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Started by Lehrrapa Swirä, July 14, 2010, 02:24:56 AM

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Lehrrapa Swirä

So I have been reading over some of the materials provided here, and thought I would attempt another sentence.
Oel tse'a-l nawm-a ay-tsamsiyu-ti
I see great warriors.

I wasn't really sure about the 'l' on tse'a or the 'ti' on tsamsiyu. Do you need 'l' or 'ti' if a noun in being seen?
Other than that, I think I got it? lol, please let me know.

Tompa'Ivong

Oe-l tse'a nawm aysamsiyu-ti

Transitivity: A verbs B. A job for the -l and the -ti. The thing with a -ti is verbed by the -l. always remember this and you will do well. :D  ((posted from Tirea's FB page))


"peu to fwa tskxefa ayuti ska'a lu sìltsan? Tskxe a kllkxem ulte fpi nga ayuti ska'a.
—Toggo, goblin weaponsmith

kewnya txamew'itan

In short, pretty close.

Remember that ay+ causes lenition so the ts in tsamsiyu becomes an s (this also means you can drop the ay if you want).

Also, case endings mark noun cases so only ever go on nouns, never verbs, likewise infixes only ever go in verbs never nouns.
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...which, in turn, would lead to a final sentence being something like this:

Oel tse'a nawma (ay)samsiyuti.

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Quote from: Tompa'Ivong on July 14, 2010, 02:30:45 AM
Oe-l tse'a nawm aysamsiyu-ti

Transitivity: A verbs B. A job for the -l and the -ti. The thing with a -ti is verbed by the -l. always remember this and you will do well. :D  ((posted from Tirea's FB page))

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Lehrrapa Swirä

QuoteOe-l tse'a nawm aysamsiyu-ti

Transitivity: A verbs B. A job for the -l and the -ti. The thing with a -ti is verbed by the -l. always remember this and you will do well.   ((posted from Tirea's FB page))
Does this mean that you use '-ti' and '-l' like the English '-ed'? If so, I can understand why I didn't need it here. If not, could someone explain?

And how do I know when a prefix causes lenition? I remember reading it somewhere, but I can remember...

Thanks for the feedback btw!  ;D
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Quote from: Lehrrapa Swirä on July 14, 2010, 01:31:52 PM
QuoteOe-l tse'a nawm aysamsiyu-ti

Transitivity: A verbs B. A job for the -l and the -ti. The thing with a -ti is verbed by the -l. always remember this and you will do well.   ((posted from Tirea's FB page))
Does this mean that you use '-ti' and '-l' like the English '-ed'? If so, I can understand why I didn't need it here. If not, could someone explain?
Not quite.  In short: these suffixes can only be applied to nouns.  Hopefully this will explain a bit about -l/-ìl and -t(i)/-it.

Quote from: Lehrrapa Swirä on July 14, 2010, 01:31:52 PM
And how do I know when a prefix causes lenition? I remember reading it somewhere, but I can remember...
They are marked with a "+" in the NiaN guide, as well as the dictionaries.  This happens with ay+, as well as all the numerical prefixes, but it may be useful to check back if neccesary to see which adpositions lenit (because some like mì+, do lenit).

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Lehrrapa Swirä

Thanks, i'll check that out. I hope I can figure this all out. lol

Payä Tìrol

#8
Basically, English uses word order to convey what the subject and object of a verb are.
Na'vi uses suffix endings to mark case. Specifically, it uses -l and -il to mark the thing that is performing the verb, and -it, -t, and -ti to mark what is directly receiving the action of the verb.

NiaN does a pretty good job explaining it :P
Oeyä atanìl mì sìvawm, mipa tìreyä tìsìlpeyur yat terìng

Tompa'Ivong



"peu to fwa tskxefa ayuti ska'a lu sìltsan? Tskxe a kllkxem ulte fpi nga ayuti ska'a.
—Toggo, goblin weaponsmith

Lehrrapa Swirä

So, would this sentence be right then?
Oe-l t<am>spang vrrtep-ìl.
I killed the demon.

Kemaweyan

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Quote from: Lehrrapa Swirä on July 14, 2010, 02:45:21 PM
So, would this sentence be right then?
Oe-l t<am>spang vrrtep-ìl.
I killed the demon.

No. Oe-l tsp<am>ang vrrtep-it. We should add infixes only before vowel (or pseudovowel rr and ll) in the syllable.

And here should be vrrtepit, because it's the object of action "kill".
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Tompa'Ivong



"peu to fwa tskxefa ayuti ska'a lu sìltsan? Tskxe a kllkxem ulte fpi nga ayuti ska'a.
—Toggo, goblin weaponsmith

Lehrrapa Swirä

QuoteNo. Oe-l tsp<am>ang vrrtep-it. We should add infixes only before vowel (or pseudovowel rr and ll) in the syllable.
Omg Thank you! lol. I think I finally understand the infixes now. Well, atleast with 2 syllable words.

Kemaweyan

#14
When you add the infixes, you can change only last and pre-last syllable. If in the word is only one syllable, all infixes put in that.

But not with all verbs this rule works. There are some words what created with other verbs: yomtìng, sìlpey, ralpeng and others. There you should put infixes only in syllables what are from source verb, from which created this new verb:

yomtìng - 2 syllables, but there is yomt<0><1><2>ìng, because created from yom+tìng.
sìlpey - 2 syllables, sìlp<0><1><2>ey, created from sìl+pey
ralpeng - ralp<0><1><2>eng, ral+peng

Also in verbs what created with si, changes only word si:

irayo s<0><1><2>i
pamrel s<0><1><2>i
Nìrangal frapo tsirvun pivlltxe nìNa'vi :D

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Quote from: Lehrrapa Swirä on July 14, 2010, 02:53:07 PM
QuoteNo. Oe-l tsp<am>ang vrrtep-it. We should add infixes only before vowel (or pseudovowel rr and ll) in the syllable.
Omg Thank you! lol. I think I finally understand the infixes now. Well, atleast with 2 syllable words.

Even the <ol>/<am>/<alm> distinction? That takes an awful lot of practice. In this sentence in fact, I'd probably go with <alm> instead of <am> to show that the action was pretty much instantaneous and the actual killing did not take much time, but could be represented on a timeline as a point. (That's pretty minor though, <am> certainly isn't wrong, it just provides slightly different information about the same event).
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Lehrrapa Swirä

I knew it had to more complicated than that. Lol. Still got a lot of practicing to do.  :)

Kemaweyan

To get more practice try converse in Na'vi at Na'vi nì'aw ;)
Nìrangal frapo tsirvun pivlltxe nìNa'vi :D

Lehrrapa Swirä

XD I guess I could try. There will be lots of  ??? though  ;)

Kemaweyan

I believe the practice is the best way to learn. In learning language practice is conversation - usage of this language. And don't fear mistakes, we all still study ;)
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