Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Waiting...

Sorry for the long wait. I am back now and as a special treat we are going to talk about the verb 'to wait' in the language of the Protoss. You may have heard this expression in-game, when uttered by the Dark Templar:
Zerashk gulidas
The meaning of it you may discover using the Lexicon. I have translated it as: Oblivion awaits! which I think is suited for the character.
Zerashk      gul-id-as
Oblivion   wait-DEF-PRES
The verb is in the present and it may also be translated as: 'Oblivion is waiting'. You may notice that as in the case of toridas you need a defining tense suffix -id before the present tense -as. This happens in most of Protoss verbs, and there are only few exceptions which will be later explained.

In fact you can also use zerash as a verb to mean 'forgotten, be forgotten', so you can get a phrase such as:
Khar   zerashad!
peace  be-forgotten
Forget peace!
Used seconds before attacking a nasty foe and destroying an enemy army. I leave you with this for now, and hope to write soon! Don't forget to comment if you have any questions or just want to leave a greeting!

Taro Adun ruulas!

6 comments:

  1. Adun toridas!
    I wandered here and I find this blog amusing. I recently started to have interest in Khalani, as we play a SC-themed RPG with my friends and found this place... You do a great job. I hope you will keep it up.
    Taro ruul asz!

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  2. Thanks very much for the support. I hope the language will grow to be speakable and be able to be used among players and fans. I won't make it terribly difficult so all will be able to learn it. I hope you like it and enjoy it! Any more comments will be most welcome :)

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  3. i'm writing a fanfic, so....
    but i'm wondering what peace is-forgotten would be,

    thanks.
    and in response to above, ya, that would be awsome.

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  4. Well, as stated above, it would mean "forget peace!" as an imperative sentence, check it above.

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  5. What about "Neraz Gulio" (Dark Templar in Broodwar) ?
    "Dark Templar awaiting" ? "[I], Dark Templar, await" ?

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    1. That particular construction is coming! I have thought about it and gave it a logic. It'll be something close to "Dark Templar is waiting".

      Soon I will post it, along with a lot of new material, grammar and updates! Stay tuned!

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