Mistake

Ways to talk about a mistake, error

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• dush dajun: bad plan

• dush davaab: badly executed/implemented action

• dush gaanader: to choose badly
  (gaanader dush is fine in stand alone sentence, as long as no other words come after dush, so that what dush is modifying is clear)

• dush nari: bad action
  (Alternatively, use nar instead of nari.)

• nari ures parjai: action without victory
  (Alternatively, use nar instead of nari.)

• nari ures bralov: action without success
  (Alternatively, use nar instead of nari.)

• nebralov: failure (at a task); loss (of a game or contest)
  (Common fan word wtih MandoCreator/Oyu'baat definition.)

• neserim gaanader: to choose incorrectly
  (gaanader neserim is fine in stand alone sentence, as long as no other words come after ne'serim, so that what ne'serim is modifying is clear.)

• neserim nari: incorrect action
  (Alternatively, use nar instead of nari.)

• dajun meg trattok'o: plan that fails, plan that falls apart, plan that doesn't work

As another option, include neserim (incorrect) or dush (bad) in front of or behind — whichever is location less likely to be misunderstood as associated with another verb — a noun or verb to show that the modified word was not desired or did not have a positive outcome.

MandoCreator fan words

• balatok: squandered opportunity

• dajutok: bungled plan, mishandled plan

• dunar: transgression, misdeed, crime

• miitok: word error (whether grammar, spelling, or pronunciation)

• nartok: fumble, blunder, mistake, error

• sertok: deviance, glitch, minor malfunction, instrument drift