Pragmatics of the Jedi
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Heart Language by aroacejoot, ghostwriterofthemachine, loosingletters
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types
24 Apr 2023
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Notes on the Jedi Conlang Dai Bendu developed by Yours Truly for the sake of incorporating linguistics into Star Wars.
Includes grammar, meta essays on the language and translations of canon dialogues.Series
- Part 1 of Pragmatics of the Jedi
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An Imprecise Translation {ben} by ghostwriterofthemachine for loosingletters
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
18 Aug 2020
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Dai Bendu is the language of the Jedi.
Here are four times Obi-Wan Kenobi has heard the word ben.
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- Part 2 of Pragmatics of the Jedi
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A Befitting Title {kanan} by loosingletters for ghostwriterofthemachine
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
18 Aug 2020
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Dai Bendu is the language of the Jedi.
Here are four times Caleb Dume heard the word kanan.
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- Part 3 of Pragmatics of the Jedi
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Levels of Sincerity {cahshee, ankai'a} by loosingletters
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
19 Aug 2020
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In which Ahsoka Tano has the most embarrassing Masters in at least two languages.
Terms of endearment, Disaster Lineage Style.
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- Part 4 of Pragmatics of the Jedi
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Connotations {orhma, Anohrah} by ghostwriterofthemachine
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types
21 Aug 2020
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Anakin’s Padawan is strong and brave and fierce and he has every faith in her abilities. He’s known from the beginning that she would fight her way back to him, Trandoshans or no. He’s known from the beginning, on some level, that he would see her again.
Or, the aftermath of the Padawan Lost arc, but Anakin and Ahsoka have more words to speak in.Series
- Part 5 of Pragmatics of the Jedi
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Acceptance {padawanir, jaieh'ir} by loosingletters
Fandoms: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types
22 Aug 2020
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As a Jedi, you had to formally accept your new apprentice and your new Master.
Obi-Wan, Anakin and Ahsoka from the beginning of their apprenticeships to their ends.
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- Part 6 of Pragmatics of the Jedi
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Insult and Injury {imkai'an} by ghostwriterofthemachine, loosingletters
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy
04 Sep 2020
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The worst thing you can call someone in Mando’a is coward. The worst insult to the Jedi is one they dare not speak often.
Five times Anakin Skywalker heard it regardless.
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- Part 7 of Pragmatics of the Jedi
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Reassurance {enoji brei ormah} by loosingletters
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types
05 Sep 2020
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There are days where Ahsoka Tano is the Commander of the 501st battalion, and then there are days where she is Anakin Skywalker's fourteen-year-old Padawan, stuck in the aftermath of a bloody battle, surrounded by the dead.
Or, Anakin sings to Ahsoka.
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- Part 8 of Pragmatics of the Jedi
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Purest Expression of Grief {haj dai} by ghostwriterofthemachine
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order (Video Game), Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
13 Sep 2020
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Order 66 happens.
Cal goes quiet, Kanan thinks too much, and Ahsoka can never go back.
(Or; three children and a dying language, after they've seen their people die.)
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- Part 9 of Pragmatics of the Jedi
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immersion theory {oola} by ghostwriterofthemachine, loosingletters
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
12 Jan 2021
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Immersion Theory: When it comes to language learning, immersion usually means learning a new language in the most natural way possible – in practice, being in a situation where the language is spoken.
Or, five times the Clones stumble over Dai Bendu and one time they don’t.
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- Part 10 of Pragmatics of the Jedi
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A Discussion of the Coruscant Centralization in the light of delo anohrah by loosingletters
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types
04 Feb 2021
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In order to lessen the chance of a Sith resurgence, the Order began training children from birth. In addition, the training of Padawans was centralized on Coruscant, to remove the danger of unsupervised students delving into forbidden Sith knowledge. - Wookiepedia on the Ruusan Reformation
When asked to abandon their temples and move to Coruscant, many Jedi protest. The essay "A Discussions of the Coruscant Centralization in the light of delo anohrah" became well-known for advocating in favor of the Coruscant Centralization.
[Or, in-universe essay on the Ruusan Reformation from the perspective of a Jedi Master.]
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- Part 11 of Pragmatics of the Jedi
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Snapshots {ibli nev zahlah} by aroacejoot, ghostwriterofthemachine, loosingletters
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy
28 Mar 2021
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Snapshots in the life of the Jedi, centered around certain words in their language.
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- Part 12 of Pragmatics of the Jedi
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Retranslation of the Sith Code from a Linguistic Perspective by loosingletters
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic (Video Games)
29 Apr 2021
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While Mando’a is undoubtedly the conlang with the most extensive vocabulary, it is not the soundest Star Wars conlang from a linguistic perspective. That honor belongs to the version of the Sith conlang that was later amended and developed by Ben Grossblatt. The Sith Code, as we know it, was developed by David Gaider in 2003 for the game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Grossblatt’s conlang was created seven years later in 2010.
When you consider this, Grossblatt had two options when creating his conlang and translation of the Code. He could translate the Code from English into Sith, or he could pretend the English (or “Basic”) version of the Code resulted from a translation from Sith.
TLDR: I took a look at the English version of the Sith Code and decided it doesn't quite pick up all the nuances the text has in the Sith conlang and proceeded to write 3.000 words analyzing it.
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- Part 13 of Pragmatics of the Jedi
