The most Na`vi way....

[`Eylan Ayfalulukanä]

As far as word order goes, what is the most 'Na`vi' way to say the following sentence?

Tsun ngal pivlltxe lì`fyat leNa`vi srak

[Tirea Aean]

As far as word order goes, what is the most 'Na`vi' way to say the following sentence?

Tsun ngal pivlltxe lì`fyat leNa`vi srak

srake nga tsun nìNa'vi pivlltxe?

would be one of my votes.

['Oma Tirea]

I have used Srake tsun nga pivlltxe leNa'via lì'fya?

...although replacing "leNa'via lì'fya" with "NìNa'vi" works too

[Txonä Unil Stä'nìyu Rolyusì]

As far as word order goes, what is the most 'Na`vi' way to say the following sentence?

Tsun ngal pivlltxe lì`fyat leNa`vi srak

srake nga tsun nìNa'vi pivlltxe?

would be one of my votes.

Sran this is what I use. Well...with a slightly different word order

-Txonä Rolyu

[Tirea Aean]

I have used Srake tsun nga pivlltxe leNa'via lì'fya?

...although replacing "leNa'via lì'fya" with "NìNa'vi" works too

how does that work?

that says to me:

[can you] [the Na'vi language speaks]?

which is the subject of plltxe? there are no cases there. and surely the language doesnt speak O.O or did you forget a fa, which would would make it ok.

[`Eylan Ayfalulukanä]

I have used Srake tsun nga pivlltxe leNa'via lì'fya?

...although replacing "leNa'via lì'fya" with "NìNa'vi" works too

how does that work?

that says to me:

[can you] [the Na'vi language speaks]?

which is the subject of plltxe? there are no cases there. and surely the language doesnt speak O.O or did you forget a fa, which would would make it ok.

I'm not 100 percent sure what you are getting at here, ma Tirea.

If we take SxKxawng's attempt at this:

Srake tsun nga pivlltxe leNa'via lì'fya?

We find that somewhere along the line, the patietive case marker got stripped off of lì`fya.
Thus, here is what seems to be the one most people are liking (I think) with the correction:

Srake tsun nga pivlltxe leNa'via lì'fyat

Is this better?

[Tirea Aean]

I still vote

srake nga tsun nìNa'vi pivlltxe.

cuz in english we say can you speak the na'vi language. we dont say can you speak Na'vily. its less English and therefore more Na'vi and thus better answers your question imo.

[Carborundum]

I still vote

srake nga tsun nìNa'vi pivlltxe.

cuz in english we say can you speak the na'vi language. we dont say can you speak Na'vily. its less English and therefore more Na'vi and thus better answers your question imo.

Less English doesn't necessarily mean more Na'vi, but I agree with you that the above is probably the best way to ask this question. Na'vi often seems to favor adverbs when it comes to things like these.

[Kemaweyan]

I still vote

srake nga tsun nìNa'vi pivlltxe.

cuz in english we say can you speak the na'vi language. we dont say can you speak Na'vily. its less English and therefore more Na'vi and thus better answers your question imo.

Agree. But I would say it as Tsun nga pivlltxe nìNa'vi srak. though there is almost no difference - just different word order

[Tirea Aean]

I still vote

srake nga tsun nìNa'vi pivlltxe.

cuz in english we say can you speak the na'vi language. we dont say can you speak Na'vily. its less English and therefore more Na'vi and thus better answers your question imo.

Agree. But I would say it as Tsun nga pivlltxe nìNa'vi srak. though there is almost no difference - just different word order

thats like a copy of english word order >.<

can you speak Na'vi ? HRH

[Kemaweyan]

That's a copy of this

  modal - subject - (stuff) - verb - (stuff)

like

  tsun oe ngahu pivängkxo

[Tirea Aean]

That's a copy of this

  modal - subject - (stuff) - verb - (stuff)

like

  tsun oe ngahu pivängkxo

the only times I saw frommer ask a srak question in Na'vi that isnt ngaru lu fpom srak:

srake Säli holum

For "Are you coming?" we usually say:

(5) Srake nga za'u?

Nga za'u fìtseng pxìm srak?

its almost like a reverse... In English:

he must eat.
must he eat?

in Na'vi:

zene po yivom.
po zene yivom srak?

but really i dont care about the word order. its a choice.

nga tsun nìNa'vi pivlltxe srak? is my vote.

[Kamean]

I vote for Tsun nga pivlltxe' nìNa'vi srak?
But I also like Srake nga tsun nìNa'vi pivlltxe'? As Frommerian Srake smon ngar oeyä pxeylan?
I use both of it.

[Kemaweyan]

Nìngay ke tsranten All of these are correct

P.S. Srake smon ngar oeyä pxeylan?

[Kamean]

Of course ngar. This is typo.

[Sireayä mokri]

I'd vote for nìNa'vi tsun nga pivlltxe srak, because it's all about speaking nìNa'vi

[Tirea Aean]

I'd vote for nìNa'vi tsun nga pivlltxe srak, because it's all about speaking nìNa'vi

how does writing it in that order put emphasis on that?

if you really want emhasis, use topic...

lì'fyari lena'vi...

but my vote still hasn't changed

[Kemaweyan]

Lì'fyari leNa'vi tsun nga pivlltxe srak? Interesting.. but I also prefer an adverb nìNa'vi

[Tirea Aean]

Lì'fyari leNa'vi tsun nga pivlltxe srak? Interesting.. but I also prefer an adverb nìNa'vi

kop oe

[Sireayä mokri]

how does writing it in that order put emphasis on that?

First things first