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Post by forestpaw on Apr 13, 2017 19:38:07 GMT -5
This is an actual language someone made that the movie just used. People do speak it as a second language in modern day! I need all the help I can get! I still know a little though. So, I can teach you guys a bit as well!
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Post by Haleigh on Apr 17, 2017 20:02:42 GMT -5
Any basic phrases? I'm intrigued.
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Post by forestpaw on Apr 17, 2017 20:42:04 GMT -5
NA’VI ENGLISH kaltxì “Hello” oel ngati kameie “I See you” ngaru lu fpom srak “Are you well?” (Do you have peace/wellbeing?) fyape syaw fko ngar? “What are you called?” (how calls one to you?) oeru syaw ____ “I am called ____” (To me [they] call ____) ngaru tut? “And to you?” rutxe “Please” irayo “Thanks” kea tìkin “No need [to thank]; You’re welcome” nìprrte’ “Pleasurably; You’re welcome” smon nìprrte’ “Nice to meet you” (Pleasurably acquainted) zola‘u nìprrte’ “Welcome” ([You] have come pleasurably) frrfeien “Happy to visit” Ngari solalew zìsìt apolpxay? “How old are you?” (As for you, have passed year how many?) Oeri solalew zìsìt a____ “I am ____ years old” nga za‘u ftu peseng? “Where do you come from?” za‘u oe ftu ____ “I come from ____” nga yawne lu oer “I love you” (You beloved are to me) hayalovay “Until next time” kìyevame “See you soon” Eywa ngahu “(May) Eywa (be) with you” Idioms
Idioms are interesting phrases unique to a specific language that may not even make any actual sense in another language and are meant to convey an underlying meaning that the words themselves do not actually say. Here are a couple in Na’vi:
NA’VI ENGLISH Fwäkì ke fwefwi “Mantis doesn’t whistle; don’t expect someone to do something that isn’t in their inherent nature.” taronyut yom smarìl “The prey eats the hunter; everything goes wrong that can.” Questions and demonstratives
Yes-no questions are asked with the final question marker srak? Information questions are asked with question words based on the leniting morpheme “pe” (which?). These correspond with demonstratives in fì (this) and tsa (that) (accusative tsat).
These are merely the more common forms; pe, fì (and its plural fay “these”) and tsa may combine with any noun (without needing the attributive a; cf. kea “no” + noun), and other words may combine with the morphemes in the table, such as tengfya (as, same way), tengkrr (while, same time), and ke’u (nothing).
QUESTION SAMPLE RESPONSES NA’VI ENGLISH NA’VI ENGLISH NA’VI ENGLISH peu, ‘upe “what? which thing?” fì‘u “this, this thing” tsa‘u “that, that thing” pesu, tupe “who?” tsatu “that person” pefya, fyape “how?” fìfya “like this” pehem, kempe “what? which action?” fìkem “this (action)” tsakem “that (action)” pehrr, krrpe “when?” tsakrr “then” pelun, lumpe “why?” peseng, tsengpe “where?” fìtseng(e) “here” tsatseng “there”
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Post by forestpaw on Apr 17, 2017 20:42:27 GMT -5
HaleighAll I can think of at the moment
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Post by Aku on Apr 17, 2017 20:56:14 GMT -5
I saw Na'vi and here I am I don't speak it but man do I wish I do. Avatar is one of my favorite movies and I'm dying I need the other movies to hurry up and come out<3
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Post by forestpaw on Apr 17, 2017 21:02:25 GMT -5
Aku OMG YAAASSS! I heard they now have postponed it to 2018 because of the lack of actors or something. Anyway, I have some of the knowlage I already learned above. Tell me what you think! ^^
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Post by Aku on Apr 17, 2017 21:14:20 GMT -5
forestpaw what? NOOO</3 Well, I've already waited a good couple of years, waiting a little longer won't kill me. I think this is all really neat! I've been meaning to learn the language because I'm a dork but I kept having to push it to the side for other stuff. My only thing is I have no clue how to pronounce some of these words /.\
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Post by forestpaw on Apr 18, 2017 6:17:44 GMT -5
AkuSame. I can only do Horst phrases and such. Never full sentences. I can teach you some of the pronunciation I know. Though I'm not some sort of Na'vi scholar so you'll have to bear with me! I know. But still, I hope it's not gonna be some sort of bum movie when it does come out like some of the recent movies have. That would be so annoying
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