Learn Mando'a

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx But it shouldn't matter because the font thing you used on Mandoa.org works fine for me. Testing out the skins: K-Kitty: WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE THIS SKIN? MY EYES ARE BURNING!!! Orbital is nice, but a little cliche for SWU forums, I feel. Liquid...

Uh, it may just be me, but I'm not getting any Mando'a font when I look at the page you linked, Morg. (MandoaOrg is not only long, but an odd name. I like Morg as a nickname.)

One thing to keep in mind about the banner is that in a lot of cases, you don't want it to look exactly like the rest of the theme. It should stand out some, not blend in with the rest of the page. It's the title and it should attract attention. Of course, it still needs to compliment the theme, but...

It could be, but it seems to me that it doesn't matter which way you do it ( duraar or duraanir ). It seems both words are not only synonymous, but virtually identical in use. I still feel like they aren't separate words so much as different ways to say the same thing. Or is that what you meant to s...

I don't remember saying things about banners, but that is one of many things I would like to see happen with this forum. First, though, let's get some of the more routine things hammered down.

Well, don't forget that Duraanir is the original verb form too. If we followed the normal rules for noun-ifying the verb, the infinitive would drop, leaving, Duraan . The phrase Ni'Duraa is clearly an exception to many rules. For some reason, the subject and verb have been spliced into a single word...

Very pretty. Couple head scratchers here and there, but very nice.

Ni mirdi gar ashi narit nu'cuyi bid dral o'r Mando'a ibic* narit. Mhi lise nari bic.


*k'haa'tayli: "bid...ibac" bal "ibic."

Gar n'eparavu takisit ebin. Mhi an habira Mando'a tome. Ret bic cuyi pakod'shya meh mhi gotal'u geroya be bic. Tion gar mirdi?

Mhi nulise duumir ibic jorhaa* ramaanar. Ibic jorhaa cuyi cuun ori'copaad. Mhi enteyo juri'bat*.

*Ibic miit ru'gotaalu teh ashi miite.

Tion'jor? Ni n'copaani gotal'ur akaan, a cuyi gotal'ur evaar'la miite dush par jorbe?

Hah. Nayc, "save" duumi borar gotal'ur ani o'r vencuyot. Bal ni mirdi gar copaani sirbur "Ti gar gaa'tayl." Ni kar'tayli miit "gaa'tayl" ori jate, jorcu ner gai rugotal'u teh bic. Ni aala meg Mando'a nugana luubid miite. Tion'gar mirdi meg mhi lise gotal'ur evaar'la miite (non-canon)? Meh shi par ib...

Test post to see if I can post without approval.

"Though" –conjunction 1. (used in introducing a subordinate clause, which is often marked by ellipsis) notwithstanding that; in spite of the fact that; although: Though he tried very hard, he failed the course. 2. even if; granting that (often prec. by even ). There are a couple of solutions to the...

I surely will, but I may need help with the words I listed. They're tricky to say the least.

Are you translating " Die with Honor "? great song ...Fearless hearts, filled with pride! Into glory we shall ride! Yes, actually. I had the idea a while back that it would be only more awesome in Mando'a. And another thing - Jorhaa. should it be conversation or speaker? Cuyan, Cuyanir = survivor, ...

Okay, I'm trying to translate a song and there are words and ideas which have no direct translation into Mando'a. "Yield." I'm torn on this word whether it is better to say, pelar to imply that it is the verb meaning "to be soft, to yield," or if it's better to use the word tok'kad . "Though" as in,...

There would, indeed, need to be much discussion and agreement upon these new word roots, which would be time-consuming, but possibly worthwhile in the end. Goodness gracious me! I thought spending excessive amounts of time discussing the language was the entire purpose of this forum and hobby. Was ...

What's wrong with inventing totally new words, though? We just recognize that it's fanon and move on with it. I don't care if the words later get replaced by canon words. I would love to see Mando'a expanded. I just want some more words to fill in the gaps. I feel like there are some words that you ...

... or I could just type it on my computer, screencap it, edit the image to a reasonable size, and post it as an image file here on the forum. That might work for IPA too.