Help? How 2 speak Goa'uld?

[Black Dove]

Hey,
Does any one know if there is (like Klingon) an actual Goa'uld language or at least phrases? My friend says there isn't and now it's a bet... I have to prove her wrong! She swears there isn't but says if there is I have to prove it to her can ANYONE help me?

Jen B./Black Dove (SG-2)

 

[MythingLink]

You mean like a book? Or just words and phrases that have been used on the show?

There are several words that are used continuously throughout and we've gotten the meanings for ... like Kree and such.

Cheers,

 

[jsc]

Hello, Black Dove!

Welcome Black Dove,

Off hand I don't know of a site that has a book that has Goa'uld language. I have heard fans using phrases and I believe that a fan site might have a phrase list or pamphlet. Perhaps there are other members that could give you better suggestions. I would look on Tok'Ra fan sites and sites with Goa'uld names or tendencies. Or even diplomatic sites. The little box on the right hand portion of you screen is a search button. But why not stick around here and browse us. We have a lot to see and post about! We even have an Aliens section where you might find your answer when you ask it over there. Feel free to make a new thread as you did here and post away!

 

[skydiver]

i've got some i've taken from the show...spelled phoneticallly and meaning just taken from the context in which they're used. i can post them if it'll help.
i've never head of a directory but surely a gater somewhere has come up with one...

 

[Black Dove]

Thanks

Well, I don't really need a book per se... I'd love phrases or words! Also, if I could get pointed to a site that has phrases and such! It's a longer story than I'd like to tell but I have something riding on this. I have to say "Kneel before thy God", and a few other things to prove I know what I'm talking about... My friend already has me beat so far... She picked a much easier fictional language! Grrrrr... Well, thanks for any help you all can offer!

E-mail me!!!!!! chicknine@hotmail.com

 

[GateGuide]

Partial list

I've assembled a partial (repeat, partial) dictionary of terms on the GateGuide. Look in the Codex, for the "languages" entry. I'm adding more words as they appear - and as I have time ;-> I'm a few episodes behind Showtime's schedule, though, so any of the new stuff from fourth season won't be in there.

As far as I know there isn't a collected grammar somewhere, and I haven't been paying enough attention to know even the word ordering/basic syntax. I do know that the Klingon language is partially based on Chukchee, an Inuit language. The morphology and syntax are what's similar - not the lexicon (actual words)...so Marc Okrand had something of a head start.

In the movie Stargate, it was implied that the language of the Goa'ulds was similar to ancient Egyptian - which would make sense, since the movie posits that the Goa'ulds were behind most of the myths and legends of Earth, as well as the founders of some of the cultures. Again, in the movie, Daniel could communicate with Ra after spending some time figuring out how the language was actually spoken, and how it had drifted (which apparently wasn't much). In the series, Daniel seems to be the person - besides Teal'c - who can best translate spoken Goa'uld, so I think that the producers are sticking with the premise that Goa'uld is supposed to be similar to ancient Egyptian. In the episode "Serpent's Song", the actor who played Apophis essentially spoke gibberish, while Michael Shanks was given lines written/translated by a linguist or a specialist in ancient languages. I don't know if they do this for the other Goa'uld lines in the show, though.

 

[skydiver]

ash'rak - assassin
chel'nak - cool, very cool
coro'snai - jaffa symbol roughly translated to 'turn back, danger' etc
dal shaka mel - i die free
del'mar o kim - revenge of the wearer of horns, cuckold
hara kash - torture ring
hasack - insult of some type, i'm thinking 'fool'
hataka - really bad insult
kalash - soul
kel'ma - sanctuary
kel no'reem - meditation
kel'sha - good morning
korush naitotem - warnig for other jaffa
kree- attention, listen up, go, yoo-hoo
kreshtaa - outcasts
lak-na-kol - falling star
mikta- pain in the (and an andy mikta is an assistant director on the show...coincidence? i think not <g>)
ree nok tok - attack now
remoc - deceleration or arrival at destination
quell - find, bring me...as in quell amaunet
shal'tai - it's ok
shal'tek - dial home
shel'kek - get out, leave us
sholva - traitor
shesh'ta - jaffa unit of money
ta'lak - dead world
tal'mattea - hello, good to see you...goa'uld equivalent of aloha
tal'shok kree - silence, shut up
tau'ri - earth
tek'mate - master
rhen tel nok - assemble, gather around
kahlma - child
Maktel Schree Lotak Meta Setak Oz - i am the great and powerful oz
maktel oz kree - i'm oz you moron!
delmak- crystal
Tal shok- raise shields, or watch out
teltak-cargo ship
chaapaai- stargate
ihntar- training weapons
peltak- bridge of a teltak
primtah- seems to be term for infant gou'uld and the implantation ceremony
thel kek- leave us
tacluchnatagamuntoron- tacs, those little round automatic firing thingies that korra used. seem to be heat activated
vocum- holographic projector used in training



bear in mind the spellings are phontic and the meanings usually taken from context.

[Edited by skydiver on 12-23-2000 at 11:55 AM]

 

[episodegary]

Originally posted by skydiver
tacluchnatagamuntoron- tacs, those little round automatic firing thingies that korra used. seem to be heat activated
vocum- holographic projector used in training
bear in mind the spellings are phontic and the meanings usually taken from context.

[Edited by skydiver on 12-23-2000 at 11:55 AM]

Hey skydiver,

Yum@ has sort of a similar list, but some were spelled a bit differently. She was going to put it up on her site but I told her about this one. Since you placed a list up first, she asked me to ask if it's okay she still goes ahead and post one up on her site. She had a few visitors asking for a list, so she complied one from the movie and the series she used herself for writing Fate and some other novel coming next year. She thought she would put it up.

Any objections?

Gary (grinning)

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[skydiver]

no objection. have fun with it. i just might pop in to see what she's got that i haven't and write them down for my personal list (i've got this 30 page lexicon type thing i've made up for myself to keep people and things straight in my fic.)

 

[Geronimo]

i've 4 files from goa'uld -> english and 1 files from goa'uld to german ..

if u want it post here and i'll email it to you ..

kree sha

 

[Black Dove]

Please and thank you!

Geronimo, that would be swell! My E-mail is chicknine@hotmail.com Are you ever on http://www.StargateSG-1.com? It's really fun! Anyhow... It'd be very helpful to me if you could E-mail that to me!

Black Dove

 

[Geronimo]

kel sha,


i've sent the e-mail now -- it should arrive at ur account in a few secs ..

kree sha

 

[Black Dove]

Thanks!

Thank you. I got it... Um does anyone know how to say Kneel before thy God or is it just in English?

Black Dove

 

[Geronimo]

kree sha,

kneel and god are listed in the dictionary but the whole sentence "kneel before your god" isn't in it ..

kree sha

 

[skydiver]

itty bitty tnagent spoilage




my slightly tongue in cheek translation of the daniel's little bit...
kreeta shal mok heru'ur - identify yourself in the name of heru'ur
Maktel schree lotak meta setak oz - i am the great and powerful oz
oh tel oz? - who the heck is oz?
maktel oz kree! - i said i was oz you moron...

probably won't help much but...had to have some fun with it.

 

[Geronimo]

kel sha,

tal'mac Geronimo, tal mal'tiak mal we'ia Apophis.

Di`bro, das weiafei, doo`wa !!

Sha'lokma'kor shol'va teal'c !

Tal`isid ma`gue.

kree sha,

 

[jsc]

Kel Sha, Geronimo!

Thanks for your help! Will you post the goa'uld lexicon on your web site? It would be a thing that a lot of pople would be able to use as a reference tool for writing. I did not know that so many people were interested in a goa'uld lexicon and I think it is a great idea!!

Do your last Post say that you are, Geronimo,the servant to Apophis and what doeshte rest say? I got part of something about Teal'c, the sholva, but for therest I aminadequate!


Kree sha!

 

[Geronimo]

1) i'll put the translation on my website as fast as i can ....

2) here's the translation:

hi'ya !

I am Geronimo, i honor Apophis.

people welcome them, the gods have come !!

get the traitor Teal'c !!

i must leave now!

goodbye !

<end of translation>

hope to helped ya' ..

it is very interesting 'cos when u study the translations u can find out when to say "tal" (which means i, me, ...) and when use "ya" (which means we, ..) ..

kree sha

 

[jsc]

Kel Sha,

Geronimo, you are one nice gentleman! Thank you for that translation! Where did you study and learn goa'uld?

Will visit you site soon and tell padders that you have goa'uld phrases up. He is doing link to sites next year and that would be great for a reference! GOa'uld spoken here! Kewl or as they say back in My day cool!

 

[Geronimo]

kel sha jsc,

like it that more people here are interested in the language of the goa'uld ..
I've now uploaded the Goa'uld "dictionary" to my homepage ... u can download it as a TXT file or can view it on my homepage directly ...
just click the link in my signature and go to the "stargate" section .. there you'll found that file ..

kree sha