Nav'i Name

Started by Txonä Tìranyu, October 04, 2011, 03:27:34 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Blue Elf

You can turn noun into male/female form by -an/-e suffix (although it is not productive, AFAIK), so you get tìranyuan, what seem not very correct, as here are two suffixes (tìran-yu-an). Usually, Na'vi do not use gender forms.

In Na'vi (oh, you have incorrectly placed glotal stop in thread caption :)) 'x' is used to mark ejectives: px, tx, kx, it never stands on its own. These are p, t, k consonants pronounced by special way, see this thread
Oe lu skxawng skxakep. Slä oe nerume mi.
"Oe tasyätxaw ulte koren za'u oehu" (Limonádový Joe)


Txonä Tìranyu

lol, sorry about the title. I was not able to view the thread you linked to me, for some reason it has been blocked by software on this computer, in what ways are the letters pronounced differently?

Blue Elf

Hmm, hard to me explain in English. Na'vi in a Nutshell says:
kx, px, tx = k, p, t but with a "pop" (hold your breath when pronouncing)

You pronounce ejectives as normal but press the air in the mouth for a moment before pronouncing, what creates the "pop" sound. I hope someone experient can explain it better
Oe lu skxawng skxakep. Slä oe nerume mi.
"Oe tasyätxaw ulte koren za'u oehu" (Limonádový Joe)


Kamean

Listen this Karyu Pawl speech (with English translation), it helps you pronounce kx, px and tx sounds. :)

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


Txonä Tìranyu

#24
thanks, from what im hearing he over pronounces the leter before the 'x', correct?

EDIT:ah I see your post above, that helps greatly, holding my breath puts into perspective of what its supossed to sound like
Edit2: ok got it down thanks!

Kamean

Quotethanks, from what im hearing he over pronounces the leter before the 'x', correct?
Оf course.
Tse'a ngal ke'ut a krr fra'uti kame.


`Eylan Ayfalulukanä

Quote from: Letxona Tìranyu on October 05, 2011, 04:17:39 PM
thanks, from what im hearing he over pronounces the leter before the 'x', correct?

That's a very interesting way to describe ejective pronunciation.... I'll have to remember that!

Yawey ngahu!
pamrel si ro [email protected]

Txonä Tìranyu

Quote from: `Eylan Ayfalulukanä on October 08, 2011, 02:13:04 AM
Quote from: Letxona Tìranyu on October 05, 2011, 04:17:39 PM
thanks, from what im hearing he over pronounces the leter before the 'x', correct?

That's a very interesting way to describe ejective pronunciation.... I'll have to remember that!

Thanks :D