[Text] There is such a thing as too many questions

[4_toteachus]

[Guys you better brace yourselves because Four isn't holding back at ALL.]

Languages are an important part of society, whatever society that may be, and is always fascinating to study. I know that translators largely make it possible for us to communicate with each other regardless of the language we currently speak... or in my case, write. I have a large appreciation for spoken word and how words, ideas, and memories look like when written in different languages.

So what I want to know is: What language does everyone usually speak? I currently communicate in what humans call 'German', though I will switch between English and Arabic from time to time. I prefer not to use English too often though, it is not the most reliable language of the ones I know.

For Cybertronians: Are there different kinds of Cybertronian languages like there are different kinds of Earth languages? If there are, how and why do they differ?

Another couple of questions for Cybertronians:

Why do some of you have noses while others don't?

How does gender work for your kind?

How do you see while you are transformed?

Also

:)

Look I made a smile!

Comments

AUDIO;

[engrishdetective]

I usually speak in Japanese, but I know English.

[...THAT LAST PART? Up to debate from his teammates.]

AUDIO;

[4_toteachus]

Japanese? I know of the language, but I don't know it myself.

What do you think of your language?

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[kingofherotv]

[Oh, aren't you an adorable thing...]

I speak English, but learning other languages is fun too!

[There's also a little bleep, as a text is sent too.]

:D :D :D

This is an open smile!

[Text]

[4_toteachus]

:D

:)

I like smiles!

They're better than frowns.

):

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[angleofscience]

While I certainly can't answer for cybertronians from other realities... the one I come from does not truly have differing languages. While there's a break between modern cybertronian and ancient one, the current language is the same...

[There's a pause and a snort.]

There has, however, been an intentional drift between the two factions our species is pretty much divided in, though mostly within written language. We do still speak the same otherwise.

As for the other questions... [He chuckles, and there's a shift of metal that's almost drowned out by the sound of wind, because Jetfire's flying.] Noses... nasal ridges. While I am unsure about why others might not have them, they provide some protection for the optics and the processor, since a nasal ridge protuding as it does absorbs damage and impact from, say, a punch.

Sight is merely shifted to other sensors while in flight, mostly concentrated where suitable... Mine are along my cockpit and in my nosecone, but I have some elsewhere as well to give a better surrounding view. Admittedly, this also depends on altmode, as I rely on quite a few other sensors to supply me with enough information when in altmode.

[There's a moment of silence mostly taken up by the distant sound of wind.]

Hmm... "gender" in a sense as being connected to a biological sex doesn't translate well. There's, I think, several factors within cybertronian function and physiology that could compare. What were you thinking of?

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[4_toteachus]

[He's not done with questions man, prepare yourself.]

Autobots and Decepticons write their words differently yet speak the same language? What did your letters look like before your species split themselves up, do you know?

Noses are often used by most organics to smell or taste, can your kind do either? Do you have tongues? Out of curiosity what do you eat? Is it possible for Cybertronians to starve to death? If so how long would that take?

Gender and Sex don't mean the same thing?

[Audio]

[vandalization]

Ah, I speak English.

And these are all pretty viable questions. Especially the seeing while transformed bit...

[Text]

[4_toteachus]

English is an... interpretative language. I don't mind it but it's not my favourite.

These questions I've been wondering for a while. I want to know more about Cybertronians! :D

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[invisiblepinkboat]

What does "gender" mean?

[Helm tilted in curiosity, because no, that word isn't being translated well, and every time someone's said she looked like a girl... Elita had taken it for the physical sex of one half of the human species. Not something a lot more nebulous such as "gender".]

[Text]

[4_toteachus]

Sexual identity.

Some Cybertronians look like men while others look like women. I was curious if there was a particular reason for that. Breeding perhaps?

[video]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

[Urgh. What is this, some sort of Idiot Help Line?]

Yeah, different languages. Primal Vernacular, if you're old and snooty. NeoCybex for the rest of us ignoramuses. Ignoramoooses. Ignorami. Whatever.

[QED?]

[Have an optic.]

Gender. Pffft. All you need to know: females are fraggin' crazy.

[And Whirl knows crazy!]

[Text]

[4_toteachus]

Primal Vernacular and Neocybex? What do these words mean exactly?

Females don't seem any crazier than males :|a

[aerospacecommander]

To answer in the same order:

Yes. Good guys write one way and the bad guys write another way.

Because.

Some mechs are prettier than others.

Magic.

[4_toteachus]

Ah I see.

Who are the good guys and who are the bad?

Which one are you?

How does beauty work among your kind?

[Voice]

[deusexraf]

I know a little Spanish, but I'm not fluent in it. Mis abuelos - my grandparents - speak it a lot, and when we all get together they'd always try and teach us some.

And that's a cute smile, Four! Have you tried any other faces?

[Text]

[4_toteachus]

I like Spanish! I've never heard it spoken however, but I have taught myself to read it.

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(. .)
C(")(")

I know how to make a bunny now!

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[inferiordude]

Well, some got noses and some don't depending on either their frame type or who constructed 'em or... maybe something happened to 'em.

Gender is more like "frame type" to us, or at least it's that way where I'm from. Mechs are like the dudes of our species and femmes are the dudettes. Doesn't really mean anythin', though, other than that. Pretty much all the internal stuff is the same.

Seeing in vehicle mode for me is more like my sound sensors and, um... well, I could say, but it's pretty technical stuff. You wanna know, kiddo?

Also! Languages! I could totally teach you a few whenever you'd want sometime. Cybertronian stuff, too. Most of it's dialect, though.

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[inferiordude]

and here are some totally awesome faces my little buddy ravage would use

=^_^= because it's a cat see
:3 another kitty face
=n.n= he has a lot of kitty faces
D: when he's surprised but unhappy

[Text]

[kingofthetvworld]

[Woah, that's weird. Teddie was pretty sure everyone was talking the same language, after all he could read this text just fine! What is translating?!]

JAPANESE (ó㉨ò)

[Yes, that is all he sends. For some reason he just figures Four will understand what he means. He's a smart guy, he can do it.]

[Text]

[4_toteachus]

Someone else who speaks Japanese!

Can you speak any other languages?

[audio]

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

"Gender"? Now that's a bit of neocybex I haven't heard in a while. We have no specific gender or gender assignments, though we are aware of the concept and understand what it means; we do have one Cybertronian who is considered the equivalent of a "female". It was not a natural assembly, but rather the freak experiment of a very unsavory Decepticon scientist. So I've heard; I've never met "her" in person, however, but the details are vague enough for me to know not to cross "her".

How our systems operate varies upon the design, model, and alt mode. I've met quite a few Cybertronians with their own unique features. Some that have equipped sensors forming their "noses", or their noses are simply sensitive dermal plating housing a series of intricate sensors. And yes, sensors can also play a large role in how one sees in their alt mode. Some don't rely on vision, but rather on certain energy or heat signatures, or voice patterns... It's complicated.

However, on a different note, I am not aware of the extent of how many languages and dialects the humans/organics use. I've heard mostly "English" here; German and Arabic sound interesting, I can only imagine how they actually sound.

[Text]

[4_toteachus]

[While Four can remember exactly what Ambulon says word for word, it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to him. There is, after all, a difference between remembering (which Four excels at) and understanding. He takes it in, bit by bit, examining the words and tring to find the meaning behind them.]

So in your universe, 'female' Cybertronians are not considered natural. What was the point of making a 'female'? I gather that she was mentally unstable? What did the scientist do to her? Is it a coincidence that they are comparable to human females?

You Cybertronians are so complex! It's absolutely fascinating.

[Four can spend his whole life learning about your kind and he'd probably never run out of things to learn. That prospect alone is exciting.]

To be fair, I've never heard Arabic spoken before. The human race died in my world very recently, so I have only ever heard the language spoken that was native in the town I lived in. My brother and I had to teach ourselves to read unfamiliar languages, we're quite good at it by now.

Life exists here on Cybertron, and I hope that I can hear what these languages sound like!

[raceme]

I learned English and a bit of japanese when I was in earth and many others languages from all around the galaxy although it would take me too much time to name them all. [If something takes Blurr 'too much time' then you know it's a long list.] Where I come from there's modern and ancient Cybertronian the actual language is the same for Autobots and Decepticons but the writing language differs THAT started during the Great War as a way to make sure one group couldn't decipher communications made by the opposite faction so ^easily.

I believe our physicals differences are due to fact we belong to different universes rather than a real use for said noses WE DO NOT breath like organics do.

Define gender please.

Our ability to see and ^analyze the surroundings it's different from mech to mech and it va-ri-es with the alt-mode as well but we all use SENSORS of some sort.

Nice...smile. I learned those in Earth too thanks to wifi.
This is a mouse:

<:3 )~~~

[4_toteachus]

I wonder why Japanese is so popular.

It seems to be a common theme among the universes where Cybertronians exist. You all speak the same language, but write differently. It's rather interesting, I wonder why that is? Why is there a divide between Autobots and Decepticons in your world? I take it that the Decepticons are the 'bad' guys?

[While Four may be a bit new to life in general, he isn't so naive as to assume that everything is split up between 'good' and 'bad'. He's aware that shades of grey exist between these two extremes and he treads around it as carefully as he can.]

Gender is one's sexual identity. Among humans what your gender is defines what you do, how people look at you, and it defines who you are. At least that is my observation.

:D

:)

:3

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[sariexmachina]

[That is a lot of tl;dr for someone as attention deficit as Sari - but the emote catches her attention as she skims it all.]


i guess even giant space robots have emotes on their internet

\(>_>)/


...

wait how do they see when they are cars?

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[4_toteachus]

The Cybertronians have shown me a couple already!

=n.n=

Jetfire says that their sight is moved to their other sensors when they transform. I'm not 100% sure what that means though... I should ask.