A skxawng in Kelutral - comments

[Lolet]

I just read the second chapter--love it!

Keep up the good work, ma Puvomun!

AWESOME! I talk!

[Niwantaw]

And I make an idiot out of myself

I must kill myself now for I cannot live on in shame...

[Puvomun]

And I make an idiot out of myself

I must kill myself now for I cannot live on in shame...

Tam tam, ma 'ewan, you do learn! As long as you stay off the liquor.

[Lolet]

By the way, will you mention kava, ma Puvomun?

[Puvomun]

By the way, will you mention kava, ma Puvomun?

I can, if you want to become mistress of the distillery.

[Lolet]

By the way, will you mention kava, ma Puvomun?

I can, if you want to become mistress of the distillery.

Well it's just a hobby really. 

[Tsamsiyu92]

I just read the second chapter, you got something awesome going on here.

'ewan is an adjective, you could use 'ewantu (not entirely sure if canon, but I see a pattern of adj-tu = adj-a tute)

[Puvomun]

'ewan is an adjective, you could use 'ewantu (not entirely sure if canon, but I see a pattern of adj-tu = adj-a tute)

Irayo, any improvement is an improvement!

[tsamna]

Second chapter is good, i am still waiting to see what the plot here is. Keep up the good work.
Tsamna

[Amaya]

Another highly entertaining chapter!  I'm really enjoying seeing this "side character" take on what it's like to live at Kelutral

[Puvomun]

Another highly entertaining chapter!  I'm really enjoying seeing this "side character" take on what it's like to live at Kelutral

Thank you. It's actually pretty difficult to come up with that, as the movie itself did not show much of Kelutral 'family life'.
I'm trying hard to make it acceptable and 'true to life'.

[Puvomun]

Second chapter is good, i am still waiting to see what the plot here is. Keep up the good work.
Tsamna

Kaltxì, Tsamna

If you saw the movie, you might have a decent overall idea.
I do intend to add a bit here and there, as I am not rewriting the movie.

[tsamna]

Kaltxi Puvomun, I now have the general idea that it is not a new story but the old with a different angle and new details. Is that right? Anyway i like it.
Tsamna

[Puvomun]

Kaltxì ma 'eylan

Kaltxi Puvomun, I now have the general idea that it is not a new story but the old with a different angle and new details. Is that right? Anyway i like it.

Yes, that is what I am aiming for. The old story *grin* and some new adventures by new players in the field.

Kiyevame!

[Puvomun]

Preparation for the next chapter... From what I learnt from the Na'Vi podcast today, plural ketuwong becomes ayhetuwong or simply hetuwong. (lenition, yes I paid attention!) Same for plural tawtute: this is (ay)sawtute.

For now I interpret AMP suits as metal skin: fngap ta'leng.

Anyone who knows better, I am open for suggestions. I'll keep throwing things here when I run into them. (Writing this way is an excellent way to learn!)

[Muzer]

For that last one, you need a way of linking those two nouns together. You could either make "metal" an adjective (lefngapa if metal is first, miss off the last a if it is second), or make it genitive (fngapä) making "skin of metal".

[Puvomun]

or make it genitive (fngapä) making "skin of metal".

Thank you! I still have a loooong way to go...

[Puvomun]

Oeyä tìprrte' will, for now, be "my pleasure" or "you're welcome", until someone has a better idea

[Ekirä]

Oeyä tìprrte' will, for now, be "my pleasure" or "you're welcome", until someone has a better idea

Just thought you might find this interesting or useful--Prof Frommer did a whole paragraph on responding to thanks.

Spoiler

1. Responding to thanks

Depending on the situation, there are different ways to respond to someone who thanks you for something:

    * Kea tìkin. Literally: no need. That is, there's no need to thank me.
    * Nìprrte'. Literally: gladly, with pleasure. That is, what you've thanked me for, I did with pleasure.
    * Oeru meuia. Literally: an honor to me. That is, it was an honor to be of help to you.
    * Hayalo ta oe/Hayalo oeta [pronounced WE.ta]. Literally: next time from me. That is, I've done something for you and you've thanked me, but next time you'll do something comparable for me, and I'll thank you. (hayalo 'next time,' hamalo 'last time')
    * Pum ngeyä. Literally, yours. That is, you've thanked me, but I really should be thanking you. The thanks belong to you. [Pronounced pum NGE.yä]

[Puvomun]

Just thought you might find this interesting or useful--Prof Frommer did a whole paragraph on responding to thanks.

Super! Thank you!