This Episode we are reinforced by Shoya from Mando'a Lessons! We talked about Mando'a in "The Mandalorian" and tried to answer the question why Jango is considered the greatest Hunter of them all, and indeed was not just a simple man at all.

If you want to support our work - we now have a patreon:

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Dont forget your homework - Read the open Seasons Comics - also feel free to comment with topics you want us to talk about!

⁠⁠⁠⁠Mando'a Dictionary (click me)⁠⁠⁠⁠

This weeks vocabulary:

• hayc - simple honest
• adat - person
• shi - just, only
• gotal'ur - to make, to create,
• jate'kara - luck, destiny (lit. good stars),
• o'r - in, inside of
• oyu'baat - universe
• dini'la - insane, crazy
• Jate cuyir olar - good to be here
• jate- good
• olar - here (location)
• gaanader - to choose
• nuhaatyc - invisible, unseen
• kyr'am - death
• shereshir - to kidnap, seize
• oya'cye - life
• evaar'la - young, new
• ra - or
• beskar'gam - armor
• besbe'trayce - weapons
• tracy'uur - blaster
• osik - crap
• veman - real, genuine
• chakaar - corpse robber, thief, petty criminal
• shabla - screwed up
• dar'manda - not mandalorian anymore
• mircet'ad - slave
• mircin - cage
• mirci't - prisoner
• Beroya - bounty hunter
• jekai - bait
• jehaat - lie, untruth
• jenarar - to feint
• shabla jetii - darn Jedi

Who was Jaster Mereel and why do so many mando fans love the guy to pieces? We try to give an answer to that this week!

Also An'u is giving us the tools we need to finally start asking the right questions - pun intented.

As always dont forget your homework - Go and ask us a question in Mando'a in the comments! The best ones will be read out and answered next episode!

⁠⁠⁠Mando'a Dictionary (click me)⁠⁠⁠

This weeks vocabulary:

• Buy'ce - Helmet, Bucket, Pint
• Nuhoyir - to sleep
• Udes - rest / leisure time
• Bat - On
• Evaar'la - New
• Simir - Year
• Bora – Job
• Mar'eyir - Find/Discover
• Jate'kara - "Good luck" (good stars)
• Haat - Truth
• Haatyc - Visible
• Hayc - Honest/Plain (Straightforward)
• Jate'kara - "Good luck" (good stars)
• Tion'ad - who?
• Hukaatir - to cover
• Hukaat'kama - Watch my six (back)!
• Kyr'tsad - Death Watch
• Ver'alor - Lieutenant
• Alor'ad - Captain
• Ruus'alor - Sergeant
• Traat'aliit - Squad / team
• Verd'goten - Mandalorian coming of age / rite of passage to adulthood
• Chakaar - Scum, lowlife, "Grave robber," pettycriminal
• Hutuun - Coward, extremely strong insult
• Ori'beskaryc - Hardcase, Tough as Nails, No-Nonsense
• Tion'jor - Why
• Tion'tuur – When
• Tion'cuy – who are you / who is there
• Meg - "clausal dummy pronoun" - which/that/who/
• Sushir - To listen

Time to spread some holiday spirit! 'tis the season - and therefore we are speaking about the infamous Star Wars holiday special and some interesting trivia surrounding it. Most importantly we explore mandalorian cuisine - which is not for the fainthearted!

Last but not least we explore how to speak about feelings. Yes Mando'ade can do that - shocking, right?

As always dont forget this weeks homework - what do you wish for the next year, or even whats a new year resolution? Do not forget to share with us in the comments! The best ones will be read out next episode.

⁠⁠⁠Mando'a Dictionary (click me)⁠⁠⁠

This weeks vocabulary:

• Emuurir – to enjoy, to like
• Ti – with
• Mirdala – clever, intelligent, intellectual
• Sa - as, like (comparative)
• Atin - stubborn, tenacious, capable of endurance
• Atiniir - to endure, to put up with, to *take it*
• Briikase - happy
• Briikase'shya – happier
• Cyar'tomad – supporter, fan, devotee
• Hayc – honest
• Nuh'la /Nuhunla – funny, amusing
• Netra gal – black ale
• Mesh'la - beautiful
• Jatisyc – delicious
• Wayii – Good grief! General exclamation good or bad.
• Jahaal'got - health-giving, nutritious, good for you
• Heturam - „mouthburn“ spicy on the tongue
• Hetikleyc - spicy, as in makes the nose burn
• Tiingilar – blisteringly spicy casserole or stew
• Ori'skraan – a delicacy, a real treat, a feast (slang)
• Skraan - food, meal (slang)
• Kai'tome - meal (lit. food together)
• Kai'goran – Chef, cook
• Kai’la – edible
• Kai – food
• Jekai – bait
• Jehaat – lie, untruth
• Bic ni skana'din! – It grinds my gears (lit. It gives me hated thing)
• Bi ni briikase’din – It makes me happy (lit. It gives mesmiles)
• Briikase Vutuure - Hapy Holidays!

How do Mando'ade form relationships? How do they show affection? Join us in this weeks episode to learn all about it!

In the grammar section Anu' dispenses some wisdom about the usage of pronouns in mando'a.

As always dont forget this weeks homework - which attributes are you looking for in a partner? What is important to you? Look for the mando'a words for that attributes and do not forget to share with us in the comments! The best ones will be read out next episode.

⁠⁠Mando'a Dictionary (click me)⁠⁠

This weeks vocabulary:

• Mhi - we, us
• Kaysh -they/them (singular), she/her, he/him
• Ner - my, mine
• Cuun - our
• Val - they, their
• Solus - united, as one; individual, alone, vulnerable
• Tome - together
• Dar'tome - separated, apart (of people)
• Me'dinuir - to share, gibe to each other
• Ba'jurir - to educate, raise children
• Verde - Warriors
• Gedeteyar - being thankful
• Riduurok - love bond, marriage agreement
• Kandosii'la - stunning, amazing
• Laandur - delicate, fragile (also insult - weak, pathetic)
• Shuk'la - broken
• Shuk'la Riduurok -divorce
• Shabuir - extreme insult (F-word)
• Dar'buir - not longer a parent (parental divorce)
• Muun'bajir - teach someone a lesson, kick ass
• Mirshmure'cya / --'cye - Keldabe Kiss or Headbutt
• Usen'ye - get out my way, get out of my sight (rude)
• Gedet'ye - please
• Ba'gedet'ye! - you are welcome
• Riduur - wife, husband, spouse

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(00:00) - An'u & Velin say Olarom

(01:44) - Impressions from Mercs Muster Milan 2025

(04:00) - Audience participation

(06:53) - The wedding vow

(11:54) - Don't mess with Mando-Girls!

(13:16) - Mandalorian relationships

(19:58) - Some rules of conduct

(23:06) - Pronouns in Mando'a

(28:22) - Word of the week

(35:25) - Homework

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What is it like growing up a mandalorian? How does a war like people deal with death? This are the questions we try to answer this week - and provide the vocabulary to this topics.

Also promised is promised - An'u teaches us how to conjugate in mando'a and how past and future tense work.

⁠⁠Mando'a Dictionary (click me)⁠

Dont forget this weeks homework: Think about what brings you "Shereshoy" and what word in mando'a describes that best - for bonus credit, write us a comment with this - we will read the best ones in the next episode.

This weeks vocabulary:

• ori'vore - thanks a lot
• vo're - thanks
• vor entye - thank you (lit. I accept a debt)
• ori'sol - many (countable)
• ori'atiin - very stubborn
• ori'jate - excellent
• gai - name, title
• kar'tayl - to know, hold in heart
• sa - as / like
• buir - parent, mentor
• adiik - child aged 3 to 13
• kyr'adyc - passed away, deceased
• shi - just/only
• taab'echaaj'la - deceased, passed on (lit. marched far away)
• partaylir - to remember
• darasuum - eternity, for ever
• aay'han - bittersweet moment of mourning and joy
• cuyan - survivor
• jorhaa'ir - to speak
• shereshoy - a lust for life, living life to the fullest
• shereshir - to seize, kidnap
• muun'bajir - to trounce, teach someone a lesson

This week we dive deeper into mandalorian culture and what it means to be a mandalorian and follow the resol'nare.

Also this di'kut velin got it all wrong again - but An'u is here to make things right!

In the grammar department we learn our first bits about pre-and suffixes as well how and why some words are dropped.

⁠Mando'a Dictionary (klick me)

Dont forget this weeks homework and use the dictionary to look up all word that include the prefix "Ori"!

This weeks vocabulary:

• Olarom - welcome
• ner - my, mine
• gar - you, your
• mhi - we, us
• cuun - our
• Aruetii - traitor, foreigner, outsider
• Dar'manda - not mandalorian anymore, lost heritage & soul
• Jetii - Jedi
• shabla - screwed up, messed up
• dar' - gone, no longer
• ori' - big, extreme, very (superlative)
• nu/ne/n' - negating suffix
• ke/k' - imperative suffix
• ramikad - commando
• ori'ramikad - super commando
• Aranov - defense
• bal - and
• Mand'alor - supreme leader of the mandalorians
• vencuyanir - to sustain, keep alive, preserve

In our very first episode An'u & Velin talk about where to find Mando'a in Star Wars Media and how culture is intertwined with language and vice versa.

Also find out how to get started and what resources there are!

Mando'a Dictionary (klick me)

Dont forget your Homework class & make sure to look up this weeks vocabulary:

• Mando'a - The Mandalorian language
• Shebs - backside, buttocks, rear
• Verd - warrior, soldier
• Verd'ika - private (rank), little soldier
• Cyare - loved, beloved
• Cyar'ika - loved one, sweetheart
• Vod / Vode -brother, sister, close friend,
• An - all
• Aliit - Family or Clan
• Ori'shya - more than, bigger than
• Taldin - bloodline
• Resol'nare - six actions
• Bajur - education
• Beskar'gam - armor
• Di'kut - idiot, dummie, waste of space
• Su'cuy gar - hey, hello (lit. You're still alive!)
• Mirshmure'cya - headbutt with helmet, also called keldabe kiss
• Ret'urcye mhi - Bye (lit. Maybe we will meet again.)
• Buir - parent, mentor
• Ad'ika - little one, child

Chapters:

(00:00) - Introduction

(03:23) - Dissection of Intro and first vocabulary

(07:15) - Ressources & the Dictionary

(08:45) - Where to find Mando'a

(21:50) - The Mando'a expanison project

(29:15) - Mandalorian mindset

(31:55) - Inconsitencies and shortening

(33:20) - Word of the week

(36:48) - Homework