Fay+/tsay+ vs. ayfì-/(ay)sa-

Started by 'Oma Tirea, May 22, 2011, 01:12:07 AM

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'Oma Tirea

Tse... what is the difference between fay+/tsay+ vs. ayfì-/(ay)sa-?  It seems the latter is getting used more often while the former seems more correct....

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Ikran Ahiyìk

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Lance R. Casey

Fay+ and tsay+ are, obviously, mergers of the demonstrative prefixes fì-/tsa- and the plural ay+, showing the standard relative order of them. So far so good.

However, in some words (stand-alone pronouns), the demonstrative itself is considered merged with the nominal stem, and therefore the plural is affixed at the beginning. See here.

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Ikran Ahiyìk

OK so there's no *fayu or *tsayu. Thanks for reminding.
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Kamean

Tse'a ngal ke'ut a krr fra'uti kame.


Kemaweyan

Ayfì'u and aysa'u are exceptions, with all other words use fay+ and tsay+ :)
Nìrangal frapo tsirvun pivlltxe nìNa'vi :D

Kamean

Tse'a ngal ke'ut a krr fra'uti kame.


'Oma Tirea

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Plumps

I'm not sure that fayu (fì- + ay- + 'u) isn't possible ... the way I read that canon page entry, he only speaks of sa'u as the plural for 'these things, those' ... do we have an example of him using ayfì'u ???

Kemaweyan

Quote from: PawlWith the pronouns, the order of elements is ay+tsa+'u rather than the expected tsa+ay+'u, etc.

I think it means that plural forms of all pronouns we should create with this rule: ay + fì/tsa + 'u/po/etc.

  aysa'u
  ayfì'u
  ayfìpo
Nìrangal frapo tsirvun pivlltxe nìNa'vi :D

Ataeghane

QuoteBut not *fìhetuwong, *tsahetuwong. (The nice thing about short plurals is that they save you a syllable; here that doesn't happen, so there's no raison d'être for the short forms with demonstratives.)

The plural of the stand-alone demonstrative pronoun tsa'u is (ay)sa'u, which follows the regular rules.

I don't see anything worrisome here, but if I'm missing something (which is entirely possible), let me know.

When I asked for clarification about the pronouns,

Right. With the pronouns, the order of elements is ay+tsa+'u rather than the expected tsa+ay+'u, etc.
Frommer says about more than one pronoun, but that's not actually practically confirmed anyhow.

That's how it works with plurals, and what about dual form? Are there any contractions? fìmeskxawng or fìmskxawng? fìpxehilvan or fìphilvan?

Oer wivìntxu ngal oey keyeyt krr a tse'a sat. Frakrr.

Kemaweyan

Quote from: Ataeghane on September 19, 2012, 04:32:08 PM
That's how it works with plurals, and what about dual form? Are there any contractions? fìmeskxawng or fìmskxawng? fìpxehilvan or fìphilvan?

Correct are fìmeskxawng and fìpxehilvan. You can find a confirmation here:

Quote from: PawlTsapxesamsiyu lu pesu/tupe?
Nìrangal frapo tsirvun pivlltxe nìNa'vi :D

Ataeghane

Quote from: Kemaweyan on September 19, 2012, 04:38:46 PM
Quote from: Ataeghane on September 19, 2012, 04:32:08 PM
That's how it works with plurals, and what about dual form? Are there any contractions? fìmeskxawng or fìmskxawng? fìpxehilvan or fìphilvan?

Correct are fìmeskxawng and fìpxehilvan. You can find a confirmation here:

Quote from: PawlTsapxesamsiyu lu pesu/tupe?
Thank you. I just started wondering, when I accidentally came across this:

http://naviteri.org/page/2/
(the table with forms with pe-)

Oer wivìntxu ngal oey keyeyt krr a tse'a sat. Frakrr.

Blue Elf

Well, you mean this post: http://naviteri.org/2011/07/number-in-na%e2%80%99vi/, srak?
Those tables are related just to questions for number (which two men, which three women etc.). Until now I didn't have need to use any of such specific question, so I didn't bother to learn those  :) Even I didn't seen someone else used it.
Nonquestionable usage is as Kemaweyan already said, nothing special there.
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