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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 490022" data-attributes="member: 5137">I'm glad you like <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />. There's going to be a whole lot of orc, seasong style, throughout the Mountain Thunder chapter...Heh. I am such a geek.I usually do some basic word construction rules (like, what sounds are used, how they flow, etc.), and a double fistful of words to use as a reference, for any setting I run. It really helps with place names, local color, history notes, etc. And some of my made-up words (with the attached cultural meanings) have made their way into my players' general vocabulary, which is about as good a compliment as you get. And careful what you ask for. My best guess for your phrase would be:Offinom, ulg ffut oggmah teh Bunahken. Offinom, Bunahken slahg teh pashin Grugahk.Offinom, roughly, means "IMHO, for the moment"Ulg means "me", but stems from unworthy; that's why offinom in this case is IMHO instead of IMO.You might replace it with tegahk nom, which means, roughly, "strong start, weak finish" if you were trying to say that you thought they would win for now (as opposed to "for now, I think they will win"). You could also replace ulg with meh and drop offinom entirely, to come off a bit more arrogant.Ffut means "put", "place" or "ante up". If you put your arm in front of an attack, that's ffut. If you put a flower on table for decorative purposes, that's not ffut.Oggmah means "odds" with the suffix -mah meaning "mine". Odds are the bread and butter of orc gambling - they discuss odds first, then how to valuate it.You might replace this with a specific item of trade, such as oslaffmah, meaning "my slave".Teh is a generic linker. In this context, it means "on" or "on the".Bunahken is the tribe of orc (bone-ache). Orcs don't have a word for orc, they refer to all peoples by their tribe.Slahg means what it sounds like in English - to totally wreck something or someone.Pashin meant "clean ear" in old orc. These days it means wuss, wimp, pansy, and similar such. It is almost as insulting as leffshahk, which translates as "leaf sucker", referring to a particularly toxic, but otherwise defenseless, caterpillar.Grugahk means "good wine", and is the "tribe" of the Theralis valleys. Those orcs who trade with Theralis call the Theralese this. It's actually fairly complimentary, when it's not paired with something like pashin or leffshahk.</blockquote>

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