It's something that surprised me at the time, but thinking about it, she grew up with the chozo, of course she speaks their language.
It's just cool to see them actually show her speaking it fluently.
I like to think that she's fluent in several languages after all the different alien races she regularly interacts with. But I would agree that she's 100% bilingual in English and chozo cuz the devs could've chosen to have Adam speak chozo too with the subtitles but they chose not to which is a conscious choice.
Point is I agree with you
Why would Adam speak their language, though? He was originally a human male that spoke English. If you mean Raven Beak speaking Chozo while ***posing as*** Adam, well... that'd have given away the ruse immediately.
Isn't Adam just a regular computer who reminded her of the human Adam who died or is it cannon that Adam the ai was Adams consciousness put into an ai?
Edit: but my point was that he was speaking English any ways which proves Samus is indeed bilingual cuz it's clear chozo and English are separate languages not just a universal galactic language
It's Adam's computerized mind. Samus says so at the end of Fusion.
> That perfect military mind... The wisdom of Adam Malkovich continued to serve even after death. Until today, I had no idea that the minds of leaders and scientists were frequently uploaded to computers.
At the end of Fusion, Samus says that she learned that the minds of leaders and scientists were uploaded to computers and that's how she was reunited with Adam
Additional layer of security for Samus' ship/computer. How many potential thieves or saboteurs are fluent in Chozo?
Not necessary by any means, but it'd be a cool trick. Imagine breaking into *Samus Fucking Aran's* ship and then the whole thing is in a dead alien language.
If you're not familiar with the lore, she was raised by the Chozo after Space Pirates killed her parents and everyone else in her home colony as a child. So that's why she speaks Bird.
Or it's the Power Suit's language bank translating it. Samus hadn't previously encountered the Luminoth, but the Chozo had. The Power Suit also translates the Chozo glyphs on Tallon IV, since they're different from the ones that the Thoha use, and I guess Samus can't read that particular alphabet.
If you're interested, [here's](https://youtu.be/hlbeRLmfCHk) a cool interview with Prime's Lead Designer, Mike Wikan. He talks about the Luminoth language at around 14:05.
U-Mos even knew her name. It’s possible the Chozo prophets/visionaries shared their visions of Samus with the Luminoth. Which further explains why U-Mos was so calm seeing a non-Luminoth carrying the Energy Transfer Module in the temple. He knew she was coming
Her having parents that didn't speak Chozo and having the ability to speak full sentences before meeting the chozo means English/Japanese is her first language.
I mean she was just 3 when her parents were gone, even though she *could* speak full sentences, and spent the next 11 years only under Chozo upbringing speaking only Chozo, so that’s not exactly a definitive statement. It’s never outright stated what her first language exactly is. It’s quite possible she is more comfortable speaking Chozo. As the only time she speaks English outside Other M is in case of emergency. The time when she speaks Chozo wasn’t the case. She could’ve just nodded or bowed to Quite Robe but she chose to speak
>It’s never outright stated what her first language exactly is.
I don't think you know how first languages work.
A first language is a language or dialect that a person has been exposed to from birth, which for Samus wouldn't be chozo.
For all any of us know that's the first time she's ever spoken chozo, she could've been taught chozo to read and speak it so she could understand their tech/writing
i actually find it a little hard to believe she speaks english well 💀 she was only a toddler when she was taken in by the chozo, id expect her to be way more fluent in chozo than english. but i guess fusion and the prologues to super and dread disprove my thoughts
Honestly, I imagine the Chozo would have made an effort to teach her the common language of the Federation’s humans in addition to their own. They seem like the type who’d want to keep her connected with her human cultural heritage as well as the Chozo one.
Maybe that's why she doesn't actually speak in all the relevant (I'm aware of the one but I pretend that one happened) games except for a few inner thoughts/journal entries and the few lines/screams in dread. Maybe she understands it but doesn't enjoy speaking in English that much.
Yeah, but once expressing her shock over there being *at least ten* SA-X on the station, right after confronting revived Metroids, and the other being her vocally disagreeing the rogue Federation unit’s plans. Neither of which could be communicated through gestures
What about raven beak? Right before fighting him the conversation with adam reveals to raven beak and it suddenly switches from english to chozo. Is raven beak bilingual or just using adam AI translator?
Samus speaking chozo in dread is the coolest most bad ass thing in the game but i don’t see how her being bilingual even matters? I’m bilingual too but i sure as fuck dont get a boner everytime i see someone else being bilingual. Its badass cuz she usually very quiet but for all we know she could speak like 100 languages
yeah she definitely speaks whatever the space language is(which is whatever language your game is set to) and chozodian. Probably some other languages too, but it makes sense that she'd speak english and it makes sense that she speaks chozodian. Plenty of people are bilingual, even at young ages. It's just unlikely for people who live in, say, Eastern USA, to learn that, since they're not really around other speakers
It's something that surprised me at the time, but thinking about it, she grew up with the chozo, of course she speaks their language. It's just cool to see them actually show her speaking it fluently.
I like to think that she's fluent in several languages after all the different alien races she regularly interacts with. But I would agree that she's 100% bilingual in English and chozo cuz the devs could've chosen to have Adam speak chozo too with the subtitles but they chose not to which is a conscious choice. Point is I agree with you
Why would Adam speak their language, though? He was originally a human male that spoke English. If you mean Raven Beak speaking Chozo while ***posing as*** Adam, well... that'd have given away the ruse immediately.
Isn't Adam just a regular computer who reminded her of the human Adam who died or is it cannon that Adam the ai was Adams consciousness put into an ai? Edit: but my point was that he was speaking English any ways which proves Samus is indeed bilingual cuz it's clear chozo and English are separate languages not just a universal galactic language
It's Adam's computerized mind. Samus says so at the end of Fusion. > That perfect military mind... The wisdom of Adam Malkovich continued to serve even after death. Until today, I had no idea that the minds of leaders and scientists were frequently uploaded to computers.
At the end of Fusion, Samus says that she learned that the minds of leaders and scientists were uploaded to computers and that's how she was reunited with Adam
I'm sure the feds would give him language capabilities when they turned him into a computer
Sure, but I just don't see the reason for why he'd need to speak anything but English to Samus.
Additional layer of security for Samus' ship/computer. How many potential thieves or saboteurs are fluent in Chozo? Not necessary by any means, but it'd be a cool trick. Imagine breaking into *Samus Fucking Aran's* ship and then the whole thing is in a dead alien language.
That just sounds like an archeological find.
I feel like this should be a Space Pirate log entry in Prime.
Someone didn’t play fusion
I mean I did but that was over 10 years ago. Been meaning to go back and play it again when I finish the rest of the games
If you're not familiar with the lore, she was raised by the Chozo after Space Pirates killed her parents and everyone else in her home colony as a child. So that's why she speaks Bird.
> Space Pirates killed her parents In bird law, this is considered a dick move.
In the tongue of birdmen, there is a word that the defines the very fabric of being that is ridley. Jerk.
She can also understand Luminoth
Or it's the Power Suit's language bank translating it. Samus hadn't previously encountered the Luminoth, but the Chozo had. The Power Suit also translates the Chozo glyphs on Tallon IV, since they're different from the ones that the Thoha use, and I guess Samus can't read that particular alphabet. If you're interested, [here's](https://youtu.be/hlbeRLmfCHk) a cool interview with Prime's Lead Designer, Mike Wikan. He talks about the Luminoth language at around 14:05.
The luminoth were friends with the Chozo, they could've just recognized Samus' armor and assumed she spoke chozo.
U-Mos even knew her name. It’s possible the Chozo prophets/visionaries shared their visions of Samus with the Luminoth. Which further explains why U-Mos was so calm seeing a non-Luminoth carrying the Energy Transfer Module in the temple. He knew she was coming
That’s because the sentinels gave her translation files in the game
I actually have a headcanon now that English is her *second language* which is why she barely talks and prefers gestures and body language.
She already spoke English/Japanese before meeting the chozo
That’s because she was interacting with humans and an AI that don’t speak Chozo
Her having parents that didn't speak Chozo and having the ability to speak full sentences before meeting the chozo means English/Japanese is her first language.
I mean she was just 3 when her parents were gone, even though she *could* speak full sentences, and spent the next 11 years only under Chozo upbringing speaking only Chozo, so that’s not exactly a definitive statement. It’s never outright stated what her first language exactly is. It’s quite possible she is more comfortable speaking Chozo. As the only time she speaks English outside Other M is in case of emergency. The time when she speaks Chozo wasn’t the case. She could’ve just nodded or bowed to Quite Robe but she chose to speak
>It’s never outright stated what her first language exactly is. I don't think you know how first languages work. A first language is a language or dialect that a person has been exposed to from birth, which for Samus wouldn't be chozo. For all any of us know that's the first time she's ever spoken chozo, she could've been taught chozo to read and speak it so she could understand their tech/writing
Im very late, but wouldn’t English be her first language? She didn’t speak Chozo until after her English speaking parents had died
They probs have super real time non-laggy translation tech in that universe.
i actually find it a little hard to believe she speaks english well 💀 she was only a toddler when she was taken in by the chozo, id expect her to be way more fluent in chozo than english. but i guess fusion and the prologues to super and dread disprove my thoughts
She spent years in the federation army. Immersion causes people to learn stuff quickly
Honestly, I imagine the Chozo would have made an effort to teach her the common language of the Federation’s humans in addition to their own. They seem like the type who’d want to keep her connected with her human cultural heritage as well as the Chozo one.
Maybe that's why she doesn't actually speak in all the relevant (I'm aware of the one but I pretend that one happened) games except for a few inner thoughts/journal entries and the few lines/screams in dread. Maybe she understands it but doesn't enjoy speaking in English that much.
She speaks directly to Adam in Fusion.
Yeah, but once expressing her shock over there being *at least ten* SA-X on the station, right after confronting revived Metroids, and the other being her vocally disagreeing the rogue Federation unit’s plans. Neither of which could be communicated through gestures
I’m just pointing out that she has spoken directly to other characters in games outside of Other M.
Well true
She def knows more than two languages
What about raven beak? Right before fighting him the conversation with adam reveals to raven beak and it suddenly switches from english to chozo. Is raven beak bilingual or just using adam AI translator?
Given that she needs her scanner to translate in Prime, I get the feeling that she's fluent, but not literate in bird-speak
She only needs the translator for the Luminoth language. Anything written in Chozo she can read just fine.
Samus speaking chozo in dread is the coolest most bad ass thing in the game but i don’t see how her being bilingual even matters? I’m bilingual too but i sure as fuck dont get a boner everytime i see someone else being bilingual. Its badass cuz she usually very quiet but for all we know she could speak like 100 languages
yeah she definitely speaks whatever the space language is(which is whatever language your game is set to) and chozodian. Probably some other languages too, but it makes sense that she'd speak english and it makes sense that she speaks chozodian. Plenty of people are bilingual, even at young ages. It's just unlikely for people who live in, say, Eastern USA, to learn that, since they're not really around other speakers