh vod Ebel. Ebel ru'cuyi ulik'alor, bal Kein ru'borari vheh. 3. Ti ca'nara Kein ru'hi...

In this case of a need for a passive form I would recommend creating an adjective form for the verb in question and using it with "cuyir" to imply the passive form. Subsequently, "cuyir" can be eliminated from the sentence as per Mando'a colloquialisms. "Hukaatin", for example, can be a hypothetical...

Olarom, Guilderrant. Ibac ru'cuy jate kebbur ti Mando'joha.
Ke'vencuyani kebburir, gar ven'cuy jate'shya.
K'oyacyi, ner vod.

Translating, mostly. Although that's taken second place to schoolwork for now.
Conversation is limited indeed, since I only have one friend who even knows what Mando'a is, and we aren't in touch much these days.

Ok, I'm gonna put this on hold for a while, until I can get a little feedback.
More chapters to come!

Goten 3 [Trattok'or beh jag] 1. Sirvhii ru'cuyi ori'hodayc beh oya'lade Manda ru'gotal'u. Sirvhii ru'sirbu at dala, "Tion Manda ori'haatyc ru'sirbu gar entye n'eparavur teh may'kurshi o'r vorpan'oy'taap?" 2. Dala ru'sirbu at sirvhii, "Mhi mav eparavur papurgaat teh kurshie o'r vorpan'oy'taap, (3.) a...

Chapter 2 of Genesis is here. Note: I have rendered English names phonetically, because using the English spellings would result in incorrect Mando'a pronunciation. Goten 2 1. Laamyc'tra bal diryc'vheh ru'cuyi'gotal de Manda o'r kotyc anila. 2. E'tadyc tuur, Manda ru'ani bora meg Kaysh ru'nari, e'ta...