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The Land Before Time => General Land Before Time => Topic started by: Just loves LBT on January 10, 2009, 08:38:01 AM

Title: LBT terms
Post by: Just loves LBT on January 10, 2009, 08:38:01 AM

I have a question: where can I find a list of LBT terms? (for exmaple: dream= sleep-story)

Or more specifically, is there an LBT term for "day"?

Edit: I saw many of you wrote "when the bright circle is high".
That refers to just the noon.
I'm talking about whole days, for exmaple, how would they say "in 3 days" in LBT terms?


P.S: This is for a fanfiction, so if you consider this detail as not important, please tell me! (Though my goal is to keep the fanfiction as pure as possible with LBT terms, talking style, etc.)

Title: LBT terms
Post by: Explorer on January 10, 2009, 09:54:42 AM

I don't think there's a single term for day. I think the LBT way to say day is by saying "while the bright circle is up".

Title: LBT terms
Post by: landbeforetimelover on January 10, 2009, 10:17:10 AM

Hmmmmmm...I don't think a list like that exists.  Sounds like a great thing to add to my LBT website! :D I'll work on it.

Title: LBT terms
Post by: Petrie. on January 10, 2009, 10:18:46 AM

Sounds like another community project or something.  There isn't a list to my knowledge.

Title: LBT terms
Post by: Malte279 on January 10, 2009, 10:30:12 AM

I think there once was a thread with a list of LBT terms here and I think it must be somewhere far back in this section of the GOF.
As for day I think there is no actual translation of it ever brought up in LBT though there are some circumscriptions. "The bright circle is already rising into the sky" is what Littlefoot's grandma says in LBT 2. In the same movie the word "day" is being used though in the song "Peaceful Valley": "[...] every day surprises sneaking upon you and me [...]". The lyrics of songs are not too good a basis though as some of them do include words which the dinosaurs would definitely not know.
The word "day" is used in spoken dialogue as well though. One example I remember is again Littlefoot's grandma, this time in LBT 3, saying: "Well I think we've had enough adventure for one day. Come it's time to settle down for the night." (Note that this is also one out of several examples where the term night is mentioned as well).
I'm sure there were more examples in other movies as well.
Also the word day is included in phrases such as "Hatchday" and "Starday", so I take it for granted they do know the word.

Title: LBT terms
Post by: Kor on January 10, 2009, 04:44:55 PM

I generally ignore words and phrases used in songs for what sorts of terms the lbt folks use since they use a lot of words that are not used in regular scenes and dialog. I guess no one goes back and makes the song writers redo songs that have such words in them since it's easier just to leave the songs as is.

Title: LBT terms
Post by: Clawandfang on January 11, 2009, 10:28:45 AM

I believe we have something along those lines on the LBT wiki, a list of terms I mean. Almost undoubtably needs adding to/editing though.

EDIT: This (http://landbeforetime.wikia.com/wiki/The_Land_Before_Time_dictionary) is pretty much all we've got. Reasonable, although a bit thin at the moment. (Hint- hint - feel free to add stuff!)

Title: LBT terms
Post by: Vilstrup on January 11, 2009, 01:56:36 PM

Hmmm, I still have the translations we made for like.... a year ago.

There's a few terms there, but they're also translated into other languages.

I still need a lot of holes to fill, though.