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Grammar notes edit
Plural [edit]
Most Mando'a words which end in a consonant form plural by the addition of an e.
Words that end in a vowel tend to add an se. There are exceptions (such as Gett'se, A Mythosaur skull, the universal
from Gett, and the diminutive plural Ad'ike, from Ad'ika).[1] Mandalorian insignia.
The letters x, z, and f were not present in the Mando'a writing system, although a sound similar to that of f presented
itself with vh, and z is represented as s. [1]
Interrogative [edit]
Tion, the interrogative particle, goes before the phrase it modifies. Karen, tion mhi hibira Mando'a iviin'yc? means: Karen,
are we learning Mando'a quickly? [1]
Articles [edit]
Mando'a uses articles far less than Basic does, generally adding them only for emphasis. Te is the most common form,
with Haar being more emphatic. "a/an" is translated to "eyn".[1]
Conjugations [edit]
There are two forms of most verbs: the infinitive, which ends in r, and the inflected form, which loses the r. Ni vorer is
Latest activity incorrect but Ni vore, using the inflected form, is correct. When using auxiliaries like ven or liser, the auxiliary is
74,359 articles on this wiki conjugated and then followed by the infinitive of the full verb. An example would be: "Gar lise jorhaa'ir." ("You can
speak.") [1]
Bounty Hunters
(episode)
10 hours ago by ShaakTi1138 Adjectives from nouns [edit]
Morkov To turn a noun into an adjective, the suffixes -la (lah) and -yc (sh) can be added. The choice is based on euphony and
10 hours ago by I need a name ease of pronunciation. A popular example of this is Di'kut. Di'kut itself means, essentially, idiot. But to turn it into an
Agronomist adjective, the -la suffix was added, resulting in Di'kutla, 'idiotic'. The suffix -la was used merely because it merged more
10 hours ago by Grand Moff easily with Di'kut than would -yc; such remained the case under all similar circumstances.[1]
Tranner
J8Q-128 Finbat Missile Superlatives and comparatives [edit]
10 hours ago by I need a name
Comparatives and superlatives tended to be constructed from adjectives with the suffix -shy'a for the comparative (e.g.
Nashiak Llalik
10 hours ago by Farlstendoiro dralshy'a: brighter, stronger) or -ne for the superlative (e.g. jatne: best). [1]
Magazine Creator Note: The following section contains words that some may consider to be unsuitable for younglings.
As a special note, it needs to be said that there is no word for "hero" in Mando'a - only a word for those who are not
heroes, but "cowards": hut'uun/e.
The following are a few of the known Mando'a words, and the most accurate possible translations thereof.
Also note that in Mando'a, there are no words to separate genders, example Ba'buir meant grandfather and
grandmother.
For the full Mando'a dictionary, see this.
takisir - to insult
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trattok'o - to fall, to fail
Languages udesiir - to relax, to rest, to be peaceful
Deutsch usen'ye - rudest way to tell someone to go away (same root as osik)
Français verborir - to buy, to hire, to contract
Polski vorer - to accept
Nouns [edit]
[2]
aaray - pain
aay'han - bittersweet moment of mourning and joy - "remembering and celebration"
abesh - east
abiik - air
adade - personnel
adate - people, persons
a'den - wrath, rage
adiik - child aged 3 to 13
ad'ika - kid, lad, boy, sweetie, darling, son, daughter, child
ad'ike - sons, daughters, children
ade - sons (archaic)
agol - living tissue - meat, muscle, flesh - animal or human, "flesh and blood"
aka - mission
akaan - war
akaan'ade - army
akaata - battalion
akalenedat - hard contact
alii'gai - flag, colors
aliik - sigil, symbol on armor
aliit - family, clan, tribe
alor - leader, chief, "officer", constable, boss
alor'ad - captain
aloriya - capital (lit. head city)
alor'uus - corporal
al'verde - commander
anade - everyone, everybody
aran - guard
aranar - defense
araniik - cordon
ara'nov - defense
arasuum - stagnation
arpat - seed
aru'e - enemy
aruetii - (ah-roo-AY-tee) traitor, outsider, comparable to "them"
aruetiise - Aruetii, plural
ash'ad - someone else
baar - body
baar'pir - sweat
baar'ur - medic
ba'buir - grandfather/grandmother
ba'jur - education, training
balac - opportunity
bas neral - coarse grain used for animal fodder and brewing; thought unfit to eat
ba'vodu - uncle
ba'vodu (pl. bavodu'e) - aunt/uncle
behot - a citrus-flavored herb, antiseptic, and mild stimulant
beroya (bair-OY-ah) bounty hunter
bes'bavar - cavalry
besbe - kit (slang)
besbe'trayce - weapons
bes'bev - Mandalorian wind instrument also used in combat
be'senaar - missile
bes'kad - slightly curved saber of Mandalorian iron
beskar - Mandalorian iron
beskar'ad - droid (literally "child of iron")
beskar'gam - armor (literally "iron skin")
bes'laar - music
be'sol - priority
besom - unhygienic person, someone with no manners
Bes'uliik - Basilisk (literally "iron beast")
beten - sigh
bev - needle, spike
beviin - lance
bevik - stick
bic - it
bines - stack
birgaan - backpack
birikad - baby carrying harness
bora - job
buir - father/mother
burc'ya - friend
buy'ce (pl. buy'cese) - helmet; colloquial: pint, bucket
ca - night
chakaar - thief, petty criminal, scumbag, bitch, bastard, bugger, (lit: "grave robber")
Coruscanta - Coruscant
Cuy'val Dar - those who no longer exist
cyar'ika- darling, beloved, sweetheart
cyar'tomade - fans, a group of people with affection for something
darasuum - eternity
dar'buir - no longer a father/mother (very shameful)
dar'jetii - no longer a Jedi (Sith, Dark Jedi)
dar'manda - a state of being "not Mandalorian"; not an outsider, but one who has lost his heritage, and so his identity
and soul
dar'yaim - a hell, a place you want to forget
dha - dark
di'kut - a foolish, idiotic, useless individual (severe); context-dependent:can mean jerk, moron, idiot, etc. (sometimes
vulgar)
droten - people, public.
entye - debt
gal - ale
gayi'kaab - radio
gayiyli - resurrector
gett - nut
ge'verd - almost a warrior
gihaal - fish-meal
gra'tua (gra-TOO-ah) - revenge, vengeance
hut'uun (hoo-TOON) - coward
ib'tuur - today (lit: "this day")
jai'galaar - shriek-hawk
jatne'buir- best father/mother
Jetii (Jeh-tee) - (the) Jedi
Jetii'kad (jeh-TEE-kahd) - Lightsaber
Jetiise - (the) Republic, plural "Jedi"
kad - saber
kal - knife
kama - backside, back, belt-spat
Kaminiise - Kaminoans
kando (KAHN-do) - importance, weight
ka'ra - stars
ka'rta - heart
ke'gyce - command, order
kom'rk - gauntlet
kot - strength
kote - glory, might
kyr'am - death
Kyr'tsad - Death Watch (lit. Death Society) - breakaway Mandalorian sect
Mand'alor - Mandalore, leader
Manda'yaim - Mandalore
Mando'ad - Mandalorian (lit: Son/Daughter/Child of Mandalore)
Mar'eyce - discovery
mirsh - brain cell
mirshe - brain, brains
ne'tra gal - black ale
Niktose - nikto
norac - back
orar - thunder
or'dinii - complete lunatic
ori'ramikade - Supercommandos (lit: Super-raiders with sabers)
ori'vod - big brother/sister, special friend
Phrases [edit]
[2]
Kaysh guur' skraan - "He loves his food." (Said of someone who has a healthy appetite, using the verb for affection
rather than enjoyment.)
Kaysh mirsh solus - "His brain cell's lonely." (Intended as an insult to one who is very unintelligent)
Ke barjurir gar'ade, jagyc'ade kot'la a dalyc'ade kotla'shya. - "Train your sons to be strong but your daughters to be
stronger." Mandalorian saying.
Ke nu jurkad sha Mando'ade, burc'ya! - "Don't mess with Mandos, mate!" (lit: "Don't wave your saber at
Mandalorians, mate!" )
Ke nu jurkad ti Mando'ade, burc'ya! - "Don't cross swords with Mandos, mate!"
Ke'pare - "Stand by"
Ke'sush (Keh-SOOSH) - "Atten-shun!"
Kom'rk tsad droten troch nyn ures adenn, Dha Werda Verda a'den tratu. - They were the wrath of the warrior's
shadow and the Gauntlet of the Republic (A line from a Mandalorian war song, adapted for the Republic
Commandos).
Kov'nyn-a head-butt; a Keldabe kiss
K'oyacyi! - "Cheers!" Can also mean "Hang in there" or "Come back safely." Literally, a command; "Stay alive!"
K'uur - Hush, Be quiet
Mando'ad draar digu - A Mandalorian never forgets
Mandokarla - You've got the right stuff.
Mar'e (MAH-ray) - expression of relief colloquial: "At last!"
Mhi solus tome, mhi solus dar'tome, mhi me'dinui an, mhi ba'juri verde - We are one whether we are together or
apart, we will share everything and we will raise our children as warriors. A Mandalorian marriage contract.
Mir'osik - something undesirable where your brains ought to be, i.e. "Dung for brains"
Mirsh'kyramud (MEERSH-keer'AH-mood) - boring person (lit: "brain killer")
Mishuk gotal'u meshuroke, pako kyore. - Pressure makes gems, ease makes decay. Mandalorian Proverb.
Munit tome'tayl, skotah iisa - Long memory, short fuse
Nar dralshy'a - Try harder
Ne shab'rud'ni… - "Don't mess with me..." (extremely strong warning - much stronger than jurkadir - and likely to be
followed by violence)
Ner vod (nair vohd) - "my brother/sister" colloquial: "(my) buddy/pal/lad/chap"
Ni dinu ner gaan naakyc, jorcu ni nu copaani kyr'amur ner vod - Honor my offer of truce, for I would not willingly shed
my brother's blood. [4]
Ni kar'tayl gai sa'ad - Mandalorian adoption vow (lit: "I know (your) name as (my) son/daughter")
Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum (nee kar-TILE garh dah-RAH-soom) - colloquial: "I love you." (lit: "I know you forever.")
Ni su'cuyi, gar kyr'adyc, ni partayli, gar darasuum - Daily remembrance of those passed on (lit: "I'm still alive, but you
are dead. I remember you, so you are eternal") followed by the names of those remembered - Mandalorian tradition
Nu jurkad Mando'ade, burc'ya! - a reassurance, comparable to "Steady, mate"
Nu kyr'adyc, shi taab'echaaj'la - "Not gone, merely marching far away" (Mandalorian phrase for the departed)
Ori'buyce, kih'kovid. - "All helmet, no head." (Mandalorian insult for someone with an overdeveloped sense of
authority.)
Ori'haat - "It's the truth, I swear - no bull."
Ori'jate - "Very good"
Resol'nare - Six Actions
Ret'lini - Just in case
Re'turcye mhi! - goodbye
Su cuy'gar! - a friendly greeting (lit: "still live," i.e. "so you're still alive.")
Su'cuy! - So you're still alive (greeting)
Tion'ad hukaat'kama? (Tee-ON-ahd HOO-kaht-KA-ma) - "Who's watching your back?"
Tsad droten - Republic, democracy, even government; context-dependent (lit: "people's organization")
Udesii - "calm down", "take it easy"
Usenye (oo-SEN-yay) - "Go away!" (obscene)
Verd ori'shya beskar'gam. - "A warrior is more than (his) armor" (Mandalorian proverb)
Vor entye - thank you (lit: "I accept a debt")
Vor'e (VOHR-ay.) - thanks, short form of vor entye
Yai'yai - "richly nourishing" - peculiarly Mandalorian description of dense, high-calorie food, of great importance to
people dependent on highly portable field rations
a (ah) - but
an (ahn) - all
ashi - other
ast - itself
bah - to
bal (bahl) - and
be - of
cuun (koon) - our
elek (EL-eck) - yes (colloquial: lek, comparable to "yeah")
gar - you, your
haar - emphatic definite article (rare)
ibic - this
juaan - beside
kaysh (kaysh) - him, his, he (masculin third person referral)
ke - imperative prefix
ke nu - "don't" prefix
lo (loh) - into
meg (mayg) - which, that, that, who
meh (mey) - if
mhi (mee) - we
nayc (NAYSH) - no (colloquial: shh, comparable to "nah")
ner (nair) - my
ni - I
par - for
ra - or
ru - added in front of a noun to make it past tense
sa - as, like
sha or shal - at (when used in front of a consonant)
te - the
teh - from
ti - with
tion - interrogative prefix
tion'ad - who, interrogative
vaii - where
val - they, their, theirs
ven - future prefix
Numbers [edit]
[2]
Songs edit
The first hints of a Mandalorian language was a dialect that Revan learns from Sasha ot Sulem in the Star Wars: Knights
of the Old Republic video game. However, the creation of Mando'a as an individual language began with the introduction
song to Star Wars: Republic Commando, known as "Vode An" (Brothers All).
Sasha ot Sulem's language is a mix of Mandalorian and Galactic Basic Standard, and is therefore unrelated to this one.
It's not known if it's a different canonical dialect or if it becomes non-canon.
It should be noted that Mando'ade are a garrulous people, and Karen Traviss is British, and as such, the list above
includes both obscenities and British slang.
It is currently being developed into a full, working language by author Karen Traviss; a common practice among the
caretakers of fictional universes (see Elvish and Klingon), but never before attempted for Star Wars in an official
capacity.
A glossary of many different words and phrases are located in the back of Traviss's book Republic Commando: Triple
Zero as well as in Star Wars Insider 86; other official language resources are online. For this article, an unofficial list has
been culled from various Internet and literary sources.
Appearances edit
Sources edit
The preceding words have been gathered from numerous sources, including casual online conversation. Karen
Traviss has stated that the only official sources for Mando'a are now her Star Wars blog and the Star Wars message
board thread:
StarWars.com Message Boards Mando'a Discussion thread
"Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them...noble Three Million!" - Karen's blog
On Feburary 28, 2006, StarWars.com presented an excerpt for the upcoming novel Republic Commando: Triple Zero.
With this excerpt came two free downloadable PDFs, the 24 page Mando'a Language Glossary and the 3 page
Mando'a Quick Grammar Guide.
Republic Commando: Triple Zero Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
Updated Mando'a Glossary and Guide on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org) (last updated September 2006
—see below for the latest version)
Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic
Star Wars Insider 86
Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide, pages 187-191.
The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Galaxy at War
Fandalorian
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