LETS FILL IN MY POCKET NOTEBOOK TOGETHER!

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Hello, I'd say I'm a begginer of the language but i have browsed all the na'vi related sites repeatedly over the last few months or so. and picked some slight things up but i still want to do it in order. 

I have a notebook that got from the supermarket form ideal home magazine, it's a freebie and need's filling in from scratch.
Its UN-LINED but has 120 pages free to fill, the entire book is just under 6 inches in height and just over 4 and a half in length (book closed).

i want to imput all the basics from phonetics and so forth. I like the look of the na'vi in a nutshell learning guide and the print and fold one paper mini booklet (which i cannot print as no pinter is available), as well as various other obvious sites with the lingo.

i may also need a clear listed definition chart of all language 
terminology that will be used as reminder (eg. Verb, infix, fricate/ive, alveolar, glottal, lenitives, affricate, subject, ejective, conjunction, etc) in basic sense.   

I also desire all the obvious usefull AND FUN phrases.  i do not know where to start, lets try and start me off


p.s the insides of the notebook cover that are not the pages can also be written on. my handwriting is not brilliant so I'll try to keep as best i can and write in pencil.   

kxamtxon nantang

why not just copy everything over from the na'vi in a nutshell to your pocket book? As for the fun phrases, there is a forum for common phrases and on the wiki portion there is a list of all spoken na'vi in the film.
In my heart there is a fire,
of burning rage and love's desire.

Txonä Unil Stä'nìyu Rolyusì

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Quote from: MissBunkey on December 11, 2010, 01:21:30 PM


Hello, I'd say I'm a begginer of the language but i have browsed all the na'vi related sites repeatedly over the last few months or so. and picked some slight things up but i still want to do it in order.  

I have a notebook that got from the supermarket form ideal home magazine, it's a freebie and need's filling in from scratch.
Its UN-LINED but has 120 pages free to fill, the entire book is just under 6 inches in height and just over 4 and a half in length (book closed).

i want to imput all the basics from phonetics and so forth. I like the look of the na'vi in a nutshell learning guide and the print and fold one paper mini booklet (which i cannot print as no pinter is available), as well as various other obvious sites with the lingo.

i may also need a clear listed definition chart of all language  
terminology that will be used as reminder (eg. Verb, infix, fricate/ive, alveolar, glottal, lenitives, affricate, subject, ejective, conjunction, etc) in basic sense.  

I also desire all the obvious usefull AND FUN phrases.  i do not know where to start, lets try and start me off


p.s the insides of the notebook cover that are not the pages can also be written on. my handwriting is not brilliant so I'll try to keep as best i can and write in pencil.  

Well, here's a chart of leniting letters:
P becomes f
K becomes h
T becomes s
Ts also becomes s
Px becomes p
Tx becomes t
Kx becomes k
' becomes nothing, it just disappears.

-Txonä Rolyu

Edit: more to come when I get homE to my computer.




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If you don't feel like copying word for word than condense it to a short hand version. What I for my "pocket book" was taking every word from the Na'vi-English dictionary and organized it into catagories.
Example:Body parts          Geography          Emotions/Sense
             Brain-eltu n.        Cliff- 'awkx n.       Feel/sense-'efu n.
             Throat-flew n.     Lake-'ora n.         Vision-äie n.
             Tongue-ftxì n.     Land-atxkxe n.     Insanity-keye'ung n.
             Face-key n.        River-kilvan n.      Happy-lefpom n.
             Knee-kinamti n.   Ground-kllte n.      Calm-mawey adj.
             etc.                  etc.                    etc.

Along with catagories for "plants" with words like; leaf, vegetable, root, forest etc. Moments for time like midnight, afternoon etc.
I did this until I had the whole of the vocabulary writen down in a way that made finding words easy.
In my heart there is a fire,
of burning rage and love's desire.

Kì’onga Vul

First, a pocket notebook is a great idea.  I carry around a steno book for Na'vi and one for Chinese characters, which are a bit big, but I always have a bookbag with me.  During any downtime I have, like waiting for a haircut or eating lunch, I flip to a page for review.  (This also means that when I'm eating lunch alone, I look busy and not lonely!)

I would put a little thought into the organization of your notebook beforehand, so that it isn't chaotic.  In mine, I'm putting down most of the content from Na'vi in a Nutshell, but I sometimes have to move stuff around so it fits the organization that makes sense to me.

As far as vocabulary, think of the different options open to you and which one makes most sense.  As kxamtxon nantang said, category by meaning might work for you.  However, you might find that organization by lexical category (noun, verb, adjective) works better for your needs.

In the front, have a handy chart of commonly applicable rules, like lenition as well as case endings, affixes, and even pronunciation.

Good luck!
學而時習之!
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kxamtxon nantang

Quote from: Kì'onga Vul on December 15, 2010, 12:30:18 AM

In the front, have a handy chart of commonly applicable rules, like lenition as well as case endings, affixes, and even pronunciation.

This is a really good idea. Its one thing to know a lot of words but putting them together in coherent sentences is harder.
In my heart there is a fire,
of burning rage and love's desire.

Txonä Unil Stä'nìyu Rolyusì

Here and here are some very helpful infix charts created by Nyx. You can also use these as your computer's background! Each one has the same infixes and explanations, just different designs.

-Txonä Rolyu




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Fpìl na Na'vi. Plltxe na Na'vi. Tìran na Na'vi. Kame na Na'vi

kxamtxon nantang

In my heart there is a fire,
of burning rage and love's desire.