Nani mo Wakaranai - Vol. 1 Ch. 8 - First Exploration Part 1

[spectralSpices]

There isn't magic on Mars😭

How can you be sure of that?

 

[anonymousthief]

Um... Can't he just make a towel using whatever fabrics they use there? And a shirt?

 

[Samurai_Kyo]

Lastly, anyone have guesses as to what the "Moma sui... aiii" sentence construction means? It has popped up a couple of times now.

Spoiler: Too many "moma sui"s...

"MOMA SUI" seems to mean "They(singular) are/will/should" or "Another person" + "declaration". We don't know if they have "he/she" or only "they". This might double as the plural form if they don't have one.
In this chapter she may be talking to the villager after calling out to Ryuu, saying something like "He is over there" or "He is awake"
I based this on the two times Myaa-san leaves the cave in chapter 1-pg23 and 4-pg5.
In chapter 1 Myaa-san is thinking out loud. "He shouldn't leave". She says the same thing in chapter 4 before tell him to stay.
"MOMA SUI NAOUPU TUI AII-" - He should stay TUI AII"
"IMU SUI" meaning "I am/will/should" or "I" + "declaration".
"IMU SUI, NIMA" - I will go.
"GOSU SUI" meaning "You are/will/should" or "You" + "declaration".
"GOSU SUI, NAOUPU"- You will stay.

 

[detarameMangadex]

"MOMA SUI" seems to mean "They(singular) are/will/should" or "Another person" + "declaration". We don't know if they have "he/she" or only "they". This might double as the plural form if they don't have one.
In this chapter she may be talking to the villager after calling out to Ryuu, saying something like "He is over there" or "He is awake"
I based this on the two times Myaa-san leaves the cave in chapter 1-pg23 and 4-pg5.
In chapter 1 Myaa-san is thinking out loud. "He shouldn't leave". She says the same thing in chapter 4 before tell him to stay.
"MOMA SUI NAOUPU TUI AII-" - He should stay TUI AII"
"IMU SUI" meaning "I am/will/should" or "I" + "declaration".
"IMU SUI, NIMA" - I will go.
"GOSU SUI" meaning "You are/will/should" or "You" + "declaration".
"GOSU SUI, NAOUPU"- You will stay.

I think most of this is definitely plausible, except for the part about imu sui and gosu sui.

I'm inclined to think of them as pronouns: since imu by itself means "all right" / "yes" / "proceed," having sui mean "will" / "[declaration particle]" would be a bit of a mess. We also know from Miyamutuu's simplified language that imu sui and gosu sui almost certainly belong to the same part of speech. So, imu sui = "me" and gosu sui = "you."

However, my theory is weakened by the fact that sui really does seem to function as a particle, as reflected by its frequency of occurrence... In fact, I feel like my theory is likely wrong...

My brain hurts

 

[Crombo]

There isn't magic on Mars😭

Ever read (or seen) John Carter of Mars? Pretty good imo. They have very advanced technology despite culturally being very tribe driven; and as Clarke says: any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic