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STAR WARS APPRECIATION WEEK 2023 MAY 25: FAVOURITE MOVIE ▸ EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005) + trivia

In the original screenplay, when Anakin joins the Dark Side, he is no longer referred to as “Anakin”, only as “Vader”.

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I feel like you must have answered this before but I can't find it anywhere so I'll just ask: What's the Angaran greeting, "Stars and skies", in Shelesh? They say it all the time but I can't find it in Shelesh anywhere.......

"Neranj tev haavolanj!"

At least as far as my own work goes! I don't think it's used as a greeting so much as an exclamation though.

I've also got "Sleep with the stars" -- Sleefim'do tev neranj, and "****ing stars!" -- Skkutja neranj! and "Black star!" -- Pivos nera! as curses. There are a few more intimate phrases that I've used stars for as well...😁

#AEP #Angaran culture #Shelesh #stars #skies #stars and skies

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🙈 And another destination poster inspired by the original Mass Effect, exposing those silly Eletania pyjaks and their grubby little hands! Once again commissioned by the delightful @swaps55, who I thank from the bottom of my heart.

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Across Dark Space 2022

Over 600 years across dark space, explorers wake up in their new home…

You’ve signed up for the Initiative. You’ve slept for hundreds of years. Andromeda is beautiful and nothing like you expected. Are you the new Pathfinder trying to find a home for hundreds of sleeping explorers? Are you a member of a crew? A pirate? An exile? An alien? What’s your story?

Welcome to Across Dark Space: A Mass Effect Andromeda Gift Exchange. This is an exchange, run through AO3, that celebrates Mass Effect Andromeda and its numerous worlds both explored and unexplored. Any group or pairing can be nominated as long as it contains a character from Mass Effect Andromeda. This exchange is open to ANYONE who wishes to participate and can draw or write ONE piece by the deadline. We will also be trying out nominations for singular characters this year, but they can only be characters from Mass Effect Andromeda! 

Be sure to follow this page for announcements as we get closer to nominations and sign-ups. We also have a Discord for anyone who would like to join!

Important Links

FAQ

Rules

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Treatless List

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E-mail: [email protected]

 Important Dates:

Nominations: November 28 12am US EST - December 4 11:59pm US EST

Sign-Ups: December 5 12am US EST - December 11 11:59pm US EST

Assignments Received:December 12 by 11:59pm US EST

Assignments Due:January 29 11:59pm US EST

Assignments Revealed:February 6 10am US EST

Creators Revealed: February 13 10am US EST  

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Angaran Word of the Day

okoli, oko - n - hello, hi; a casual greeting. Original meaning us unknown, but related to ohmor, to speak.

ishar, isha, isham, ishat - v - goodbye, farewell, to part ways.

"Isha, Ryder. Sleefim'do tev neranj."

"Farewell, Ryder. Sleep with the stars."

[Farewell, Ryder. (You) will sleep+command with the stars.]

'Sleep with the stars' is a traditional angaran saying similar to 'Sweet Dreams.' The fact that it's phrased as a command may seem strange, but it comes from the fact that those saying it would be caring, protective family members. They have an active interest in your wellbeing, even while asleep! We often do the same when we tell someone to 'Drive safe!' or 'Sleep well.'

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I am not sure if I have asked before, but could I use the content you created in my works as well? Will give credit! :)

Of course, that's what we're here for! Feel free to ask for translations or details on anything, and I'll do my best to wheedle it out of Torvar, Jaal, Feladyr, and Kiiran.

Linking back here or to the AEP on AO3 is perfect. We'll happily reblog the works here too, if you tag or msg us. @captainjaalamadarav

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Hi! I'm writing my fic "The Shape of Stardust" where Ryder is a mute character who communicates through sign language. What would the angara call that? I'm thinking like hand-speak or something like hand-songs but I have no clue how to translate that into Shelesh. Help? Loving the content you've got here!

Lovely topic! I didn't have a word created quite for this, so here you go with a shiny new one. I imagine there would be some challenges of translation between human hands and angaran hands too...

miynjyn - n, adj - hand or sign language

jy, jyn - n - hand or foot, hands or feet; used for any grasping appendage

miyn, miynj - n - word, words

miysara - n - language

#Angara #Shelesh #shelesh language #mass effect andromeda #mass effect #conlang #sign language #language #Ask the Angara

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hey. I don't have access to the game anymore but I'm writing an AU story that follows the game plot and thus partially takes place on Aya, and I can't remember the name of the hostels the Angara keep, like on Voeld, for travelers, and I couldn't find it anywhere in your posts. Do you recall the Shelesh word for hostel?

Hi! There isn't an in game name that I recall. How about this one?

vrekavreta - n, adj - home away from home, hostel, guest room or house, hotel, temporary lodgings; literally: home away home

vreta - n, adj - home, house, dwelling

#Shelesh #shelesh language #Angara #Mass Effect #Mass Effect Andromeda #Conlang #home #hostel #hotel #place #Ask the Angara

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Hi all! Just a quick note to say that I'm still here and love to chat about the AEP stuff even though I'm not actively posting new content right now!

I am not sure if I have asked before, but could I use the content you created in my works as well? Will give credit! :)

Of course, that's what we're here for! Feel free to ask for translations or details on anything, and I'll do my best to wheedle it out of Torvar, Jaal, Feladyr, and Kiiran.

Linking back here or to the AEP on AO3 is perfect. We'll happily reblog the works here too, if you tag or msg us. @captainjaalamadarav

#myrddin answers

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Sir please, your hand in marriage??

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Remember that cute sniper on Voeld who totally flirted with Ryder? Because I do. 🥺

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Toh‘vy oogalyom?! 

Are you pregnant?! [You+question carrying eggs?!]

The image shows a few rough examples of what angaran eggs might look like, based on various people in Mass Effect Andromeda. Oogomji (eggs) are colorful ovals with a thin, flexible, rubbery shell. Their shell is mottled with the same color and patterns as the angara producing the eggs. 

It’s been a joy and a challenge to create sensible and interesting words surrounding angaran reproduction and sex.

oogalyom - adj -  carrying eggs during reproduction, the equivalent of pregnancy for angara; ovigerous

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Angaran Word of the Day

By request, a few of the particular words & phrases surrounding the Kett enslavement and the strange genetic genocide that they inflict on other peoples. 

keshirask nari - idiom - angaran term for “Exaltation”, the process by which the Kett transform their captives; lit. violent theft of spirit

Kapisholaon - idiom - “The Disappeared” or the lost; angaran term for those people kidnapped by the Kett; lit. lost adopted family ——

Related words

ansala - n, adj, adv - a surprise, something or someone that was hidden firask - n, adj - violence, violent gaddol - n, adj - peaceful, gentle, nonviolent gaa - n, adj - sweet or kind in temperament kapir; kapi, kapit, kapim - v - to lose, to be missing; lit. away find kapi, kapij - n, adj - lost, missing haraa - n - needle, pin evfor; evfo, evfot, evfom - v - to change, to alter, to shift or transform

#reblog #Mass Effect Andromeda

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What are common greetings and phrases in selesh? (such as; hello, how are you, nice to meet you, goodbye, etc.)

Hello Anon! I've posted most of these elsewhere but here they are again! Some are canon, many are added.

The basic hello/goodbye would be: Paavoa, Isha (Paavoa is actually an idiom meaning “come know joy/light”, with the longer historical phrase being “knowing you are here brings my heart joy/light”)

A more general 'nice to meet you' phrase might be: Joh voyi pasgoh! [I am happy + person I have met!] or if you want to emphasize that the person is still a stranger, but being greeted: Joh voyi gova.

A polite How are you? in the same type of situation would be: Ille'vy goh? or Ille'vy gara? Goh/gara is the best general pronoun, but there are others if the relationship is clearer: toh is for a peer, mohnin would be more respectful for an elder, poh for a child/younger person. It's all agender.

...Incoming deluge of additional words and phrases...

An idiom that can mean a lot of things but is generally "you're welcome" is just: Yevoll

This one's a canon phrase, from Techiix: Kedi gossa, di javegara kepasgom. [There are no strangers, only unmet friends.]

Tabas tiyrrna illeh. - This feels/is crazy.

Skeelu… tabas taosa. - This is disgusting…I love it.

Eddo, fiki tabas. - Thanks, I hate it. [Thanks hate this.]

Joh jinni - I’ve got this. [I am covering [this]]

by, 'vy - n, adv - question, ask, query; adv affixed to a conjugated verb

byr; by, byt bym - v - to ask, to question

bylas - n, adv - an entreaty or request, something you are asking another to do

bylasear'vy; bylase'vy, bylaset'vy, bylasem'vy - v - to entreat or request; please do this

eddor - v - to appreciate, give thanks, show gratitude

eddora - n, adj - gratitude, thankfulness, appreciation

Eddo hanti bareen - I am thankful for family

Eddo hanti jove javegara, tev. - I am thankful for my friends, too.

ishar, isha, isham, ishat - v - goodbye, to part ways.

isharay - goodbye into the blackest night, poetic. It lends its name to an angaran weapon.

okoli, oko - hello, hi; a casual greeting

paavoa - welcome, a common angaran greeting; “come know joy”, with the longer historical phrase of “knowing you are here brings my heart joy”

Yevoll - idiom - it's good, brings joy, it carries a joyful smile; an equivalent for you're welcome or de nada

#Sehesh #Ask the Angara #Angara culture #Shelesh Language #conlang #greetings #basics

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Hey there, I'm currently writing a fanfic about ME:A and while researching I kinda stumbled over your tumblr. And I'm so, so happy that I found this project about the angaren culture, biologie and language - especially cuz of the language. I'm triying to integrate some Shelesh in my story and your post really help a lot. At the moment I'm struggeling to find a word for the exiles (outcast, to cast out, displaced, expelled, s.o.) on Kadara. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks a lot.

Ooo, sounds wonderful! Glad to have you along for the ride. Exiles hmm, let's see what I have. The simplest thing might be to use vesegara - the term that the Roekaar use for all of the the Milky Way people. It's likely a repurposing of an existing Shelesh word. I have a general word for traitor too though! @uratowel

Vesegara - n, adj - uprooted people, or exiles, a derogatory term used by the Roekaar for individuals from the Milky Way.

shayfasan - n, adj - traitor, betrayer; lit. bloody heart

#Ask the Angara #Shelesh #Roekaar #Kadara #traitor #Angaran culture

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Looking for the rest? Read Vinas Honvfira... on AO3!

Steamy Story Snippet

Missing the angara lately? Jaal misses you too, and is headed into the shower to do something about it. Mildly nsfw snippet below from the upcoming ficlet Vinas Honvfira. I’ve been working on using some of these delicious Shelesh words, instead of just creating more! 

Tag for nsfw items: ijonni - the shelesh word for arousal.

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#ijonni #jaal ama darav #bioelectricity

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Angaran Biology and Culture

The angara are a fascinating race. However, our meeting with them takes place so quickly and during such a complex series of events that there would have been a lot of confusion and missing information… Where were we? Right. This is an attempt to straighten out and add to our knowledge of the angara, particularly in regards to their biology. 

Read on AO3 or scroll down!

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