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Positive Sayings From the Books and Other Sources

From the Oyu'baat

Song Lyrics

Resol'nare

Positive Sayings From the Books and Other Sources

K'atini! ||Endure!||
(Meant as encouragement.)

Source: Dictionary

K'oyacyi. ||Stay alive.||
(A gentle command, meant to encourage or as a toast.)

Source: Dictionary, 501st, Boba Fett: A Practical Man, Order 66

Kandosii! ||Awesome!||
(Has this or similar meaning when used as encouragement.)

Source: Dictionary, 501st, KOTOR Campaign Guide, Order 66, Revelation, Sacrifice, Triple Zero, True Colors

Oya! ||Hooray!||
(One of many similar meanings, always positive.)

Source: Dictionary, 501st, Boba Fett: A Practical Man, Order 66, Revelation, Sacrifice, Star Wars Insider #86, Triple Zero, True Colors

Oya manda! ||Live Mando!||

Source: Dictionary, 501st, Boba Fett: A Practical Man, Order 66, Sacrifice, True Colors

Aliit ori'shya tal'din. ||Family is more than blood (line).||

Source: Dictionary, 501st, Order 66, Revelation, Star Wars Insider #86

Mishuk gotal'u meshuroke, pako kyore. ||Pressure makes gems, ease makes decay.||

Source: Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines

Verd ori'shya beskar'gam. ||A warrior is more than armor.||
(Sometimes abbreviated as "VOB.")

Source: Star Wars Insider #86, Bloodlines

Ke nu jurkadir sha mando'ade! ||Don't mess around with Mandalorians!||

Source: Star Wars Insider #86, Triple Zero (sort of, since the translations given there don't match the dictionary words, which is what is used here)

Nu jurkad Mando'ade, burc'ya! ||No messing around with Mandalorians, friend!||
(Words of encouragement, as opposed to the warning of the above phrase.)

Source: No idea, but several fan sites list it, so it's probably from one of the Republic Commando books.

Ret’lini. ||Backup plan.||
(To quote 501st: "a Plan B, the classic Mando mind-set of always being ready for the worst.")

Source: Dictionary, 501st, Boba Fett: A Practical Man, Order 66, Revelation

Pakalat, Kar'tayl, Mando'a. ||Wit, Knowledge, Language.||

Source: Adi'karta, mandoa.org

Munit tome'tayl, skotah iisa. ||Long memory, short fuse.||
(Typical Mando mindset, but probably not a socially productive one.)

Source: Dictionary, 501st, True Colors

Kaysh meg miit'gaana, oyacyi. ||Who writes, remains.||

Source: Dictionary

Nu kyr'adyc, shi taab'echaaj'la. ||Not gone, merely marching far away.||

Source: Dictionary, Order 66, Sacrifice, True Colors

Ni su'cuyi, gar kyr'adyc, ni partayli, gar darasuum. ||I'm still alive, you're dead, I'll remember you, so you're eternal.||
(For rememberance of the dead.)

Source: Dictionary, True Colors

Gar taldin ne jaonyc; gar sa buir, ori'wadaas'la. ||Your bloodline isn't important; you as a parent are very valuable.||

Source: Dictionary, Order 66

Ib'tuur jatne tuur ash'ad kyr'amur. ||Today is the best day for someone else to die.||

Source: Dictionary

More sayings and phrases: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mando%27a/Legends#Phrases

From the Oyu'baat

Kar'am ra kyr'am. ||Live or die. If you aren't changing, you're dead.||

– Coyote. Source: https://discord.com/channels/843308190832918528/843316182592913428/884607189870870548

Gotal’u dajune sa burc’yase: birov bal serim. ||Make plans like friends: many and true.||

– DiscWarrior. Source: https://discord.com/channels/325383927797907466/326021821704962059/644991088377069594

Anay solyc dajun shekemi de t’ad’yc. ||Every first plan is followed by a second.||

– DiscWarrior. Source: https://discord.com/channels/325383927797907466/326021821704962059/644988871116849175

Ke’cuy jate bal burcya’la. Jate’shya ib’tuur, jatne nakar’tuur. Ke mandokarla. ||Be good and friendly. Better today, best tomorrow. Be the epitome of Mando culture.||

– DiscWarrior. Source: https://discord.com/channels/325383927797907466/352526039739662336/617508349826695224

Ke drashaa jahaala. ||Grow healthy. You better have a good life if you know what's good for you.||

– Akaana and Iviin Ca'dee. Source: https://discord.com/channels/325383927797907466/742040650416914483/904699817689747527

Gar ruyot nu jaon'yc; kando'shya meg nari ti jiila ca'nara. ||Your past isn't important; more weighty is what you do with (the) immediate time.||

– Dinui Be'tra. Source: https://discord.com/channels/325383927797907466/352526039739662336/823464643573579806

K'atini shi! ||Just endure!||
(Meant as encouragement.)

– Dral Gycar. Source: https://discord.com/channels/325383927797907466/743850929094393887/914699408464044032

Trattok’or, tsikador tug’yc. ||Fall down, get back up again.||

– Nih Kyramud. Source: https://discord.com/channels/325383927797907466/789544671336595476/815029987714793502

Uraktone akaane o'r mirshe. ||The most difficult wars are in the brain.||

– Shoya. Source: https://discord.com/channels/325383927797907466/352526080726532098/917858154610556948

Ke cuyir nare bal miite, bal k’atini! ||Be your words and actions, and be tenacious!||

– Jev (and server motto). Source: https://discord.com/channels/325383927797907466/743850929094393887/850048268338855946

Meh ni ramaana, vercopa ramaanar tsikala. ||If I die, I hope/wish to die prepared.||

– Dara, explained: https://discord.com/channels/325383927797907466/352526039739662336/933632956357017631

Kebbur bal vorer ne'bralov jate'shya draar kebbur. ||Trying and accepting failure is better than never trying.||

– Parjai Tracyn

Cuyi muun bal shuku. Cuyi kotyc bal cuyani. Ke cuyi sa kal: muun eso bal pel petir. ||Be hard and break. Be strong and survive. Be like a blade: hard side and soft center.||

– Parjai Tracyn, inspired by Dara. Source: https://discord.com/channels/325383927797907466/743850929094393887/961039778919366676

Ori'uram, kih'miite. ||Big mouth, small words.||

– Original source unknown; a way to insult someone who talks a lot but has little substance

Ke partayli uur. ||Remember silence.||

– Dara and Shoya

Trikaryc hibrar, briikase verd. ||Sad student, happy warrior.||

– Yatenari, inspired by a request, https://discord.com/channels/325383927797907466/352526039739662336/748233369669599252

Urakto ba'jur, pakod parjaise. ||Difficult education, easy victories.||

– Simplified by Parjai Tracyn from other suggestions; this and the previous one are Mando equivalents of "cry in the dojo, laugh on the battlefield" and "the more we sweat in peace, the less we bleed in war."

Aliit cuyi burc’yase meg mhi vore vaal mhi taabi. ||Family exists as the friends that we accept while we march — family is the friends we make along the way.||

– Parjai Tracyn

Ori'sol kih parjaise koti or'arue. ||Many small victories overpower a large foe.||

– LearRigh

Verd ori'shya beskar'gam, a shi beskar'gam atinii. ||A warrior is bigger than their armor, but only armor endures.||

– LearRigh

Oyacyir cuyi oya'karir par aliit bal kot. Oya'cye kyrdi ti par'jila nari be mar'eyce be manda. ||To live is to hunt for clan/identity/family and strength. Life ends with the victorious act of the discovery of the Mandalorian oversoul.||

– (Based on this statement from the Star Wars #86 article: Mando’ade regard life as a hunt for identity and inner strength, ending in the “kill” of finding eternity.)

Song Lyrics

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mando%27a/Legends#Songs
Republic Commando Soundrack Official Lyrics, from LucasArts itself (archived backup): https://web.archive.org/web/20060821175704/http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swrepubliccommando/downloads/mp3s/Lyrics.pdf
Republic Commando soundtrack that was once available on official Republic Commando website (archived backup): https://archive.org/details/RepublicCommandoOST

Resol'nare

Rhyme (as it appeared in Order 66):

Ba'jur bal beskar'gam,
Ara'nov, aliit,
Mando'a bal Mand'alor—
An vencuyan mhi.

As commands:

Ke juri beskar'gam. Ke jorhaa'i Mando'a. K'ara'novo aliit. Ke gaa'tayli aliit cuyanir bal bralir. Ke ba'juri ade sa Mando'ade. Ke shekemi Mand'alor.

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