'It aylì'uyä amip teri "sute" (fpi Na'viyä Sawtuteyäsì nìteng)

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[Keylstxatsmen]

New words!  

I thought I would translate some famous quotes here instead of trying to put them all into one narrative:

Fratute lu eveng sì haxpì 'awa soaiayä.

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All men are children, and of one family. -Henry David Thoreau

Pxìm sìlstana tìterkupìl kawnga tìmuntxatì ftang.

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Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage. -William Shakespeare

Tìyawn lu kakrel ulte tì'eylanìl menarit tstu seyki.[/b]

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Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes. -Friedrich Nietzsche

Tìreyä tìsraw lu fwa awnga slu koak nìhawng nìwin sì txantslusam nìhawng kì’ong.

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Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late. -Benjamin Franklin

Muiäa tì’eyng kifkeyur lu pxìm fwa fko slu lekye'ung.

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It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane. -Phillip K. Dick

Pamtseo lu morki ame'em tìngopä.

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Music is the harmonious voice of creation. -Giuseppe Mazzini

Keu lu fkay kawnga tìfyawìntxuto.

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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice. -Sophocles

Lu poru a lu txanew frakrr tìnew.

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He who is greedy is always in want. -Horace

soaia                        N:     family
tìmuntxa                  N:      mating, Na'vi marriage
yawnetu / yawntu     N:      loved one   
kakrel                      ADJ:   blind   
kanu                        ADJ:   smart, intelligent (for a person)   
koak                        ADJ:   old, aged (for living things)   
lekye’ung                 ADJ:   insane, crazy   
me’em                     ADJ:   harmonious   
txanew                    ADJ:   greedy   
txantur                    ADJ:   powerful   
tì’awpo                    N:   individuality (neg. connotation); selfishness   
tì’eylan                    N:   friendship   
fkay                        ADJ:   hateful

I may add a few more quotes late tonight (I didn't quite cover all the words), but I thought it would best to post it up before it gets too late.  Enjoy!

ta Keyl

EDIT:  Fixed the mistakes and added stress!

[Kemaweyan]

MOE! Trram oe fparmìl teri fìlì'u a san tì'eylan sìk

Irayo, ma tsmukan


Sawnung:

Ulte pelun fìlì'u sì san tì'awpo sìk ke lu stxolì'u? Kxawm tì- lu tstxolì'u ulte ta sìralpeng fì'u law lu...

[Plumps]

Great! Thanks for sharing!

Do you have information about the stress as well?
Could you check the word classes for tì’awpo and tì’eylan again? Irayo

[NeotrekkerZ]

Some truly great words there.  Thanks!

[Kì'eyawn]

Tewti, faylì'u txantsan lu nang!  Irayo, ma 'eylan!

[Swoka Swizaw]

Does Frommer just drop these in you all's laps? God, to get one word from him would be awesome, but what is your secret?

And a fantastic collection, BTW.

[okrìsti]

I made some guesses on intonation based on known words, ayngal rä’ä tspivang oeti, rutxe.

[Keylstxatsmen]

Sorry, rushed this out because I didn't very much time.  I will update the stress and the ADJ/N discrepancy right now!

Irayo nìtxan frapor!
ta Keyl

[okrìsti]

Do you know, if it is tì’eylan?
No need to hurry. =)

[Keylstxatsmen]

Do you know, if it is tì’eylan?
No need to hurry. =)

Yes, it is.  

[Plumps]

yawnetu / yawntu     N:      loved one   

Hm, maybe a redundant question but do you think that these variations indicate »female/male loved one«? I don't know why but that was my first guess and I translated it as such but now the question has come up and I wanted to be sure. Thanks

[Keylstxatsmen]

yawnetu / yawntu     N:      loved one   

Hm, maybe a redundant question but do you think that these variations indicate »female/male loved one«? I don't know why but that was my first guess and I translated it as such but now the question has come up and I wanted to be sure. Thanks

Personally, I think it's just a variant.  The root word "yawne" doesn't seem to be gender specific, and like the word "tsenge" the "-e" seems to be mostly speaker's preference.

-Keyl

[Plumps]

tam, oeyä kxeyey irayo ma tsmukan

[Kì'eyawn]

I'm curious about me'em.

In English, "harmony" is a musical term, but it has been extended to talk about harmony in visual arts, relationships...  I'm wondering if it's the same in the Na'vi language, or if "harmonious" was just the best English translation.

Maybe, for example, me'em originally referrred to an ikran and rider working together in a way that was me'em, but the word has since broadened to more metaphorical usages.

Ral tìpawmä oeyä law lu srak?

[Swoka Swizaw]

I'm curious about me'em.

In English, "harmony" is a musical term, but it has been extended to talk about harmony in visual arts, relationships...  I'm wondering if it's the same in the Na'vi language, or if "harmonious" was just the best English translation.

Maybe, for example, me'em originally referrred to an ikran and rider working together in a way that was me'em, but the word has since broadened to more metaphorical usages.

Ral tìpawmä oeyä law lu srak?

Genuine harmony.

Non-chaotic.

Serene.

The feeling one has as they view a "perfect" sun set.

...take your pick. (Though, those are my thoughts, anyway.)