Summary of last night's session:
# get everything set up,
# wait for some ppl,
# casual intro,
# emphasis on communicating and having fun rather than total correctness cuz it's not a job or school,
# go over a couple greetings (kaltxì+oel ngati kameie),
# pronounce stuff,
# much off topic chatter.
Summary of today's Discord session:
Lots of voice participation this time
# Open with answering random questions about vocab: 'a'aw vs. hol vs. pxay ( hol < 'a'aw < pxay )
# Greetings (kaltxì, oel ngati kameie)
# Introductions and names (Oeru syaw fko [name], Fyape fko syaw ngar?)
# Conversation beginnings (Ngaru lu fpom srak?, srane ngaru tut?)
# Pronounce many words and phrases on request, many others also joined in to give it a shot
# Most difficult to pronounce Na'vi word (depends on the individual which sounds or sequences are toughest)
# Lots of participation and fun with saying 'Oma Tirea's Na'vi tongue twisters
# Poll for favorite words
# On the Pronunciation of a vs. ä vs. e
# Huge Na'vi words for the lols (tireapäpeykiyevängkxeio, nìtsìzazampuvozampxezamkivomrrve)
# Some general discussion about work and weekends
# General discussion
# Some jokes cracked
# Long decently fluent Na'vi-only voice conversation between me and Wllìm about what my current job is. I struggled a bit to explain that I am a painter on a suction-cutter dredge
# Possible word for paint: 'opimpay / 'opinpay (Suggest to LEP?)
# Find ways to briefly describe jobs of some of the people listening to that spoken Na'vi conversation
# Offtop discussion about food and weird combinations of things Americans eat
# some more general discussion
Some words/phrases and translations I copied into the chat:
krro krro - sometimes, from time to time, etc.
hol - few, not many
'a'aw - several, few
pxay - many (a lot of)
kaltxì - hello, hi
oeru syaw [name] - I'm called [name]
ngaru lu fpom srak? - Do you have peace/well-being?
fyape fko syaw ngar?
fyape syaw fko ngar?
How (does) one call to you? / How are you called?
rel - image, picture
eltur tìtxen si - an idiomatic phrase to express something being interesting
nìtxan - very, much, a lot
hayalovay - until next time
kiyevame - See you later / goodbye
Txon lefpom - good night
