Ma Le'eylan,
You enchant us with your great Prezis about the Na'vi language.
But the Na'vi do not only have a great language but also
a great culture. This post is a kind request to make your Prezis better match the Na'vi culture.
In the movie it is made clear that
there is nothing that we have that they want. In Hell's Gate all required advanced technology for the humans (made up of machines without feelings) is provided by the RDA. In the forest all required advanced technology for the Na'vi (made up of beings with feelings) is provided by Eywa.
That is not to say that you can't or shouldn't use human objects in your Prezis (a large part of the movie is about the interaction between the Na'vi and the humans). But it is best not to have the Na'vi use human objects in a way that is against their culture and their way of thinking.
JC about the
movie: "It's about understanding the other person from their own perspective"
Some examples should make it clearer I think:
The Na'vi eat their food fresh (like the fruit that Grace throws to Jake) or from a leaf: they do not need a plate. They prefer their own food over the food of the humans.
For humans being ready to run means having tied your shoes. The Na'vi prefer to walk on bare feet because that is one of the ways they connect with Eywa / with the network of energy that flows through all living things.
For the Na'vi, mating is a very intimate experience, only involving the two lovers and (the blessings of) Eywa. For them this heavenly conjoint experience is a natural bond, that is stronger than the dictates of culture. It is not based on artificial objects like rings or paperwork.
Sorewn and Prre'o love each other very much. That seems for me a great start for a story. On a fine day Prre'o goes away to get something to eat. Ok. Sorewn notices that Prre'o isn't around and gets distressed. Ok. But then something incredible happens: although Prre'o loves Sorewn very much it doesn't feel the distress of Sorewn and continues to eat. For a Na'vi that must be incomprehensible because on Pandora all life is connected especially there were the energy of love is strong.
CAMERON:
“Avatar” is about the negative aspects of humanity and the positive aspects of humanity. When you look at the Na’vi, you see what we would like to think of ourselves as: noble people who are harmonious with nature and have a kind of spiritual basis to their life and a higher value system I hope you can find ways to teach us Na'vi words (even words like
txanew) and at the same time show the good qualities of the Na'vi that JC intended them to have.
JC:
Do I think there’s hope that we can change? We have to change and we have to change fairly soon because the population’s growing rapidly. Industrial civilization is basically driving species into extinction at an unprecedented rate and we have to do something about it.Eywa ngahu.