#mandalorian.txt

[izzyovercoffee]

some asshole: mandalorians are like ... all about war, right? all their gods and goddesses are war gods, right? they’re just ... war people, right?

an actual mandalorian: if anyone asks you what’s a mandalorian just show them this.

[izzyovercoffee]

Mandalore the Binder was a transman with a dry sense of humor who loved puns. Despite aruetiise belief, he chose the peculiar monicker for himself, and the people supported the title for his efforts in uniting mando'ade after a long time of war—and also because his aliit had been renowned rug weavers.

[izzyovercoffee]

Rev: ok but that post about the armor reminds me, I got so distracted by "hutuun cabur" that I ignored "ven'cabur" for codppiece and literally, I searched again and the only "ven" roots are "ven" future tense prefix, "vencuyanir" sustain, keep alive, preserve -literally 'exist in the future', and "vencuyot" future so if they're working with established mando'a, the ven in the word for codpiece literally has to be from the root for "future"

Rev: and I'm just

Rev: What is with these names

Gena: Wait, I'm trying to decide if I want to tell you my first instinct

Izzy: PROTECT THIS DICK

Izzy: BECAUSE WITHIN IT? THE FUTURE.

[izzyovercoffee]

The groin is protected by the ven'cabur, or codpiece. Some warriors wear a corresponding back piece, the hut'uun cabur or culet...

Death Watch commentary, from The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett, with thanks to @thesummerstorms for that context

if hut’uun means coward, then ....

does that mean ...............

cowards are those who cover their ass ??

AND IF THAT’S THE CASE

DOES DEATH WATCH ONLY WEAR

ASSLESS CHAPS?

[izzyovercoffee]

right and left are beskad and kal because that's the weapons for those hands, even if you're left handed

Death Watch, paraphrased by @thesummerstorms, from The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett

listen like ........... kal means knife. beskad means slightly curved saber (of mandalorian iron)

like these are some really specific, uh, specifications here r u ok

so now kal literally means both left and knife. knife. left. left. knife. 

actually? question: what if you have a curved saber, but it’s not of beskar, specifically? can you still hold that in your right hand?

I wonder how DW dialect develops lmao

also like ... really predictable weapon holding like ... oh you can only hold the saber on your right? really? that’s such a weird ... like, you don’t want to maybe switch it up, in case idk the other side realizes you’re a DW di’kut and only keeps your main weapon on one side?

what if you get injured on that side, then what?

lmao? poke your enemies to death? 

MY BESKAD ARM, THIS BESKAD IS USELESS NOW

you literally have a working hand --- oh, no? okay i guess we can just toss that saber 

[izzyovercoffee]

what is kyr'bes for 500

Jango "What In Haran" Fett: did they make the first crowns out of mythosaur skulls?

Jango "What In Haran" Fett: or was it a thing where a dude went "I killed this badass beast so I'm gonna wear its head on MY HEAD"

Jango "What In Haran" Fett: and everyone went "dude, we should totally follow that guy. He's wearing a skull on his head"

[izzyovercoffee]

You know Death Watch. Better to die an idiot than to live a little inconvenienced.

popular mando’ade saying, probably (@cassiansfuzzyjacket)

[izzyovercoffee]

I think we can all thank the manda that The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett is no longer canon because I have never seen anything make Death Watch quite as foolish as this, and these sections? are from Death Watch point of view lmao

[izzyovercoffee]

Finally, to be caught up on my checklist of mando’a posts I should’ve made and just haven’t for no reason other than procrastination, I want to thank @thesummerstorms and @cassiansfuzzyjacket for the original conversation that brought up this construction.

The Mando’a dictionary lacks severely in some departments --- one of them being a word or phrase that carries with it the same contextual weight as one expect when stating “I’m serious.” 

One of the suggestions was ori’haat --- “It’s the truth, I swear, no bull.” But ... ori’haat doesn’t convey the same meaning. No bull is a response to someone accusing the speaker of fibbing, or lying, or exaggerating. It doesn’t work if the speaker is angry or frustrated, as it’s not really an appropriate phrase across all types of conversations.

So, to say one is serious, the phrase should be based on what mandalorians take very seriously. Logic then followed that mandalorians, of all walks of life (from pacifist to extremist) takes honor very seriously. Thus:

Bat ner’ijaat --- on my honor, “I’m serious”

The thing is, while this works, it still didn’t feel strong enough for when the speaker is pissed. Because, if it were me, and I’m not being taken seriously when I absolutely am serious, then perhaps it’s not my honor to be called into question, but your’s.

Honor is serious business. Ergo, also consider, in conjunction with the above:

Bat GAR'jaat --- on YOUR honor, “I’m serious” (very strong, harsh, in a you fucked up, cut the shit, way)

It’s meant to be used like a command, but in an inexact manner. I’m serious, shut up, listen to me, and so on similar meanings or areas of phrasing that have been lacking.

Also try saying both phrases out loud. 

Bat ner’ijaat! has a nice flow to it, and I can feel/hear it being a toned down, less rough, less harsh, more professional/polite understanding of the second phrase.

Bat gar’jaat!  on the other hand feels harsh, feels rough, but feels satisfying to say in the kind of snap one would out of frustration/anger.

YMMV. Use responsibly. 8)

[izzyovercoffee]

i also made

but i dont know what to do with this

[izzyovercoffee]

The first bereavement knocks the guts out of him, and then the next one turns him into something frightening, and all the anger gets swallowed and recycled into long-term retribution. But don’t worry. It kept Jango going on a slave ship all those years, and it’ll keep Kal alive, too. It’s a Mando thing—long memory, short fuse, big revenge.

Walon Vau — Republic Commando: Order 66, p. 292