Learn Mando'a

Naas.
Olarom, Salvo.
Vercopa gar mar'eyi meg gar echoyli....

Willkommen, welcome, olarm to the new faces.
Be multilingual AND a geek! What better could there be? Jatne dajun!

I am working on a set to becoime an official Merc. It came as an afterthought to likeing Mando'a and there is some - discussion as to it's merit. I love it to pieces anyway and can't wait to troop with it again. (with upgrades!) http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn128/wuehlkuschler/Armour/0089.jpg ...

I think in written language questions marks make sense regardless of markers like 'tion'. It's an opric device showing there's a question ahead.
But that could be only me. I like punctuation. I made a point of learning the correct use of a semicolon; it was not easy.

I am sorry for being in Manila and not online lately. *le sigh*
But I still remember that this place exists.

I use flashcards if I really awnt to memorise something. And then I try to use it as much as possible so it's gonna stick.
Has proven to be the best system for me so far.

Actually, this "problem" is also the solution to many translating problems. Actually, it is not. :P Yes, the idioms are different, and it's about translating the emaning but not the words. Maybe they are a bad example. Looking up 'fixed expressions' shows me they're the wrong label too. Gah, wished...

Nayc.
Ni draar copaani hibirar sur'gaan'miite be Mando. Nu'ven'vaabi jii.

Not sure how pronuncaiation came up, but I'll try to answer the questions. Yes, there is a loss - or rather a difference - depending on whether I translate into Englich or German from Mando. I can use the current file just fine ebcause I am well-acquainted with English pronunciation. For German you ...

I vote we take up tra'cyar - to fire in the list.
In the dictionary it is included in the expression Tra'cyar mav - Fire at will.

I think it fits in neatly with the other tracyn base words and is a useful expansion. Or I am too stupid to find the word for to shoot/to fire.

Did anybody ever wonder about punctuation in Mando? O.O Even if it is mostly a spoken language, we have no choice but to write it. How do we use punctuation? The Englosh way (does anybody get the rules for that, eh?) or do we simply rely on the full stop and question mark to solve all problems? :( I...

Since tehre simply isn't much diction in Mando'a, I'd say we try for a word-oder based grammar. The problem I see is that we base it on English word order. English idioms are translated word by word, as are compunds and fixed expression. The difference between 'look for' and 'look after' in Mando wo...

Trikar'la, nu'cuy sur'gaane be Vau. XD Ni lise dinui gar ibac birov'miite, meh gar copaani... Ni pirimmu gotal'u sur'gaan, a ni nu'lise gotalu sur'gaane. :( Pirimmur be ni ibic cuy: LINK Tion+ nu'amyc miite ke'gyce. Gar copaani evaar'la miite. -> Tion gar copaani evaar'la miite? Gar lise haa'tayli. ...

Bascially. I mean it's done in English a lot so the cocnept should not be new. his shot gun - his gun shot Though the personification of the gun might be a little unconventional here. XD What I tried in another thread: my see of world (ner haa'tyli b'uvete) and I do hope it can be easily read as 'my...

Waaaahhhh!!!!
*trattok'o kyrayc*

Nu kar'tayli Walon Vau?
Gar kyr'amu ner haa'tali b'uvete. >.<
Tion gar nu'haa'tayli 'Republic Commando' birov'miite*?

Walon Vau ru'cuy Cuy'val Dar, ru'ba'juri ramikade bat Kamino. Jagyc ge'hutuun.



*birov'miite -> book

If you tell me where you scratch your head, we could try to find a way to make things more clear? Anyway, found an old bit in my notes today. :D Ibac ehn miite ni ru'sirbu naysol, nu'luubid Tion gar kar'tayili, nu'pir'ekulor cuy pakod'shya ti gar uram yaihi'l be'tihaar? Bic cuy, ni ru'pirimmu. Mirdi...

Ni nu'mirdi shal'an. :P Ogir'olar, ni ru'mirdi tion kad Vau pirimmu? Ru'mar'eyi bis t'ad bal copaani kar'tayli meg gar mirdi. :D http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn128/wuehlkuschler/Geeks%20Stuff/Knife03.jpg a http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn128/wuehlkuschler/Geeks%20Stuff/Knife06.jpg Troch n...

The idea is that a wordform is defined by the way the word is used. A little like verb/nouns in English. Look at 'shot'. It can be a verb or a noun, we can glean that from the context. The idea is to create rules of context that allow us to use verbs as nouns. It is then a second question which form...

If you take the final 'r' of any verb it just turns the infinitive into present tense. So you'd say: I track Kal -> Ni striili Kal I want to track Kal -> Ni vaabi striilir Kal. Or that's my interpretation. If you want to use the verb as nominalisated form, I am not sure if it would be more intuitive...

The use of words could be very different. Look at Japanese. Depending on the way you use a word can mean anything from 'to sing', 'singing' or even 'song'. It takes time to learn - and of course stays ambiguous at the best of times. Particles might ablos be of help. If you use something that is actu...

Tion beroya?
Ni kebbbu birov o'r ashi narit*. Ru'nu'borari; nayc munit.




* Nayc miit par 'place'.