HELP!

[smdesign28]

Can someone tell me how to say "bravery" or "courage", or the slang for that, "balls"?

I would also like to translate the phrase "without risk there is no reward"

also, how would you say "congratulations" in Na'vi???

Thanks everyone!

[SanguineEpitaph]

Bravery is tìtsteu, which is derived from brave, "tsteu", and then the tì- prefix is added to make it into a noun.

There is no word for "balls", if you're asking for it. There's no need for that word, really (I don't think).

For "congratulations", one might be able to say:

Nga sìltsan lamu.
Nga sìltsan l<am>u.
You good were<PST>.

Which means, "You were good."  Although I'm kind of unsure about that, myself.

Perhaps you could also say:

Nga nìltsan sami.
Nga nìltsan s<am>i.
You well did/made.


Hope that helped a little (and I hope someone corrects any mistakes I made ).

[Carborundum]

Nga sìltsan lamu.
Nga sìltsan l<am>u.
You good were<PST>.

Could be interpreted as 'but you're not anymore'. Lameiu, perhaps?

Nga nìltsan sami.
Nga nìltsan s<am>i.
You well did/made.

Nìltsan is listed as an adverb in the dictionary, so I don't think that usage is correct (I have no idea how 'well' would be used as an adverb though). There is also no reason to assume Na'vi distinguishes between good and well in the same way English does.

Bleh.

[Hawnuyu atxen]

Nga sami sìltsana 'u.
Perhaps? (you made good thing)

[SanguineEpitaph]

Nga nìltsan sami.
Nga nìltsan s<am>i.
You well did/made.

There is also no reason to assume Na'vi distinguishes between good and well in the same way English does.

I didn't think there would be, but I figured that if I left it off, then someone would say something about it... 

[NeotrekkerZ]

Nga sami sìltsana 'u.
Perhaps? (you made good thing)

Si is an auxiliary verb.  You use it to make a noun/adjective into a verb.  Use txula (to build) for "make."

[omängum fra'uti]

Nìltsan is listed as an adverb in the dictionary, so I don't think that usage is correct (I have no idea how 'well' would be used as an adverb though). There is also no reason to assume Na'vi distinguishes between good and well in the same way English does.

Well played.

See, adverb.

[SanguineEpitaph]

Nga sami sìltsana 'u.
Perhaps? (you made good thing)

Si is an auxiliary verb.  You use it to make a noun/adjective into a verb.  Use txula (to build) for "make."

Irayo, I didn't know that it couldn't be stand-alone.  

[Iktxum]

sìltsana 'u.

Bit of a skxawng question but what does the a'u on sìltsan do? Is it a combination of tsa'u and sìltsan to make good (thing)?

[Yanatan]

That's two separate words, sìltsan-a and 'u. "sìltsan" is good, -a means it modifies the word on that side, and 'u means "thing".

I think, anyways.

(EDIT: fixed my accented ì's)