How to Speak Wenja : Wuga's Scenes

Today we'll look at Wuga's scenes (known as Wogah in the game), a quirky, one-armed crafter who introduces Takkar to Wugas fnagu "Woga's claw" and a whole host of upgrades.

Played by the extremely talented (and extremely kind) Ron Kennell, I smile every time I hear him yell "Fmaygan".  Mi-sharm hadarsh!

Meeting Wuga

Wuga:

Mawra Udam!
Stupid Udam!
Stupid Udam!

Takkar :

Mu Winja!
I Wenja!
I'm Wenja!

Wuga:

Nay! Mu supima Winja! Ta dijam-shanti, fmayga-su tagata. Udam-war-way.
No! I last Wenja! You dirt-face, piss-in covered. Udam-just-like.
No! I'm the last Wenja! You're a dirt face, covered in piss. Just like Udam.

Smarka, Fmaygan.
Bye, Pisser/Pissee.
Bye, Piss-man.
(Fun fact : the suffix -an can mark an agent noun, equivalent to the -er suffix in English. So, shaja "lead" + -an = shajan "leader".  BUT it also marks the recipient of an action, so technically shajan can mean "leadee; the one who is lead". This is much less common in Wenja. But this is precisely what the -an in Fmaygan is doing. Wuga is really drawing attention to the fact that he peed on Takkar) 

Confronting Wuga

Wuga:

Sharm-hadan. Udam. Mawra sharm-hadan. Ay!
Arm-eaters. Udam. Stupid arm-eaters. Ah!

Arm-eaters. Udam. Stupid arm-eaters. Ah!

Na-ta Udam.
Not-you Udam.

You're not an Udam.

(*sniffs*)

Fmaygan!
Pissee!

Piss-man!

Winja! Mu Winja!
Wenja! I Wenja!

Wenja! I'm a Wenja!

Ku-na Winja marwa?
QUESTION-not Wenja dead?

Are the Wenja not dead?

Takkar :

Palhu gwayfarsh, na mayta ti-way.
Many live-they, not crazy you-like
Many live, not crazy like you.

Wuga:

Nam mayta. Winja sakwim!
Not-I crazy. Wenja help-I!
I'm not crazy. I help Wenja!

Pashta? Kala. Saywa shash-way. Hasar Urusis. 
See-you? Pretty. Hard rock-like. Blood Oros-of.
You see?  Pretty. Hard as a rock. Blood of Oros.

Bal Winja tachisla dahay su. Ma Hasar Urusis mibi chawda.
Strong Wenja weapons make-for good. But Blood Oros-of me-from hides.
Good for making strong Wenja weapons. But Blood of Oros hides from me.

Takkar :

Shash waydam. U nartar hay - u Winja-ha gwayfa.
Rocks find-I. COMMAND west go - COMMAND Wenja-with live.
I find the stones. You go west - live with Wenja.

Wuga:

Buda Fmaygan. Sashwalsu dayshan Hasar Urusis sansha. Hay miyi.
Smart Pissee. Sun-in shining Blood Oros-of Seek. This me-for.
Smart Piss-man. Look for the Blood of Oros shining in the sun. This one's mine.
(You can see that -an also is equivalent to -ing in English : daysha "to shine" : dayshan "shining". Very useful suffix)

Peak of Oros

Wuga:

Fmaygan! Mu bal damshi tatishta. Nu-ta bal fnagu taticham!
Pissee! Me strong hut build-you. Now-you strong claw build-I!

Piss-man! You built me a strong hut. Now I build a strong claw for you!

Kwayda shanchim, u apa gwam. Tu kwarkwar shwaldata darfata-kwa!
When stop-I, COMMAND back come. Then wherewhere climb-you jump-you-and!

When I finish, you come back. Then you climb and jump anywhere!

(If you haven't noticed already, the basic word for "and" is -kwa and it comes after the 2nd thing it's conjoining.  So: Winja Izila-kwa = "Wenja & Izila". Nu can also mean "and", though it only occurs at the beginning of a sentence: Nu shawsi Ulls hinacha "And take Ull's ear!")

Takkar :

Hay-ha shwaldam darfam-kwa.
This-with climb-I jump-I-and. 
I climb and jump with this.

Wuga:

Wugas fnagu! Waydata!
Woga-of claw! Found-it!

Woga's claw! You found it!

Su fnagu! U barju yaha, shwalda.
Good claw! COMMAND high throw, climb.

A good claw. Throw high, climb up.

Faran parkun! U-ra fnagu bawga, ha farun parkun shwalda. Su ha nawa kwarwi taticha.
Eagle feather! COMMAND-REFLEXIVE claw be.useful, so.that eagle feather climb. Good so.that new tool make.

Eagle feather! Use claw to climb eagle cliff. Good to make new tools.

Na kwarwi bal Wugas fnagu-way!
Not tool strong Woga-of claw-like!

(But) no tool strong like Wogah's claw!

The Lost Totem

Wuga:

Udam gwar jarshna Winja damsha waykarsh, chwanta drawbarsh - mi-sharm hadarsh!
Udam beasts old Wenja home attack-they, totem break-they - my-arm eat-they!

Udam beasts attack old Wenja home, break totem - eat my arm!

Na sharm yakam, ma chwanta yakam!
Not arm fix-I, but totem fix-I!

I didn't fix my arm, but I did fix the totem.

Udam gwan, Fmaygan. Chwanta sakman hinacha. Tu nawa Winja chwanta damsham!
Udam kill, Pissee. Totem scraps take. Then new Wenja totem build-I!
Kill Udam, Piss Man. Take back totem scraps. Then I build new Wenja totem.

Wuga:

Apa, apa! Kuswa dashta!
Back, Back! Almost done!

Back, back! Almost done!

Kakura, piki, Udam hasar!

Dung, tar, Udam blood!
Dung, tar, Udam blood!

Chwanta saywa daha, darwa-way.
Totem hard make, tree-as.

Makes totem hard as tree.

Dashta!
Done!

Done!

Takkar :

Bal. Winja shayu-way.
Strong. Wenja spirit-like
Strong. Like Wenja spirit.

Wuga:

Bal. Fmaygan-way.
Strong. Pissee-like.

Strong. Like Piss-man!

Winja damsha prapa. 
Wenja home seems

Feels like Wenja home.