EPTIs it "En Taro, Adun!" or "En Taro Adun!"? Notice the comma. That is, could you say En Taro as a stand-alone phrase? It has always bothered me when people say it without the comma, but they might be right...
Also, what does it mean?
Cheers,
-Rommel.
En Taro Tassadar?
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RommelTJ
Mexico50 Posts
Is it "En Taro, Adun!" or "En Taro Adun!"? Notice the comma. That is, could you say En Taro as a stand-alone phrase? It has always bothered me when people say it without the comma, but they might be right... Also, what does it mean? Cheers, -Rommel. | ||
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MerdaPura
Brazil148 Posts
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ZeKk
Sweden320 Posts
The phrase is also used to greet one another. Check out more infoa about the language here http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Khalani | ||
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
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B.I.G.
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Archas
United States6531 Posts
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GlintFox
United States275 Posts
On February 17 2012 01:10 ZeKk wrote: It means "in honor of adun". Adun was a great Templarwarrior of the past, by rank of Exacutor. Highly respected by his intelligens and strategical mind. So yeah you could probably use it as a stand-alone phrase. The phrase is also used to greet one another. Check out more infoa about the language here http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Khalani That is an AWESOME link ZeKk. I remember how much of a nerd baller I was when I was like 13 and was obessed with SC and started notes to girls I liked with En Taro Adun! or En Taro Tassadar! hahaha, good times. | ||
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Falconblade
United States1035 Posts
On February 17 2012 08:19 GlintFox wrote: That is an AWESOME link ZeKk. I remember how much of a nerd baller I was when I was like 13 and was obessed with SC and started notes to girls I liked with En Taro Adun! or En Taro Tassadar! hahaha, good times. If that last bit seriously worked, I really have to wonder what the state of the world is. | ||
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GlintFox
United States275 Posts
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Starparty
Sweden1963 Posts
Blizzard Entertainment maintains a real-world dictionary of Khalani. This also ensures that protoss names meet their specifications.[35] " GIEF | ||
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Maxd11
United States680 Posts
.If that last bit seriously worked, I really have to wonder what the state of the world is. A very good one obviously. | ||
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5unrise
New Zealand646 Posts
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ZongTG
United States12 Posts
On February 17 2012 11:53 5unrise wrote: Who is Tassadar? did he do something cool? Tassadar destroyed the original overmind (The one featured in the SC2 Campaign) by crashing his ship into it, killing him and the overmind. I don't know much of the information, but I'm guessing he was a high ranking templar of great respect. EDIT: He was an Executor and High Templar. You can find info on him here: http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Tassadar | ||
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
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BlueBoxSC
United States582 Posts
On February 17 2012 09:35 Maxd11 wrote: It would be hilarious if you could build the entire Protoss language off that one quote .A very good one obviously. Exactly what I was thinking. :D | ||
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Spec
Taiwan931 Posts
On February 17 2012 14:00 Antisocialmunky wrote: Once upon a time the Protoss government was being retarded so instead of doing all the occupy Aiur crap he killed them all with scouts and DTs or something. Then he took his pants off and nuked the overmind with his manliness. lol nice. Tassadar is like the rebel high templar that was the first to integrate and accept the Dark Templar energies and prowess. That's why he was able to kill the overmind even though it and its cerebrates should be immune to all damage but that of Dark Templars. For not being narrow-minded and saved everyone's ass, we worship him. | ||
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cerb
Germany215 Posts
On February 17 2012 01:10 ZeKk wrote: It means "in honor of adun". Adun was a great Templarwarrior of the past, by rank of Exacutor. Highly respected by his intelligens and strategical mind. So yeah you could probably use it as a stand-alone phrase. The phrase is also used to greet one another. Check out more infoa about the language here http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Khalani Thank you for that link. Really interesting. Some expressions are also explained more in detail in the books "The dark templar triology". (for example the meaning of: "Adun Toridas!") But as far as I see it all terms are already collected on that page. Nice. | ||
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zeehar
Korea (South)3804 Posts
On February 17 2012 11:53 5unrise wrote: Who is Tassadar? you're kidding. | ||
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Hulavuta
United States1252 Posts
On February 17 2012 11:53 5unrise wrote: Who is Tassadar? did he do something cool? He knocked SeleCT out of Code A. | ||
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Vod.kaholic
United States1052 Posts
On February 17 2012 09:11 Starparty wrote: "TriviaEdit Blizzard Entertainment maintains a real-world dictionary of Khalani. This also ensures that protoss names meet their specifications.[35] " GIEF A dictionary does not a language make. | ||
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AugustDreams
Australia127 Posts
On February 17 2012 08:19 GlintFox wrote: That is an AWESOME link ZeKk. I remember how much of a nerd baller I was when I was like 13 and was obessed with SC and started notes to girls I liked with En Taro Adun! or En Taro Tassadar! hahaha, good times. Haha, I did the same kinda thing when I was younger. I would say "En Taro Adun" to my friends who didn't play Starcraft to confuse the hell out of them xD. | ||
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oZe
Sweden492 Posts
He is trolling, there is a big difference. | ||
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nucLeaRTV
Romania822 Posts
On February 17 2012 13:29 ZongTG wrote: First post here on Team Liquid :D Tassadar destroyed the original overmind (The one featured in the SC2 Campaign) by crashing his ship into it, killing him and the overmind. I don't know much of the information, but I'm guessing he was a high ranking templar of great respect. EDIT: He was an Executor and High Templar. You can find info on him here: http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Tassadar 'I have never tasted death and nor i will' | ||
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
On February 20 2012 00:05 nucLeaRTV wrote: 'I have never tasted death and nor i will' Sounds like limbo to me... | ||
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MiKTeX
United States234 Posts
oh shi | ||
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Aron Times
United States312 Posts
Damn protiss s- | ||
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ZackAttack
United States884 Posts
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Sanhadrian
Poland33 Posts
Adun was the one who saved the Dark Templar from persecution by the Conclave. It is also hinted that he was the first Archon ever ("the lore states that "he burned like a star"). Still, Khalani is supposed to be telepathic, so grammar and syntax is, in a certain sense, pointless; unless you can syntactically arrange brain waves. EDIT: And since it is one whole sentence, there is no comma. Also, I would assume that someone who does not know Khalani would simply get a migrane and hear some kind of high-pitched squeals when a protoss attempts to communicate. | ||
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qwertzi
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Starparty
Sweden1963 Posts
On February 18 2012 14:02 Vod.kaholic wrote: A dictionary does not a language make. Did it become less desirable then?  | ||
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Sbrubbles
Brazil5776 Posts
On February 17 2012 05:40 B.I.G. wrote: En Taro (enter name) obviously means chug that beer for (insert name) Thanks for the info! | ||
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.Aar
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On February 20 2012 00:05 nucLeaRTV wrote: 'I have never tasted death and nor i will' Nope nope nope that never happened. I don't know what you're talking about. Nope nope nope. But seriously, Tassadar is StarCraft's Jesus. Wait.. that would imply zombification.. in which case.. gdi blizzard y u go for overdone plot device | ||
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DoubleReed
United States4130 Posts
It should be noted that Adun and Tassadar both did the weird magical vanishing death spirit thing. H4x. | ||
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xiaofan
United States513 Posts
(1) Would you like a naked woman ", or a nude ant"? (2) Would you like a naked woman "or a nude ant"? | ||
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oBlade
United States5660 Posts
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Lord Zeya
United States82 Posts
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Fluffboll
Sweden516 Posts
On April 17 2012 04:59 Lord Zeya wrote: I was shocked when I booted up SC2 for the first time and I heard the protoss saying "en taro tassadar." Just shocked, since I played the original SC, I was used to hearing en taro adun. It was used in Broodwar as well | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
On February 28 2012 01:32 Sanhadrian wrote: Still, Khalani is supposed to be telepathic, so grammar and syntax is, in a certain sense, pointless; unless you can syntactically arrange brain waves. EDIT: And since it is one whole sentence, there is no comma. Also, I would assume that someone who does not know Khalani would simply get a migrane and hear some kind of high-pitched squeals when a protoss attempts to communicate. Actually... when it comes to language, think about how you "think". If you listen to the thoughts you're having (trippy, I know), don't they usually come in some kind of language? Along of course with imagery, emotional sideband, and other sensory inputs. Still, there is an ordering to thoughts, which may be syntactical. A race of pure telepaths might not develop a language as we understand it - they may be even unable to consider such a thing. After all, they don't need it. The mere existence of Khalani as a "language", however, would seem to suggest that the Protoss did develop a language. They also make sounds, so it's possible that Khalani was only ever developed as a spoken/written language in order to facilitate communication with other races, or was left as a legacy of the ancients. (Then, too, the advanced mechanical constructs of Protoss may demand a language, unless they can develop a machine-mind interface capable of "programming" solid state circuitry. Or, rather, flux state circuitry - I doubt they have anything so passe as solid state logic gates.) As for what a human may perceive... given our general "mind deafness" we may lack the ability to perceive telepathic communications. Alternately, we may be bombarded with stimuli which would make an acid trip look like Disneyland, as we do not have the same sensory organs as Protoss. If they are exceptionally talented projectors (and we have any capability of receiving the signal) we may actually get something we understand. Or they may be able to just download the entire language into our minds without us noticing... Seriously, this particular question has been discussed indirectly in literally hundreds of Science Fiction stories and novels. But I keep thinking that if they even have a language, there must be some reasoning for it, and if it's a language it has to have some kind of grammer and syntax - even if make sense to us it does not, hrm? | ||
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showBanquo
Sweden182 Posts
I always assumed that they do it telepathically, but in that case wouldn't that freak some guys out ? I can't recall any "get them out of my head! !#%@ "- comments from the terran characters? | ||
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DidYuhim
Ukraine1905 Posts
On April 19 2012 01:50 showBanquo wrote: About Protoss human/terran communication - the Protoss doesn't "talk" with the terrans right? I mean I always assumed that they do it telepathically, but in that case wouldn't that freak some guys out ? I can't recall any "get them out of my head! !#%@ "- comments from the terran characters? Well, shouldn't you be freaked out by the fact that Zerg Overmind could speak? Why would he need to and how the hell everyone is able to understand what he "says"? At least Protoss historically have a need to communicate with each other, unlike Zerg. Just drop this topic. | ||
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