learn the Na'vi language

[Guest]

Just thought I would open this so it makes it easier if people want to refer back to it.

From Rongar's post in the Welcome Chat:

Jan 11, 2010 23:27:27 GMT -5 Rongar said:

The words and cadence...the flow of the language was alive as it went up and down in pitch. Much like tribal music and language.

The Din Bizaad, the Navajo Language, has some words similar to the Na'vi...close enough to where I could figure out what the Na'vi's words ment.

Like my name: Girl-With-ManyFaces = Ah-Ted-Bith-l'jish-anii (pronounced: ah-tad-bith-lee-jeesh-ah-nee)

And hey, they even have a facebook page www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=240828625238

Some helpful sites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navi_language
more from facebook www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=240828625238
www.suburbandestiny.com/?p=611
languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1977#more-1977
www.surrealaward.com/avatar/plotlanguage.shtml

Youtube seems to have several videos under "learn the na'vi language."

[Kahlan]

Oh, very good thread! As we all seem to have fallen in love with the habitants of Pandora!

You just forgot this website I posted on the Welcome chat which is I think very complete to learn the Na'vi language!

www.learnnavi.org/

Rumina: with that, we're going to become professionals of the Na'vi language!


I have this word in my mind since I watched the movie which is "skxawng"! traduction: "Idiot"! ;D

[Guest]

Aw, thanks for the link. Somehow, when I typed in that web address yesterday, I got a bunch of ads.

And did you know that the super continent of old earth is called Pangea en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangea ? Pan - meaing "one"

[Maeve]

Kaltxi!

Irayo Sarah for creating this thread!

Caipra: Aye! And by the way, the link you posted is the one that I used. It's the most complete, serious and thorough site, if you ask me.

Honestly, I thought Na'vi would be harder to learn but in two days, I went through all the basic stuff and now I'm just trying to put things together and handle it all...you know, memorizing words and expending my vocabulary!


Kìyevame

[Guest]

Jan 12, 2010 20:18:05 GMT -5 Maeve said:

Kaltxi!

Irayo Sarah for creating this thread!

Caipra: Aye! And by the way, the link you posted is the one that I used. It's the most complete, serious and thorough site, if you ask me.

Honestly, I thought Na'vi would be harder to learn but in two days, I went through all the basic stuff and now I'm just trying to put things together and handle it all...you know, memorizing words and expending my vocabulary!


Kìyevame

Well, good luck. And what do those words mean?

[Maeve]

;D

Kaltxi means Hello/Greetings.
Irayo means Thanks.
Kìyevame means Good bye, see you soon.

[Guest]

Thanks. You did learn some. Maybe I should try it.

[Maeve]

What? You didn't believe me?

Like I said, it's not all that hard to learn. The only things that I found complicated are all the suffixes and prefixes and infixes.

Slä oel ngati tsun sreiung! (But I can help you!)

[Guest]

Jan 12, 2010 21:43:14 GMT -5 Maeve said:

What? You didn't believe me?

I never said that.

Slä oel ngati tsun sreiung! (But I can help you!)

Okay.

[Maeve]

Well, just to give you a first insight on what I meant with all the suffixes and prefixes and just how complex a sentence can become with all the words' alterations, just look at the phrase that I used:

Slä oe-l nga-ti tsun sr<ei>ung!

Slä = but
oe = I, but I added -l because I'm the transitive agent in the sentence
nga = you, but I added -ti because you're the one receivin' somethin', you're the one I'm givin' something
tsun = can/be able, without any infixe because it's in the present tense
srung = help/assistance, but I added the laudative affect <ei> because I'm happy about it.

But just start at the beginning and go with the flow. What's important is to familiarize yourself with the alphabet and the phonology. Then you can move on to all the rules.

[Guest]

Aye, the sentence structure is similar to Latin and Japanese.

[Scratch]

First Al Bhed, now the Na'vi language is the second fictional language which I adore

Then again, they won't be fictional if we all speak it . Gonna have fun learning it

[Doubar]

Rumina: Wow, that grammar seems to be complicated.

[Maeve]

@doubar: Aye, you bet! ;D

[Guest]

I want to learn Klingon. ;D