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June 19, 2007 4:49 pm #

So this might be the wrong category but it does have to do with dialogue...I was thinking that maybe start a thread restricted to speaking in Mando'a. Itd give people a chance who want to converse in the language a chance and also allow people who don't speak it to have a reason to. The topic would start general but then get more variety in words. Just an idea but i'd be up for it on a constant basis.

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June 19, 2007 8:10 pm #

Maybe u could also use this as Mando'a lessons, hmm? You pie-head

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June 20, 2007 8:04 am #

I dont think hteres much vocabulary yet so it would be hard :P.

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June 20, 2007 8:39 am #

There is: http://karentraviss.com/html/cont_newmandoa.htm

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June 20, 2007 8:41 am (Edited June 20, 2007 08:42 am) #

Here is a link for most of Mando'a

http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/f20060228/img/mandoa_language.pdf

June 20, 2007 10:02 am #

@ARC Fett

The one I linked is way more up-to-date. Karen updates them quarter-yearly, IIRC, but mostly on her site only.

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June 21, 2007 6:25 pm #

Well w/e site we'd use it'd still b fun. We could start withlesson if ppl wanted tho

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June 21, 2007 10:42 pm #

Just finished looking at the link you put Corran....awesome :)

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July 12, 2007 6:28 am #

I agree. It rocks.

July 12, 2007 2:06 pm #

What a funky idea :D

It would be fun to learn Mando’a :D

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July 12, 2007 6:02 pm #

This was something I was actually thinking about. I may not know it yet but I would love to. Too bad it doesn't count as college credit.

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July 16, 2007 6:19 pm #

"Mando'a" is a plight on society.

July 16, 2007 7:12 pm #

you know, i can compare Mando'a with stuff i learned in italian this year. should make Mando'a a bit easier.

July 16, 2007 8:02 pm (Edited July 17, 2007 06:38 pm) #

Yeah I took about 3 years of high school of Italian. I think languages all sort of relate to one another, so there should be something to make it easier. Even if its knowing how to study a language.

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"Suggestion: Electrocution works well. Evisceration and Decapitation are also effective, or um, so I've heard."
July 17, 2007 2:36 pm #

funny, i just finished my 3rd year (and am continuing to 4th).

July 17, 2007 6:40 pm #

Good keep it up I say. When you stop using it so much is when you forget it, or at least that's what happened to me.

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"Suggestion: Electrocution works well. Evisceration and Decapitation are also effective, or um, so I've heard."
July 17, 2007 9:43 pm #

that happened to my mom as well, but she's still very fluent in Spanish.

July 31, 2007 1:31 pm #

Here's a Mando'a Language Dictionary I've been working on. The first part, mostely complete, is the alphabet and grammar. The second part is the dictionary, not even close to being finished.

What do you think?

The link for it is

http://www.mand-alore.com/MLD.pdf

July 31, 2007 1:34 pm #

Wow, good link sola-lor, I'm adding it to bookmarks (im a mando noobie)

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July 31, 2007 1:35 pm #
BFFC Eric wrote:

"Mando'a" is a plight on society.

Hey Eric
Its nice solalor

July 31, 2007 2:06 pm #

I have tons more work to do on it but I think it will turn out alright.

July 31, 2007 2:09 pm #

It will

August 20, 2007 10:41 am #

great idea!! but i am about to learn portuguese, so i might gt confused.

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October 19, 2007 6:37 pm #

you know what i think?I think Mando'a is stupid. Travis thinks she can do all that all by herself? All of a sudden she can create a Mandolorian language and not talk to the old Fandalorians? she's full of herself. she has no right to write about Boba, no one does, but all the Boba Fett fans should. This goes for Mando'a too.

October 19, 2007 10:42 pm (Edited October 20, 2007 02:58 am) #
Zeek_Fett wrote:

you know what i think?I think Mando'a is stupid. Travis thinks she can do all that all by herself? All of a sudden she can create a Mandolorian language and not talk to the old Fandalorians? she's full of herself. she has no right to write about Boba, no one does, but all the Boba Fett fans should. This goes for Mando'a too.

Is Huttese stupid? Is Klingon stupid? No...they're not. You know why? Because someone actually took the time to create the language, same as Ms. Travis did.  If you think the languages are "stupid" create one for yourself, you'll see how hard it is to do (Trust me, I created several. Not an easy task.) so give her some credit. At least she gave us a language for our Mandos. Besides, she has to get permission from Lucas or whoever is in charge of those things to get it published, so she probably isn't doing it all by herself.

About that writing. You say she can't write Boba but a fan can? Isn't that kind of counterdictive? Besides, she's probably a Boba/Mandalorian fan herself, otherwise why would she write stories for him?

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November 12, 2007 3:20 pm #

did u get this info from a sw insider issue because i have the same?

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November 13, 2007 3:08 pm #

i want to leearn mando'a

chuck norris once put his finger in the air and said "bang" and a plane crashed but but boba fett once tapped on something and 3 capital ships crashed.
November 14, 2007 12:00 am #
sola-lor wrote:

Here's a Mando'a Language Dictionary I've been working on. The first part, mostely complete, is the alphabet and grammar. The second part is the dictionary, not even close to being finished.

What do you think?

The link for it is

http://www.mand-alore.com/MLD.pdf

Nice, well written and simple guide. Thanks.

Only major problem with it: you wrote the mando'a words and phrases in the mandalorian font! You should add the  pronunciation underneath so that we can actually read all that without the mando font transcription. If any of us will want to write in mando (fanfics, forums...) we'll be using english fonts, not mandalorian fonts.

Remember mando'a is a spoken language and spelling may changes from a person to another, and that'd be OK as long as the pronunciation is right.

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November 14, 2007 6:10 pm #

(translated from Mando'a)
Hi, how ya doin?

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November 27, 2007 11:16 pm (Edited December 7, 2007 09:12 pm) #

s'cuy vode!

Having just completed KT's SW Republic Commando:True Colors (kandosii, BTW) Ive greatly increased my fascination with the Mando'a culture and am a huge fan of the idea of speaking Mando'a. Im not sure if there are enuff words to carry a convo entirely in Mando, but It'd be kandosii.

Anyone who knocks it or the stories she wrote totally missed the point of the tragedy of the Clone character in the SW Universe, and how it was great that a man like Kal'buir could give a few of them a chance to be more than "wet droids" by giving them the identity of such a noble culture.

Its good for the manda, I'd say...

I'm in...

BTW I got some members who are interested in starting some Clans up on my Thread:

http://www.bobafett.com/boards/viewtopic.php?pid=53054#p53054

A lot of them may be showing up on this thread to start learning more Mando'a, since I left the link to this thread on my thread.

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December 16, 2007 7:57 pm #

Question: how do you say: 'you' in Mando'a?

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December 17, 2007 10:17 am #

"you" is "gar", Mandal

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December 17, 2007 1:15 pm #

thank you

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December 17, 2007 4:51 pm #

Its just like saying "Ni Vod'ika te Werda Verda" which means I little brother of the Shadow Warriors

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December 22, 2007 12:22 pm #

I'm surprised no one's put this link on here.  The words are taken from Karen Traviss' Mando'a dictionary that she has on her web site and it's updated a little more often with more Mando'a words from her newer Republic Commando novels. 

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mando%27a

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January 2, 2008 8:01 am #

Hey Hey.... My name is in Mando'a!    Beskaryc Beroya    means    Armored Bounty Hunter......... (random, I know)

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January 2, 2008 8:15 am #

I want to learn mando 'a

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January 2, 2008 9:27 am #

I know a bit of Mando'a.  Im in a mando'a culture clan called Aliit Drakus (clan drakus).  It's really fun.  My title means Clan Drakus Luitenant.

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January 8, 2008 12:19 pm #
Beskaryc Beroya wrote:

Hey Hey.... My name is in Mando'a!    Beskaryc Beroya    means    Armored Bounty Hunter......... (random, I know)

                                                               BB*

as is mine--Shadow Warrior. i can speak a LITTLE. i'd love to learn Dha Werda. i've memorized Vode An, and know scattered other words, but that's all

you know what i think?I think Mando'a is stupid. Travis thinks she can do all that all by herself? All of a sudden she can create a Mandolorian language and not talk to the old Fandalorians? she's full of herself. she has no right to write about Boba, no one does, but all the Boba Fett fans should. This goes for Mando'a too.

KT practically CREATED the Mandalorian culture--there was barely an info about them AT ALL before she wrote about them.

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January 9, 2008 3:02 am (Edited January 9, 2008 03:12 am) #
Werda Verd wrote:

i can speak a LITTLE. i'd love to learn Dha Werda. i've memorized Vode An, and know scattered other words, but that's all

Same here.

I got Traviss's translation from a link on StarWars.com, but that was a while ago, and it's starting to show some holes.  Also, it's only from Mando'a into Engligh.  Need one that goes the other way around, so I can look up the English word and find out the translation rather then scanning the whole list hoping to stumble into what I need

Bounty Hunter Daiza wrote:

I know a bit of Mando'a.  Im in a mando'a culture clan called Aliit Drakus (clan drakus).  It's really fun.  My title means Clan Drakus Luitenant.

Glad you're happy to be part of the group!  We don't have much to do yet; I need to figure some activites that will livin' things up.  I posted 2 of my character sheets on the Clan thread: http://www.bobafett.com/boards/viewtopic.php?pid=56306#p56306; would be glad to have some more there from my fellow Claner's; and I'm working on an idea for a new RPG.  Might post a short preview of it there so we can disscuss it before I accually post it.

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January 9, 2008 12:05 pm #

Yeah!! its a HUGE list, but its impossible to find the right words on it. She REALLY needs to do an English-Mando'a dictionary. I'd love to know more. Vode An is great, and she includes parts of Dha Werda, but not the whole thing. maybe in Order 66......or Revelation. we con only hope.

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January 9, 2008 12:10 pm (Edited January 9, 2008 12:11 pm) #

Vode An is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traviss?  *sorry, not sure  :P *

Doesn't that translate 'Comrads/brothers/sisters All'?

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January 9, 2008 12:18 pm #

she wrote it, and it means, at least in the song, Brothers All. but with no gender, yeah. the whole thing is:

And glory, eternal glory, we shall bear its weight forever. Forged like the saber in the fires of death, brothers all.

Bal kode, darasum kode, jorsoran kando a tome. Sakyram, nau tracyn kad, vode an.

misspelled some stuff,  btw.

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January 16, 2008 6:02 pm #
Thylacine wrote:
Zeek_Fett wrote:

you know what i think?I think Mando'a is stupid. Travis thinks she can do all that all by herself? All of a sudden she can create a Mandolorian language and not talk to the old Fandalorians? she's full of herself. she has no right to write about Boba, no one does, but all the Boba Fett fans should. This goes for Mando'a too.

Is Huttese stupid? Is Klingon stupid? No...they're not. You know why? Because someone actually took the time to create the language, same as Ms. Travis did.  If you think the languages are "stupid" create one for yourself, you'll see how hard it is to do (Trust me, I created several. Not an easy task.) so give her some credit. At least she gave us a language for our Mandos. Besides, she has to get permission from Lucas or whoever is in charge of those things to get it published, so she probably isn't doing it all by herself.

About that writing. You say she can't write Boba but a fan can? Isn't that kind of counterdictive? Besides, she's probably a Boba/Mandalorian fan herself, otherwise why would she write stories for him?

have you seen her site or her blog on starwars.com
she is obsessed with the mando the way she has been using them is one of the main reasons im so into them... ive always loved the mando'ade but she has brought out my true fandom
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January 18, 2008 12:28 pm #

Hey people,
Mando'a just got a whole lot easier to learn.  If you can access iTunes, then go on there and type in Boba Fett.  Yea, i do relise how big of a sw nerd i am to type in something like that, but when it pulls up the search, you can get a free subscription to a podcast in English that has a man who teaches some Mando'a phrases if you wish to learn how to proununciate the words better.  Podcast is called Aruetii ba'jurir dajun.  Also, you can get the star wars bounty hunter books on audio tapes from iTunes.  Just in case you were intrested :D

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January 20, 2008 9:54 am #

nice find cloneapart, but this just shows that there are some real fans out there, just be glad we are not to the point of the trekies they have summer camps and classes dedicated to learning Klingon

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January 20, 2008 9:58 am #
Ale'ika Skirta wrote:

nice find cloneapart, but this just shows that there are some real fans out there, just be glad we are not to the point of the trekies they have summer camps and classes dedicated to learning Klingon

We may not have classes, but we have a language, and you could say that is just as 'bad'. The classes are just to help you learn it quicker, if you cant do it yourself.



Cool find. Your not any more of a nerd then anyone else here.

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January 20, 2008 10:12 am #
Adeptus_Astartes wrote:
Ale'ika Skirta wrote:

nice find cloneapart, but this just shows that there are some real fans out there, just be glad we are not to the point of the trekies they have summer camps and classes dedicated to learning Klingon

We may not have classes, but we have a language, and you could say that is just as 'bad'. The classes are just to help you learn it quicker, if you cant do it yourself.



Cool find. Your not any more of a nerd then anyone else here.

well the only reason i brought up the classes is that they actually cost a few hundred dollars last i heard to attend the class

[i]Nu kyr'adyc, shi taab'echaaj'la.[/i]
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January 20, 2008 10:15 am #
Ale'ika Skirta wrote:
Adeptus_Astartes wrote:
Ale'ika Skirta wrote:

nice find cloneapart, but this just shows that there are some real fans out there, just be glad we are not to the point of the trekies they have summer camps and classes dedicated to learning Klingon

We may not have classes, but we have a language, and you could say that is just as 'bad'. The classes are just to help you learn it quicker, if you cant do it yourself.



Cool find. Your not any more of a nerd then anyone else here.

well the only reason i brought up the classes is that they actually cost a few hundred dollars last i heard to attend the class

Well then nevermind.......They are worse then us...

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