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This is Yoda being brutally honest with Luke, who breathlessly says, "I don't believe it," after his Master raises an X-wing from the Dagobah swamp. It's a definitive statement that comes from Yoda's years and years of experience as a Jedi and a teacher, and it cuts through both to Luke and the audience. This has led to the Star Wars fandom filling in the gaps. Specifically, we all presumed that every member of Yoda’s species spoke in the same distinctive way. You see, Yoda’s speech (according to The Atlantic) uses an ‘object-subject-verb’ construction— rather than the subject-verb-object construction used in English —that serves to make him sound more alien. As Yoda was the only member of his people we’d ever heard talk, we just guessed this was the way, but that’s not true. Next, mark up the following Yoda sentences in such a way that they each recover the original meaning, which is ‘use the Force Luke’. It might be the case that there are multiple solutions (in which case say so) or there may be no solutions.

Now the first part of the puzzle. For each of these following annotated Yoda sentences, write down the original. Consider for example: “When 900 years old you reach, look as good, you will not.” But then there are other facets of Yoda-speak, times when he leaves auxiliary verbs—various forms of be, do, and have—dangling, as he does in a phrase like, “Lost a planet, Master Obi-Wan has.” Heavy stuff, I know, and it's about to get even more intense. Yoda originally delivers a variation on the theme to a pre-asthmatic Anakin, but he utterly exemplifies this life lesson on his deathbed. We see him, at the ripe old age of 900, ready to die. “Soon will I rest, yes, forever sleep. Earned it I have.” Luke, still clearly in need of some tutoring, tells Yoda that he can't go. Wrong again, kid. “Ah, strong am I with the Force, but not that strong,” Yoda tells him. “Twilight is upon me, and soon, night must fall. That is the way of things. The way of the Force.”This sort of goes hand-in-hand with the bit about not being evil. The even-tempered but dogged pursuit of your dreams isn't going to be easy. You'll need persistence and tenacity. You'll need to realize that everything takes time. But it's the only way to learn and ultimately accomplish your goals. Unless you’ve been hiding in a galaxy far, far away, you will know that Yoda speaks with a distinctive grammar. He inverts pairs of phrases before speaking. If Yoda says “Believe you I don’t”, we know what he means is “I don’t believe you.” During the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker had grown more powerful and experienced. But Yoda was aware of the young Jedi’s shortcomings that still lingered from his childhood: his fear and his inability to let go. With that in mind, Yoda assigned Anakin his own Padawan learner, Ahsoka Tano. Yoda believed that by becoming a teacher, Anakin would grow emotionally. He hoped that when it came time for Ahsoka to go off on her own, Anakin would understand that he need not be attached and feel so protective of those he loved. Make sure you use proper english grammar and punctuation, our little green friend can't read your mind. "Don't", instead of "Dont", and so on.

But what’s actually going on with Yoda, linguistically? First, let’s examine how Yoda doesn’t speak. Many of the world’s most-spoken languages—English, Mandarin—are built around constructions that go subject-verb-object. An example would be: Yoda grasped the lightsaber. Also, don't let yourself get hangry and irritable in the process. Take a break and try to relax. Life has a way of working out. Richard Hudson, emeritus professor of linguistics at University College London, says: “Language analysis uncovers the systems that we use to communicate, so it should be part of every child’s education. It combines the formal rigour and satisfaction of mathematics and the natural sciences with the cultural enrichment and human interest associated with the humanities. But language analysis of this kind is virtually absent from the UK’s schools, in contrast with many countries which seem to be more successful in education. It’s time to give our children the opportunity to catch up.” After Luke comes to Dagobah, Yoda initially withholds his true identity. He's trying to get a sense of who Luke is as a person; Yoda understands that there's a lot at risk in training Luke to be a Jedi, especially considering what happened with his father. And Yoda is not impressed -- Luke is impatient and selfish. With "Adventure. Excitement. A Jedi craves not these things," the Jedi Master makes clear that Luke must understand the significance and meaning of the journey he thinks he wants to make. It's an important lesson for Luke and for audiences, because when Luke faces Vader at the film's climax, we see the stakes involved in the life of a Jedi. Yoda's most memorable quote, bar none, and one of the greatest in all of Star Wars. This is another line from the X-wing sequence on Dagobah, and are the last instructions the Jedi Master gives Luke before he attempts to raise his fighter from the swamp. Within the scene, it was a lightning bolt of dialogue, another great nugget of undeniable wisdom that teaches Luke to have a more serious mind. Yoda had consistently tried to teach Luke to focus on the present, and essentially, to grow up. In this moment, with these words, he makes it clear. Outside of the film, the line has become a modern slogan -- a reminder to commit oneself to something completely, win or lose.Yoda's advice tends to have a lot of applications and this evergreen, and twice spoken, wisdom is multifaceted. Basically, don't go full-bore evil and destroy a planet with your shiny new space station. Don't even give in to smaller infractions like lying about which pet consumed your homework this time. Because once you start rationalizing ways to bend the moral code and cut ethical corners, you're headed for trouble. In the Star Wars movies, Yoda speaks short sentences for a reason. If the result is total garbage, that could be why!

Another line that works both in-context ("I'm looking for a great warrior," Luke says to Yoda, which prompts this smart response) and standalone. It all filters into one of Yoda's great lessons: aggression and violence do not make a Jedi or a person strong. The meaning behind this quote is strengthened when one sees that Yoda knows the reality of war and battle in the prequel era.

Follow these lessons, you should.

The wrong question that is.” Here's the truth we all need to hear: Ezra's journey both literally in the temple and figuratively in his life are his to decide. Most of the time when you're choosing between two options, they both have pros and cons, but one thing is for sure: No one can make the decision but you. The Committee for Linguistics in Education is today launching Language Analysis in Schools: Education and Research (Laser) – a campaign to introduce some linguistics into the UK curriculum – at the British Academy in London