Easy way to learn Na'vi activity book!

Kaltxì Palulukan! · March 21, 2010, 04:27:14 AM

Update: Spent $200 on a 1 Terrabyte external hard drive with auto-back up. I would save up for a new layout program, but everything i currently running $700 and up. That is corporate extortion. I need a program OTHER THAN Acrobat, Quark, or InDesign that I can do layout in, so I can make PDFs. Once I can do that I can revamp the activity book.

TesterScot · March 22, 2010, 05:16:51 AM

Quote from: Kaltxì Palulukan! on March 21, 2010, 04:27:14 AM
Update: Spent $200 on a 1 Terrabyte external hard drive with auto-back up. I would save up for a new layout program, but everything i currently running $700 and up. That is corporate extortion. I need a program OTHER THAN Acrobat, Quark, or InDesign that I can do layout in, so I can make PDFs. Once I can do that I can revamp the activity book.

How about Scribus? http://www.scribus.net/
It's award-winning open-source page layout software - available for Wind0ze, Linux, Mac OS, and others - and it can output to PDF.

Oh yeah... it's free!

Kaltxì Palulukan! · March 22, 2010, 07:23:20 PM

I tiredz it. No likie. Is there a patch that makes it more like Quark? Ir was very difficult for me to work in.

But I likes the free part

Oh yeah--cookie for you

TesterScot · March 23, 2010, 07:53:30 AM

Quote from: Kaltxì Palulukan! on March 22, 2010, 07:23:20 PM
I tiredz it. No likie. Is there a patch that makes it more like Quark? Ir was very difficult for me to work in.

But I likes the free part

Oh yeah--cookie for you

Unfortunately, there is no patch available

Cookie was tasty, irayo

Tsuksìm atsawl (KaPTan) · April 04, 2010, 01:38:26 AM

Just now reading this post, sorry, But is that a banana fruit that that Na'vi is grabbing? (for the cover that is)

Kaltxì Palulukan! · April 04, 2010, 03:12:23 AM

I wish I knew. Ask Rolyu (she drew it)

kintìomum · April 06, 2010, 06:49:54 AM

As far as I remember Rolyu's talk while she was at it: yes, it's meant to be a banana fruit.

Rolyu · April 07, 2010, 02:13:22 PM

Sorry if it's inadequate. I couldn't find a reference.... XD Yes, it's meant to be a banana fruit.

Tsuksìm atsawl (KaPTan) · April 07, 2010, 07:21:10 PM

/e does Norm's little "yesssssssssssss" (you know the one.)

Nìftxavang Sreu · April 08, 2010, 03:37:00 PM

Quote from: Kawnga Palulukana Tutan (KPT) on April 07, 2010, 07:21:10 PM
/e does Norm's little "yesssssssssssss" (you know the one.)

haha it took my a second, but then I had to reenact it, just to be satisfied

(speaking of which, join the Norm Spellman Fan Club!!)

Atanä mungeyu · April 10, 2010, 05:10:34 PM

Quote from: Nìftxavang Sreu on April 08, 2010, 03:37:00 PM
Quote from: Kawnga Palulukana Tutan (KPT) on April 07, 2010, 07:21:10 PM
/e does Norm's little "yesssssssssssss" (you know the one.)

haha it took my a second, but then I had to reenact it, just to be satisfied (speaking of which, join the Norm Spellman Fan Club!!)

i wish that they used that part of the old script, were trudy and norm actually had a relationship, would have been awesome..

Tskxe Taronyu · April 10, 2010, 11:20:28 PM

This is so helpful!

I just wish I could find a store nearby to print the whole thing.

hawnuyuna'viyä · April 12, 2010, 05:06:50 PM

A great collection of exercises, so irayo ma tsmukan.

But, on the first page alone, I count 5 incidents that although not major, I find distracting: "my completely computer crashed" - rearrange the 2nd and 3rd words.
"naturaly" -> "naturally", "vilume" -> "volume", "spefically" => "specifically", "aeshtetically pleaseing" -> "aesthetically pleasing".

Beyond the first page, these problems disappear, but on page 5, we have "z's", since the zs do not own anything it should just be pluralized.

P22. "persmission" -> "permission", "endlss" -> "endless"

It seems to be fine beyond that point, so in other words: please run a spell check!

NB: I am also trying to work out if the excessive use of papyrus calls for a link to Xkcd #590.

Quote from: Kaltxì Palulukan! on March 21, 2010, 04:27:14 AM
I need a program OTHER THAN Acrobat, Quark, or InDesign that I can do layout in, so I can make PDFs. Once I can do that I can revamp the activity book.

Look into LaTeX, it will take all that hassle off you instead, so you get to focus on the content.

Atanä mungeyu · April 13, 2010, 01:32:05 PM

how many pages was it again in total? hopefully not too much, so that i can actually print it sometime xD

hawnuyuna'viyä · April 13, 2010, 02:18:44 PM

Quote from: Atanä mungeyu on April 13, 2010, 01:32:05 PM
how many pages was it again in total? hopefully not too much, so that i can actually print it sometime xD

100 if you include the covers.

Atanä mungeyu · April 13, 2010, 02:40:16 PM

well, printing that will be hard to do xD

hawnuyuna'viyä · April 13, 2010, 02:43:42 PM

Quote from: Atanä mungeyu on April 13, 2010, 02:40:16 PM
well, printing that will be hard to do xD

Well shrink it down to 4 pages per A4 page, and if possible do duplex.
That makes it only 13 pages, which is a much more reasonable amount.

Kaltxì Palulukan! · April 13, 2010, 08:14:41 PM

If you already have Skxawng's grammar worksheets you don't have to print those, and if you want to skip 8's Rhyming dictionary, that will save you another few sheets. you can probably get away with printing 50-60 pages and get most everything--except grammar. Most places that make copies will do that for $3-$4.

Tireayä Syalhu · April 13, 2010, 11:36:48 PM

Quote from: Rolyu on March 08, 2010, 07:36:16 PM
Hey, do you think you could include the definitions of words we look for in the "word searches?" Cause I can find the words no problem, but it doesn't help me learn if I don't know the meaning of the word I'm circling. Just a thought.

I just wrote the English meaning next to each word I found.

I love this book and a 2nd edition would be fantastic.

Irayo !~

kintìomum · April 14, 2010, 03:40:30 AM

I also like it.
I learn Na'vi while I translate it to german.
It's sometimes a pain in the a** when you need to find a fitting idiom but hell: I learn Na'vi while working