D’ni mottoes

korovev · **Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:05 pm

Now that we can write directly in the D’ni script, thanks to OHB, we can come up with witty and obscure phrases in D’ni for the signature. Here’s the list:

.b'bAk KeraS Kåmto rilrov lebAkEt terTfaex
.b’baykh kerahsh kamto rilrov lebaykheet terthfahets*
To boldly link where no one has linked before

.xavem yeret tona ga ago
.tsahvem yeret tonah gah ahgo
May you live long and well

.yavo Kenen yeret t'Sem / t'SemtE
.Yahvo kenen yeret t’shem / t’shemtee
May Yahvo be with you (sing./plur.)

.fa mEstav Kat Kenen xanril fUru
.fah meestahv kaht kenen tsahnril fooru
One language alone is never enough

.KormantE rilvUhE rUAKEtij
.kormahntee rilvoohee rooaykeetij
Descriptive Books don’t burn

.DOhaO pråDtEgal Kenen xarU xo KEmotE
.doyhahoy pradteegahl kenen tsahroo tso keemotee
My rock-working machine is full of Keemo fishes

.garEsenomE biv KenEt piSoEt b'set (corrections by larryf58)
.gahreesenomee biv keneet pishoeet b’set
All your fortress are belong to us

.ke garo golaa (by larryf58)
.kheh gahro golahah
For great justice!

.boseket xan rebantano (corrections by larryf58)
.bosekhet tsahn rehbahntahno
We’ll always have the Island (Ae’gura)

.ilaistav te faT ga faT te ranaleT
.ilaïstahv te fahth* gah fahth* te rahnahleth*
Power in unity, unity in diversity

.t're'DantEok gråbTar ga t'geratEok worvan Sem boKenem rifUnij
.t’re’dahnteeokh Grabthahr gah t’gerahteeokh Worvahn shem bokenem rifoonij
By Grabthar’s tweezers, by the globes of Warvan, you shall be remembered

.yarental borEset tresevanotam
.yahrentahl* boreeset tresevahnotahm
Tomorrow we’ll dine in the Lava Age!

.regalpo rilesa tAnEen SemtE
.regahlpo rilesah* tayneeehn shehmtee
The Open Cave welcomes you (pl.)

.relenaok xosatav pracizal Dooenazoen b'Sento SemtE metomet (corrections by KathAveara)
.relenahokh tsosahtahv prahchizahl dooenahzoen b’shento shemtee metomet
The Amazing Treasure Journey is hoping to take you from here

.bEraem Kåm selem (by Karkadann)
.beerahem kam selem
You keep what you write

.ga f'yartE tren, rehevtE lan mot hUr vUhE b'pante KenEt saeTO (by TealDeer & KathAveara)
.gah f’yahrtee tren, rehevtee lahn mot hoor voohee b’pahnte keneet sahethoy
And some days, the only words I can find to trust in are mine

.fa ril bAken teneS te relESan
.fah ril baykhen tenesh teh Releeshahn
One does not simply link into Releeshahn

.reKoxatEok Durin porpaok moria .mEsema tiSma ga arema
.t'zU narvE KoDobarelEt .Kelebrimbor xo eregion Kogelen hevtE met (corrections by Khreestrefah)
Rekotsahteeokh Durin, porpahokh Moriah: meesemah, tishmah, gah ahremah!
T’zoo Nahrvee kodobahreleet. Kelebrimbor tso Eregion kogelen hevtee met.
The Doors of Durin, King of Moria: speak, friend, and enter!
By me, Narvi, they were made. Celebrimbor of Eregion (Hollin) wrote these words.

.graner fa b'poget Est biv .graner fa b'hUr Est
.graner fa b'nem Est biv ga tre’oKoT b'lasa Est (by Khreestrefah)
Grahner fah b’poget eest biv, grahner fah b’hoor eest,
Grahner fah b’nem eest biv gah tre’okoth b’lahsah eest.
One Ring (circle) to rule them all, One ring to find them,
One ring to gather them all and in the darkness seal them.

.EnDil rU anEen vUhE neKisal ,boneKisenij (by larryf58)
.eendil* roo ahneeehn voohee nekisahl, bonekisehnij
Anything that can be distorted, will be distorted.

.kO yertE b'barel cor bak mrerUn faex xEmatE b'marn reterok jerUT (corrections by larryf58 and KathAveara)
.khoy yertee b’bahrel chor bahkh mreroon* fahets tseemahtee b’mahrn reterokh jerooth
If you (plur.) wish to make chor bahkh from scratch, first you need (plur.) to create the Tree of Possibility.

.erTlena meSafEtE famel gloen terTKElen fa (by KathAveara)
.erthlenah meshahfeetee fahmel gloen terthkeelen fah
A journey of a thousand miles (390,625 spans, 961 miles) begins with a single step.

* neologism.

EDIT: corrections & additions.

Karkadann · **Posted:** Sun Oct 19, 2014 6:04 pm

You keep what you write

Shem beerah kaem shem sel

You keep what you write

[Reveal] Spoiler:

from the Chronicles of Karkadann

korovev · **Posted:** Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:46 pm

Karkadann wrote:

You keep what you write

.bEraem Kåm selem :wink:

.beerahem kam selem

OHB · **Joined:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:28 am **Posts:** 1247

korovev wrote:

Karkadann wrote:

You keep what you write

.bEraem Kåm selem :wink:

.beerahem kam selem

That rhymes!

Karkadann · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:02 am

OHB wrote:

korovev wrote:

Karkadann wrote:

You keep what you write

.bEraem Kåm selem :wink:

.beerahem kam selem

That rhymes!

Thanks for the correction, I wasn't sure I got it right but I figured I got it close

korovev · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:53 am

From this post:

.ga f'yartE tren, rehevtE lan mot hUr vUhE b'pante KenEt saeTO
.gah f’yahrtee tren, rehevtee lahn mot hoor voohee b’pahnte keneet sahethoy
And some days, the only words I can find to trust in are mine

larryf58 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:09 pm

Sorry to diverge from your very first post, but I just read your sig.

It reads: .tomanomE biv KenEt piSoEt b'set
house-your-(plural) all are-they belong-they to-us.

Which appears to be a translation of "all your base are belong to us". However, I have to question two points.

First off, you are using the word "tomahn", which means house or home, and that does not have the connotation of base, which means a military installation as used in the game the quote comes from. The compound contraction gahreesen, which can be translated as garrison or fortress, is a much closer match. Second, you use "eet" after both "kehn" and "pishoeht", and that seems like an unnecessary duplication to me. I would think that the extension of "kehn" is not needed.

That would give you:

.garEsenomE biv Ken piSoEt b'set
fortress-your-(plural) all are belong-they to-us.

IMHO, that gets the point across much more clearly.

KathAveara · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:23 pm

I believe the point of having "keneet pishoeet" is that it's intentionally ungrammatical, just as the original quote is.

larryf58 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:05 pm

Good point. Certainly, that's why garEsenomE isn't garEsentEomE; the original used the singular case instead of plural for "base".

Should I be responding to the sig with ".ke garo golaa"?

korovev · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:18 pm

The grammatical mistakes are indeed intentional :wink:

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Good point about tomahn vs gahreesen, though; I’ll update the list, too.

larryf58 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:35 pm

korovev wrote:

.boseket xan A'gura
.bosekhet tsahn Ae’gura
We’ll always have Ae’gura

Here's a correction for this based on D'ni slang. Ae'gura was not referred to as Ae'gura past a certain undefined point in their history; it was simply called "the island". That's what is written in the message found on the Ferry Terminal and other locations.

With that in mind, this would be more accurate if written:

.boseket xan rebantano
.bosekhet tsahn rehbahntahno
We'll always have the Island.

And to go with your "all your base are belong to us" translation, here's a companion:

.ke garo golaa
.kheh gahro golahah
For great justice!

JWPlatt · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:14 pm

Is anyone else amused by the irony of correcting intentionally incorrect grammar to be properly incorrect?

KathAveara · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:16 pm

larryf58 wrote:

korovev wrote:

.boseket xan A'gura
.bosekhet tsahn Ae’gura
We’ll always have Ae’gura

Here's a correction for this based on D'ni slang. Ae'gura was not referred to as Ae'gura past a certain undefined point in their history; it was simply called "the island". That's what is written in the message found on the Ferry Terminal and other locations.

Further, I don't believe we know how Ae'gura is actually spelt in D'ni. Personally, I think it was å'gura, but we just don't know.

korovev · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:37 pm

.fa ril bAken teneS te relESan
.fah ril baykhen tenesh teh Releeshahn
One does not simply link into Releeshahn

korovev · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:40 pm

It might even be ae'gura for all we know

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