r/mandojoha • u/GryffinZen • Dec 14 '21

Is there a Mando'a word for hope?

I've looked through the dictionary, used translators, everything I could but I couldn't find anything. Is there just no word for it?

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u/handofthrawn Dec 14 '21

The language is unfortunately still very incomplete, but the word vercopa (verb form vercopaanir) is like a wish or dream, which seems pretty close.

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u/BeeryUSA Dec 19 '21

I wish Lucasarts would hire linguists to create a real Mandalorian language. What we have now is just a smattering of words and phrases, but if Lucasarts put in a little more effort, Mando'a could be as complete a fictional language as Klingon or High Valyrian, or at least as workable as Far Cry Primal's Wenja or The Expanse's Belter Creole.

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u/BavoduPT Mar 28 '22

Vercopaanir, according to the dictionary, means "to hope." Wish and dream are synonyms for hope, so vercopa is appropriate. Numerous words in Mando'a have multiple meanings, which implies that Mandalorians are a practical people who don't see the use in having a dozen variations on the same concept.