Phrases

Do you speak Kryptonian?
Do you speak Kryptonian?
 
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ewö
 
^
q
K
,
kryptan
,
 
úo
 
Your yellow sun makes me feel strange.
Your yellow sun makes me feel strange.
 
.
paD
qV
el
riz
Ovem
 
^
X
W
sOviz
 

Proverbs

Let the person who has truth speak.
Let the person who has truth speak.
 
.Ygav
skilö^
C
Q
kep$
Soh
 
The brightest aspirations can make the darkest shadows.
The brightest aspirations can make the darkest shadows.
 
.'paD
V
gUloGo
kriGÁ
W
V
dovRoSo
dolú
 

Idioms

Get to the point.
Get to the point.
 
.Zi
Se
ZA
 

Literally “yes, maybe, no” — said to someone talking a lot without actually saying anything, who won’t commit to a direction. Similar to “fish or cut bait,” but specifically about speech.

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. … Your kingdom come. … Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. … Give us this day our daily bread. … Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. … And lead us not into temptation. … But deliver us from the evil one. … Amen
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
 
.
ukr
,
J
Q
nan
miSiD
vot
,
P
Ÿ
 
nan
q
i
TrEv
W
heT
 
Your kingdom come.
 
;
Ÿ
 
ZgAm
 
^
qV
byTtan
 
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
 
;
P
Ÿ
 
Riv
 
^
q
i
fë
W
rT
vot
vaDa
miSiD
vot
 
Give us this day our daily bread.
 
;
Y
 
cAd
 
^
gEmzet
W
X
oS
I
XV
zetâ
LV
SpaG
oS
 
Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
 
;
Y
 
:ZAliS
 
^
W
X
oS
I
XV
oliSed
 
o
vaDa
:ZAliS
 
^
X
W
XV
oliSed
 
úm
 
o
 
And lead us not into temptation.
 
;
zov
ç
 
krym
 
#
W
X
I
uZREg
 
L
vAv
 
But deliver us from the evil one.
 
;
zUnE
Y
 
vøkï
 
^
W
X
I
V
udol
 
úm
nav
 
Amen
 
;
amen
 

The Song of Amergin

A translation of the Goidelic “Song of Amergin,” attributed to the legendary poet Amergin Glúingel of the Milesians. Vocabulary that Kryptonian had no prior need for — stag, hawk, boar, salmon, dolmen — is simply borrowed rather than invented outright, the way most languages absorb unfamiliar terms from elsewhere.

The English source used here runs shorter than some published versions of the poem, so a few well-known lines may be missing.

I am the ocean breath … I am the great wave … I am the thunder of the ocean … I am the stag of the seven blades … I am the hawk of the cliff … I am the little waters lighted by Rao … I am the most beautiful flower … I am the raging boar … I am the swift salmon … I am the tranquil lake … I am the best art … I am the voices of the Phantom Zone … I am the weapon forged by battle … I am the god who strongly makes desire … Who gives fire for you? … Who has learned the secrets of the uncut dolmen? … Who speaks the times of the moons? … Who has learned where Rao travels?
I am the ocean breath
 
nan
W
V
haS
ekam
 
I am the great wave
 
nan
W
V
ZigAmiZ
 
I am the thunder of the ocean
 
nan
W
V
ZiworO
im
V
damRoS
 
I am the stag of the seven blades
 
nan
W
V
stAg
im
V
dUv
skïn
 
o
 
I am the hawk of the cliff
 
nan
W
V
hAk
im
V
iraSah
 
I am the little waters lighted by Rao
 
nan
W
V
ek
 
o
kï
Q
:divil
 
^
K
,O,
 
I am the most beautiful flower
 
nan
W
V
bariSkil
:Doú
 
I am the raging boar
 
nan
W
V
bor
Zi
 
âonÁ
 
I am the swift salmon
 
nan
W
V
sAmon
finud
 
I am the tranquil lake
 
nan
W
V
ekam
üviSÁ
 
I am the best art
 
nan
W
V
ZRuv
:bEmú
 
I am the voices of the Phantom Zone
 
nan
W
V
wor
 
o
wis
im
vRoS
:dohaS
 
I am the weapon forged by battle
 
nan
W
V
zugEt
Q
ZRynj
 
(
K
fAZü
 
I am the god who strongly makes desire
 
nan
W
V
Eul
Q
Zi
 
paD
W
usemed
 
Who gives fire for you?
 
?
 
cAd
 
ä
 
$
Rov
W
Som
q
oS
 
Who has learned the secrets of the uncut dolmen?
 
?
 
:gOlom
 
(
Rov
W
V
skulEv
 
o
im
V
dolmen
|
 
RaD
 
Á
 
Who speaks the times of the moons?
 
?
 
ewö
 
ä
 
$
Rov
W
V
cEdeD
 
o
im
V
gierev
 
o
 
Who has learned where Rao travels?
 
?
 
:gOlom
 
(
Rov
W
Ran
P
DAgê
 
^
,O,
 

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