A meal with friends

”Gives me happiness that you are with us for a meal. Here. Enjoy.”

Small laughing.

”What??”

More small laughing.

"Nothing, nothing. Tuck in!”

A spoon full with food into the mouth ...

”Aaah! You try to kill me!”

Big laughing. Lots of big laughing.

”Here, friend. It’s better with ale.”

Author notes: This more likely represents teasing (Mando’a: chayaikir) than Shadenfreude, because the misfortune was set up rather than accidental.

Originally posted here:
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Actions of a good friend

A good friend ... tries genuinely to understand me, my thoughts, feelings, actions, and desires. ... believes that I am valuable and tells me that. ... helps me to feel safe to chase my desires. ... wants to try new opportunities with me. ... tries to understand their feelings and thoughts and use them well. ... believes many ideas that I believe. ... wants both friends to win if we fight. 

Author notes: Uses the MandoCreator dictionary and a variant spelling for the plural of the word for "action."

More than "maybe we'll meet again"

My small reasons that "maybe we'll meet again" is not enough:

I know that you don't ask about this, but I like to discover if I can share this or that report with Mando'a.

Maybe we'll meet again. I use this like "Maybe we meet another day, or maybe we don't meet. Either gives happiness to me." Many people use this like "I leave." "I leave" is a funny truth for your question. I want another truth.

I hope we meet on an unknown day. I wish, I wish on a star ... I want to show desire without a plan.

I want us to meet on an unknown day. I plan, I prepare, I do. If it doesn't happen, I am sad.

It is better if I write, "First, I plan my day." But I don't think that. With another language, I don't always use the best words at the time I need them.

What? Maybe I don't understand you? Maybe, maybe. The next day, another day, an unknown day. Only the trickster god knows the time that I arrive.

Author notes: "Kar" is a fanon word for "star." Uses Oyu'baat grammar.

That which is new

Many people prefer that which is new. They plan only for new opportunities. They care for their plans more than the people with them. We must understand this and permit them to live as they want. But to do that is very, very challenging. Everyone feels grief with endings. If people leave a group and we don't want them to do that, then we must find the reasons that they leave. Do we want to change for those people? If we don't want to, then be happy that sad people leave.

Author notes: Uses Oyu'baat grammar.

Only to survive?

In real life, language is first and to live like a society is second. Animals speak together but don't live as a society. Actions that  designate a society happen only during rest. If people use all their time to find food and to survive, they don't have time for pictures or music or plans for preparing food. For Mandalorians on this planet, they use all of their time to surive and don't have extra time for plans for a better live as a society.

Author notes: Uses Oyu'baat grammar and a variant spelling of the plural of the word for action.

People make languages to tell others plans, stories, and desires. Language displays the important thoughts for the group that uses it. Learn a language to exist as friends with others from that group.

Author notes: Uses Oyu'baat grammar and some fanon words from the Oyu'baat (which might also be common elsewhere).

My discovery

During a past year, I find a discover a society from "Star Wars" that I don't know. A society with a language (with many useful words), attractive armor, and a long history. I arrive at the Oyu'baat because I want to use Mando'a and to learn from real-life Mandalorians. First, I don't leave because someone said that many people are here only a few weeks. Yikes! I plan to live hear for many weeks, but I choose to do that which I want. I want to use the language. For countless days, I share tiny stories. Now, I don't leave because the leaders give me a favor (and for other reasons). I must do actions that give honor for that favor.

Author notes: Uses Oyu'baat grammar and a variant spelling of the plural of the word for action.

Listen with what?

I want a better word for "ear." "Susul" is bad because it is from "susulur," and that is frum "sus" and "ulur" ... What! "Sur'haai" isn't from "sur'ulur"; why use "susul"? "Sus'haai" is better (never "sush"; that is with "ke'sush"). What? Why use "haa'taylir"? Maybe the Taung believe to see is more important than to listen, or maybe the Taung believe both are equal, like light and sounds of the radio are in the electromagnetic system. Also, to hunt is best with both. 

Author notes: Uses Oyu'baat grammar.

My original thoughts for times of the year

Early Mandalorians were almost all warriors. For thousands and thousands of years, they survive in ships. If they want weapons, they find a planet with people with weapons, and they kill to take the weapons. If they want food, they find a planet with food, and they kill to take the food. Times of the year don't exist because they don't survive on a planet.

Next, many species are Mandalorians, from many planets. Planets don't exist one with other planets. All planets don't preserve equal times of the year. On our planet, a few places have two times of year, wet and dry, and food grows almost all year.  If our planet doesn't preserve one system for times of the year, why would Mandalorians have words for that?

I forget about farmers. Thanks to the person who helps me to remember that.

Author notes: Uses Oyu'baat grammar and the fanon word for "thought."