NotW #14: Prrton

[Prrton]

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English translation now down at the bottom of this 1st page. Thanks for your patience.

Who are you?

WìlyìmPrrtonWatkìnzì alu tutan lu oe slä sempulìri oeyä kop frapo por syaw Wìlyìm alunta tsakrrta oe prrnen lu fko oer syaw Prrton a lu nì'ìnglìsì san« Britton »sìk. Fìtstxo za'u ta 'awa pizayu lesa'nok oeyä ulte mesa'semìl tsat pole'un taluna takuk tsapamìl tsatstxoä memikyunut a tsafya mefor sunu nìtxan. Oeru leru °53a zìsìt tìreyä le'Rrta ulte °2a zìsìtsre oe hu oeyä muntxatan alu Yotswa (nì'Ìnglìsì san« Josh »sìk) muntxa sloli. Moel kelku si SänFränsìskoru Kälìfornìyayä ulte netrìp kop moer leiu kelku a2°ve mì na'rìng Sonomayä a sim SänFränsìskoru nìtam fte tsun tsatsengene kivä pxìm fte tsivun vitra tsivurokx. Tìkangkemìri oeyä txanewa pongur le'Rrta srung si fte fo pive'un feyä ayrenut lekan sìtxulateri lesar. Txopu rä'ä sivi. ArTxiEy ke lu pum a tsar oel kìte'et terìng. ;-) Pxim fte fìfnetìkangkemvi sivi zene oe sivop ulte pxiset leru tsafya nìteng. Faylì'ur oe pamrel seri eltufa lefngap tengkrr a tswerayon ftu Awstin Teksäsä ne SänFränsìsko fte Yotswahu, SawtxKärolaynayä lahea ayhapxìtuhu afusrrfen soaiayä oeyä, sì moeyä lekelkuä meioanghu lerawraw (felisì katusì) ro helku moeyä ultxa sivi 'a'awa trr nì'aw sre fwa zene tswivayon pxìye'rin nìmun ne LasìVeykasì Nevätayä fte sivalew tìkangkem sirvi. Tsakrr a tìkangkemvi seri, pxìm ngeyn lu oe nìtxan slä fratrr oe fmeri tivìng nari fìtsengur nì'it taluna oeru tsranten lì'fyaolo' leNa'vi nìngay.

Why are you here?

Lu vur a ke ngim nìhawng. Zìsìtam sre kamtrr tsatrrä a tseyä tsakxamtxon sngolä'i Uniltìrantokx fa AYMÄKSÌ mì SänFränsìsko, Yotswa oer syolaw fte pivawm ftxey eromum oe futa tsarelìri arusikx lu lì'fya atxawnula fuke. Oe ke eromum kaw'it slä sngolä'i pxitsakrr fwivew fmawnit fra'uteri lì'fyayä leNa'vi. Nì'awve tsolun rivun tsavurit leNPR a tsa'uri K. Pawl hu ReneMonteyn pängkxo. Oe tsar tìng mikyun nìmunmun ulte sngä'i nivong frafya'oti awngeyä lì'fyateri a fwerew sa'uti fa Ngungll. Tsatrr LN.org mi ke larmu, slä tuteol ngolop tsenget le*wep* a fko tsun tsive'a stum fralì'uti a lam mì tsapuk a lu ASG* ulte kxawm larmu nìteng nì'it koreno lì'fyayä fa Wikipitia (rotsyerä) slä fì'uri oe ke tsun ziverok nìlaw... tse, ke tsranten tsaw fìtxan...

Sre ton'ong tsatrrä ateng, oel lì'fyati leNa'vi sar fte 'upxarer pamrel sivi ulte tsat fa meyl lenumtseng peyä Karyur fpive'. Tsa'upxareri ahì'i txolula fa keyawra lì'fya leNa'vi nìwotx slä Karyu fra'uti ayralä tsatsun nìltsan nìtam tslivam ulte tsatxon ateng pximawkrr a wutsoti letxon hu eylan yolom, oeru tì'eyng peyä polähem ayFonfa oeyä.

Tawktor Frommer,

Ohe-l ngenga-ti kame-ie

Tsun ohe ngenga-ru nì-Na'vi pivängkxo a fì-'u nì-internet ohe-ru prrte' lu

rutxe, ngenga-l renu-täftxu-lì'u-Na'vi-ti nìwotx si a ngenga-ru ätxäle-ie ohe-l

Na'vi-ti prrtxe nume a neu-ie ohe-l

irayo

Prrt'on Watkìnzì

Tewti, ma Prrt'on! Lì'fya ngeyä sìltsan lu nìtxan. Ke fparmìl oel futa lu tute a tsun nì-Na'vi set fìfya pivlltxe!

Oeru txoa livu, nì-Ìnglìsì pìylltxe oe . . .

Na fwa fko plltxe, san« set nerong a tsaw lu 'okvur »sìk.  

Ulte tsaylì'u a oe tsakrr pamrel soli Karyur... set txo ke ts[unknown counterfactual infix]un heykivangham zene fko tsnivawvìk, kefyak?! Slä lu nìhawng ke pey a yayoru sweya skxom a tsun ngawngit stivä'ni...

Nìlaw oeru teya seri fwa lolu oe tsakrr tstew nìtam fte tsa'upxareti leskxawng Karyur fpilve' taluna fa fwa tsafya nìwin kem si, set oer lereiu txantsana eylan amip pxel aynga.

Where do your alias and profile pic come from?

Nìfya a oeyktolìng, san« Prrton »sìk lu oeyä tstxo letrrtrr 'Ìnglìsìta tsafya a tsun 'ivärip ftxit meseyritsì fte tsat nìNa'vi pivlltxe fko. Ftawnemkrr larmu oeru rel lehapxìtu a tsat oel ngolop fa fwa sar Fotosyopit ta rel a kop syolep oel nì'awtu pxaw kelku le na'rìng Sonomayä, ulte tsaw oeru sunu ke nì'it nì'aw taluna lu mì sarelur 'itä prrwll ayawne oeyä, slä lolen 'uo kip tìpuslltxe ayhapxituä lì'fyaolo'ä krrosre a vitrati oeyä tìsraw seyki nìtxan ulte tsakrr oel pole'un futa new wrrpane mivunge tsarelit. Tsari oeru lu 'ok kemsì a tsranten nìtxan, slä ke tsun lapor oeyktivìng nìftue. Lu nì'it na tengkrr a wem tsun liven tsengur letokx a ketsun zivo nì'änsyem. Nìtxampxì tsatìlenit oel tswola', slä ke nì'änsyem, ulte lam oer fwa swey lu tsafya zusawkrr nìteng.

Srak nga tsun nìna'vi pivlltxe?

Ke nìtam. Plltxe a tsaw längu ngäzìk to tsawa pamrel sivi, tì'efumì oeyä slä na fwa poltxe awngeyä 'eylan alu Normì, tsameuri mi zene fko tskxekeng sivi nìtxan. Oe keran nìpxi tsafya sirvalew fmivi fratrr a 'ì'awn tìreyka oeyä. Ayeylanìl sì soaial oeyä fpatsìl futa hek sì eltur tìtxen si nì'it fwa fìfya krrnekx lì'fyafpi leNa'vi slä oeri nìpxi fìfnekem ke lu nìlfkrr stxong nìhawng. Kxawm tsakrr a 'ewana oe sngolä'i fukfa nivume lì'fyati leNi'pon fìlì'fyato leNa'vi harmatsek nìtxan. Set tsun tslivam tsata san« lu fì'u Prrton a kem seri nìtrrtrr nìPrrton »sìk.

What's you favorite Na'vi word? Did you incorporate it (or others) into your everyday vocab?

San« SNUMÌNA »sìk. Oeyä elturi fìlì'u pam si nìpxi na tsasäfpìl lu mì kamtseng tseyä. Stum fratrr sar. Serar oel fìtxan pxìm fte muntxatan oeyä kop tsun tslivam nìftue hufwa ke tsun po nìNa'vi pivlltxe kaw'it.

In your opinion, what are the top three user-created content on the LN website?

°1) Tolel oel ta Payoang a tsatisyìrti a wìntxu keyit Kaltxì Palulukanä. Wou tsa'u nìwotx. Pxìm lew säpi oe tsawfa ulte oeyä eylanur kop sunu nìtxan.

°2) Tìstuseftxaw aytsulfäyuä lelì'fya 'Rrtayä lì'fyateri leNa'vi ulte fra'u a tsauteri frapo pamrel si fìtsengepxaw ayoengfpi.

°3) Fralì'u a tsat frahapxìtul fìlì'fyaolo'ä plltxe, sar, ngop fratrr. 'Ivong Na'vi!!

Tìpuslltxe leMeuia: Kelku ayLì'uä Taronyuä. Oel tsat ke sar nìtrrtrr, slä fpìl futa luke tìngop peyä, txampxì ayhapxìtuä lì'fayolo'ä a set tsun oeyä faylì'ur tivìng nari sì sat tslivam luke tìngäzìk tsafya tsun kem sivi nì'aw fa fwa for lu tìteswotìng anawm peyä.

Ulte ke tok tsal LN.orgit, slä luke Lì'fya leNa'vi ro Wikipuk, ke tsun oe nìNa'vi pivlltxe. Uvan 'oli'a.

Have you made any contributions to the LN community that you're particularly proud of?

Tengfya tsaWikipuk ke tok nìpxi fìtsengit, slä kìte'e fpi lì'fya leNa'vi a zola'u ta MaSempul.org na tsmuk LearnNavi.orgä oeru seykxel sì teya si. Fìtsengìri kop lu tsafneayu apxay ulte tengkrr a srr ftem, saw a lam na tsawa tsranten frato oeru lerateiem luke renu nìpxi. Tìlngay a fìlì'fyati fratrr ngop frapol fte nìlkeftang tsawl sleru ulte ta tsawotx tsayhapxìr ahì'i oeyä kop lu tìtsunslu a srung sivi nìfay'o a 'ìt slu la'it frakrr oer tsun tivam.

What is it that you liked/hated the most about Avatar ?

Ufì! Fì'u lu ngäzìk nìtxan... mungwrr fwa oel ve'kì 'uti a'aw awngeyä relteri ayawne. Tsaw lu tstxo tsatskxeyä akerusey a nì'Ìnglìsì fko syaw anopteyniam. Tsalì'uri SNUMÌNA tsangopyu!

For ke yawne lu a tute apxay teri fìrel arusikx poltxe san« vur ke lu sìlronsem kaw'it taluna ke lu ke'u amip a len »sìk. Fì'uri oe ke tsun mivllte nìwotx taluna oel fpìl futa tsatxele alu tsaheylu tswinfa mip lu nìwotx taluna lu fya'o a tsun ivomum nìpxi stum fra'uteri a len mì hifkey Eywa'evengä. Awngari fì'u tsun livu unil nì'aw luke awngeyä tìftia kifkeyä. Nìlaw oeri tìftia kifkeyä tsranten nìtxan, slä tsasäfpìl a mì sa'u pxaya ayfnel ayswiräyä tsun nìftue tsaheyl sivi fte tireapivängkxo oeru mowan lu nìngay... stum mowan nìhawng... taluna tsar lu tìtsun atxur fte 'iveyng pxaya tìpawmit tìluä awngeyä 'Rrtamì. Slä, hufwa fì'u lu oeru tsasäfpìl relta amip frato, Na'vi ayswirähu tsaheyl si a sa'u ke lu Uniltìrantokxä tsayalo a oeru sunu frato.

'Awvea krr a nìn oel Uniltìrantokxit 'olefu futa hufwa lu vur a len mì hifkey a 'Rrtari lìm nìtxan, tsaw lu mì kamtseng vurä tìlusuteri homosapiensä. Tengkrr a vur tarelä arusikx 'erong, stum frahapxìti tìlusuä awngeyä tsun fko tsive'a. Tsayhrr a oeru lu ral frato lu tsìnga hapxì a sal oeru tung futa kame tsat a tok kxamtsengit fìtìluä frapeyä le'Rrta.

Hapxì a1°ve: Tsakrr a ke tsun tslivam tsata leren awngapxaw... Tsyeykit ayatokirina' frrfen sì 'ampi...

Tsakrr a ke tsun tslivam 'uoti a leren ayoeng pxìm awngaru sunu fwa ngop mipa tìlngayit a tsari tsun 'ivefu sìltsan to txopu a tsun 'ivong ta fwa ke tslam. Pxìm awngal nulnew ftuea tìoeyktìngoti awin to fwa tìkangkem sivi fte eyawra tìoeyktìngit rivun. Nìlaw lu sute a tsun nìltsan fìfnekrrit sivar fte iveyk aylaheti ìlä ayfya'o atsleng. Hufwa to Tsyeyk Neytiri ralit aungiayä tsun tslivam, poe polltxe san« ziva'u »sìk nì'aw. Fì'ur tìyawr leiu, tì'efumì oeyä.

Hapxì a2°ve: Hufwa lam ngäzìk nìhawng, tsakrr a fkeyä hemur tìyawr... Tsyeykit Ngìreysitsì Moatìl lonu...

Hufwa tsaswaw lam mefo nìpxi na mekutu akawng, meuniltìranyuri Tsyekä sì Ngìreysä Moatìl stawm txe'lanit peyä ulte sìyìmit mefeyä mun'i fte mefot livonu. NìSUNG, tengkrr fìmefor ätxäle si poe fura mefo frapor Na'viyä srung sivi fte fmivi keluti frapeyä zivong. Fìtxeleri ke lu ke'u aftue. 'Okvurìri lì'fayolo'ä leNa'vi 'Rrtamì, vay set ke lu aylì'u a sar lu ral aeyawr nìtam fte fra'uteri fayuä pivlltxe nìyeyftue, slä silpey oe, fìhapxìteri aynga tsun tslivam lunit a nìpxi fìtxan yawne lu oer. Nìvurvi, ronsem Moatä to peyä tìsti anusekx tsaswawä seykxel leiu ulte peyä hemru tìyawr. Wou tsafneTsahìk.

Hapxì a3°ve: Ayioang a tsun lafneswirär täpivung srung sivi tsakrr tìkinä apxa... Eywal fpole' a palulukanìl Neytirir txalit peyä tìng...

Nìlaw fìfnekem lu tsim tsawä a tsar ayoeng syaw tìyawn. Kip ayioang le'Rrta fì'u len nìmunmun. Pxìm ke lu kea tìoeyktìng alaw. Txo lu ftuea txele a sa'semìl 'evengit hawnu, luke tìpawm tsun fko tslivam nìyey. Ngian, pelun tolfino (tursiopsì) tuteor srung sivi fteke pot yivom syarko (selakimorfa)? Nìteng, ngeyä ioangtsyìp lewupwup (kanisì lupusì familiarisì) pelun ayhapxìtur soaiayä ngeyä fmi tìhawnu sivi? Pelun 'efu po nìfya'o a lu hapxìtu soaiayä nì'änsyem? Lolonu smarit peyä palulukanìl ke nì'aw slä fìhapxìri relä  kop slolu ioang lekìte'e tsasmarfpi. Tsengeri lerel arusikx vola alo tsole'a. Frakrr tsngawvìk oe.

Hapxì a4°ve: Fìrelteri ke'u ke lu ngay slä fra'u lu ngay nìwotx... tusula pa'lit vay kxitx peyä nekx txepìl tìwusemä

Tsapa'li ke lu pa'li angay. Pot eltufa lefnap sawtutel a'a'aw ngolatsop 'Rrtamì. Tsranten poteri lu txele a tengkrr a por ke lu kea tìlu angay relmì arusikx, holpxay nì'änsyem ngaya pa'liyä a ke tsun sgnivä'i fko sivutx 'Rrtamì ka 'okrol sì 'okvur awngeyä nìteng TOLERKÄNGUP nìtsraw nìwotx taweyka ayoeng ke tsun rivun fya'oti a tìkxeyä tsamtsyìpit awngeyä tsun skiva'a. Txo tsakrr a lam nìwin palulukan eo Neytiri oe tsngawvìk, oeri tsakrr a tsapa'li menarieo lam sì'efu skäpa'a nìwotx.

Tìska'ari KelUtralä Omatikayayä... KE'U angay. 'Rrwanta, Tarfur lefkrr (pxiset), Mantsyungwo, aytayo tuwongä Amerikayä sre sì maw fwa teyra sute polähem Ewropata, hllpxìltu Azìtekä, Mayayä, sì Inkayä... FRA'U ngay längu nìwotx. Kawnga ayrenu 'okrolä sì 'okvurä awngeyä tätxaw sekrrur nìmun nìtut. Pesu kllfro'? Pesul fì'ut fteykoleiang?

Has Avatar  changed your life in any way?

Srane sì kehe. Oel serar txampxìt krrä a ke tìkangkem seri fte ayufpi lì'fyayä leNa'vi kem sivi. Nìn oel TxiVit set ke pxìm ftawnemkrrto. Pukur tìng nari set ke pxìm nìteng. Oeru leiu mipa eylan nì'ul taka kllpxìltu apxay 'Rrtayä, slä nìtxampxì fra'u mi 'erì'awn luke fwa lololatem. 'Efu oe ftxavang fìlì'fyateri a fì'u oeru prrte' lu nìtxan. Ngäzìk lu fwa fkol spaw futa fìtxan tsranten oer txantsana fìtìtxula arusey.

If you could ask Frommer or Cameron three movie or language related questions what would they be?

°1) Ma Pawl, tsakrr a nga rewon txen si, peul ngaru netrìp 'eykefu futa new ngivop mipa horenit aylì'utisì lì'fyayä leNa'vi?

°2) Ma Pawl, nìawnomum vay set ngaru sunu frato a lì'u leNa'vi lu san« meoauniaea »sìk slä peu lu koren le lì'fya a nìteng frato ngaru teya si?

°3) Ma Tsyeymzì, srake omum ngal tsimit tsalì'uä alu san« religion »sìk nì'Ìnglìsì? Srake tsangrr lam säfpìlmì tsaheyluä?

What else do you do in you free time?

Oel kop ngop tseoti nì'it krro krro.

Name your top three favorite Earth animals from most favorite to least. Why those? What's the animal you're most terrified of?

º1) Lekelkua ioangtsyìp lerawraw (felisì katusì) taluna oeyä meioangur moe yawne latsu ulte moeru mefo leiu na meveng.

°2) Ayhì'ang a mun'i ayrìkit ulte sat munge (ata sì akromìrmeksì) taluna feyä tsafnetìkangkem wou nìwotx vay fwa stum ke tsun fko tsat nìngay spivaw.

°3) Ke lu ioang, slä zene pivlltxe san« prrwll »sìk. Ngaytxoa. Lor oer lu tsafne'ewll sì 'opin tseyä frato.

Tsafneioang a frato txopu si oe lu tsayngawng a fpxäkìm tokxit tuteyä ulte tsat terok nìtut. U'hu'fuhuhu'... Vä' vä' VÄ'! Ta'leng leyayo nìwotx!

Pirate, ninja, zombie, or robot?

Luke tìpawm, Ropxot. Lu 'eveng a tsakrr sat nìlkeftang txerula oel. Taluna numtsengìri oeru tìftia holpxayä ke längu seykxel nìtam, ftxoley tsata ftia 'a'awa txele alahe, slä mi yawne lu oer frafneropxot. Ngian, lam na tute fu ioang a tsaw oeru ke tsranten kaw'it. Nìsung, Pxenter Fyutsyuramata oeru vä' nìtxan. Srekrr nì'it, tsole'a tsarelit arusikx alu «Mun» ulte oeri tseyä ropxot alu Ngerti txantsan leiu nìwotx. Fpìl oel futa ropxot a tsun nìNa'vi pivlltxe na hufwe wivou frato! Tsatìtsun larmu SitxRiPiOr, srak?

What three items would you take to a desert island and why?

Na lapo apxay a oesre poltxe, ke tsun oe fì'uteri fpivìl luke fwa oer lu skxom a fì'txeleri tsun tivung sivung tuteot a po ke lu nìpxi san« 'u »sìk. Txo ke ts[missing as yet unknown counterfactual]un tivung futa kivä oehu 'awsiteng tuteo ayawne, oel kin nì'aw kun sì tseyä pxusora sì hì'ia tskxetsyìp lefngap a'aw. Slä nìyawr fìuvanä ayhorenìlä...

º1) Tawsìp a'aw ta rel arusikx alu «tìTusul aFnu nìWotx» (ulte tseyä pxehapxìtu alu Hìyui, Txìyui sì Lui nìteng).

º2) Oeyä muntxatan alu Yotswa (ulte moeyä meveng leioangtsyìp alu Say sì Txeksì).

°3) Oeyä Mäkä ayrelä tìstarsìm leayfoto fte oeyä tìreyit lesrekrr ziverok nìltsan nì'ul.

If you could travel to anywhere in space and time (including fictional universes), where would you go and why?

Uo kelku tsmukanä sa'nokä oeyä tsatxon'ongmaw nì'it sre saswaw a po tspäpolang pxaya zìsìtsre. Oeyä soaiari oerisì tsa'u kawkrr ke tsayun zivo nì'änsyem. Pelun ne tsatseng tsakrrä? Tse, fte pohu tsivun fmivi pivänkxo tsalunteri a po narmew fìkifkeyftu tsatxon hivum. Kxawm latsu säspxino na toxknäpekx  lengäng, slä txo tsaoeyk lu 'uo a peyä sì'efuta zarma'u... Txo...

If you were granted one single wish what would it be?

Nìrangal, fìtìrangal oeru ke lilvu. Oeru fìfnetìrangal ke lu säfpìl asìltsan. Tì'efumì oeyä, fa fwa nìkllfro' kem si nì'aw zene fko tsivun tìlngayit fkeyä leykivatem.

What is a question you'd ask yourself? How would you answer it?

TìPAWM: Pelun fìtxan krrnolekx oe fìtxelefpi? Tì'EYNG: Taluna fìlì'fyaolo' oer tsranten nìtxan ulte lì'fyari leNa'vi mowan oer leiu nìhawng nì'it.

True or false?

º1) Oeru txum längu syuve letsyokolìt nìwotx ulte txo tsat yivom tìyerkup pxìswaway.

°2) Kip ayfizayu oe lu Karolusì Maknusì a por fko syaw Syarlemeyn nì'Ìnglìsì letrrtrr.

°3) Lu oe 'evi ahì'i a tsakrr ioangtsyìp leräkxun (pìrosian lotor) kelku sarmi oeyä soaiayä kelkumìfa ayhapxìtuhu letute 'awsiteng. Poru sunu fwa yom ayskìrimit slä sre fwa tsat yom 'armefu pol frakrr futa zene tsat yivur fa mestxo mì fay nìteng. Ke lu kea tìkin a plltxe teri sìngäzìk a tsal nìtut por ngarmop.

What is the funniest, weirdest, or most embarrassing Na'vi or Avatar  related thing that has happened to you?

Fì'u vay set ke oer lolen, ngian, lu nìlaw txele lekrr azusa'u ha mi na maweypeyyu perängey nìtut.

What books, at least 1 fiction and 1 non-fiction, are you into these days (or if you prefer are your favorites of all time)?

Nìlfkrr tsaria ke tsun vur tìlngayteri... NilStivensonä puk alu san« Änatxem »sìk. Nìhapxì fìvurìri pol tsat ngolop fte kìte'eti tivìng fpi aysäfpìl a ta tsapongu alu Long Now Foundation zera'u. Hufwa fìpuk lu vur kifkeyoteri a tsar ke lu tìlu angay, aysäfpìl a sat tsun fko rivun ngrrpxaw set awngeyä fìkifkeyur nìlaw tsranten nìtxan. Tsaria lu sìltsan fwa frapo Rrtayä tsar tivìng nari... StìyuartìPìräntä puk alu san« The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility »sìk eltur oeyä tìtxen si ulte fayhapxìtu nìngay fmeri ftivia aysänumvit ftawnemkrrä ulte tsatìomumit sivar fte zusawkrrit sleykivu sìltsan nì'ul fpi eveng awngeyä evengä nìtut tì'i'avay krrä.

[Taronyu]

Wou Prrton! Seykxel sì nitram! Oe namewomum tsnì a krr nga, ma Prrton, pamrel sayi mì fìtseng. Ngeyä reltseo txana lor leiu! Nga zene ziva'u ne fìtsenge nì'ul. (Oeru lenomum haya túteteri leiu!)

Set: nìn fì'ut. Txana Na'vi! O.O Txantsan!

[Plumps]

Tewti! ulte ngeyä tìlusuri NotW aylrrtok ngar!

Oe päpawm fralo san pefya tsun nga pamrel sivi fìtxan pxaya 'ur? sìk Ulte tsakrr, pxaya lì'ut amip! Oe zene nivume tsar nì'awve... Txantsan nìngay!

Ke ftxayey teri ngay fu tsleng — oe lu fìtxan kawng fayuhu Nì'aw omatsum futa säspxin taluna fko ke tsun yivom ... syuve na txum ... lu 'u akeftxo.

[tsrräfkxätu]

Wou Prrton, ma oeyä nawmtu! Oeru prrte' lu furia nì'i'a "ultxa si" hu nga ngeyä soaiasì. Sìngop ngeyä nìhawng lor lu (oe kop fmi ngivop, slä saw ke lu lor pumpxel ngeyä.) Ngalmop oel 'a'awa 'ut leraku. Pefya ngop tsayrum ahì'i tsun fko tsive'a muvea relmì?

Pxesì'eyng oeyä:
1) Tsleng. Kawtur ke lu txum syuve letsyokolìt, ulte txo ngar tsaw lu ha nìngay wrrpaftu fìkifkey zama'u nga.
2) Ke omum. Slä tute a pona latsu muiäa pizayu ngar. Ftxey oe ngay.
3) Ngay. Omatsum oel futa räkxunìl tsat si.

Seykxel sì nitram!

[Tirea Aean]

Seykxel sì Nitram!!! parmey oe furia ngati tsive'a fìtseng!!

[`Eylan Ayfalulukanä]

Congratulations, Prrton on being named NoTW. Look forward to reading what looks like a fascinating post!

['Oma Tirea]

Congratulations, Prrton on being named NoTW. Look forward to reading what looks like a fascinating post!

Sran.

Spoiler

I was beginning to wonder if this belonged in the Na'vi nì'aw forum

[Tirea Aean]

srane. stum poltxe oe san Txantsan! Na'vi nì'aw! slää....kk kkk k kkampo preykrr!!!!! HRH

[Kyle Kepone]

Very nice!, Congrats, ma prrton!

[Tirea Aean]

3) Ngay. Atsomum oel futa räkxunìl tsat si.

Eyawr lu fwa Omatsum kea fwa atsomum.
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Ngayop oel hawngkrr sì'eyngit tìpawmìri a ngay/tsleng.

[tsrräfkxätu]

3) Ngay. Atsomum oel futa räkxunìl tsat si.

Eyawr lu fwa Omatsum kea fwa atsomum.

Tìyawr ngaru, irayo!

[Plumps]

Fìtxan hola tì'eyng... Kxawm sute perey ngeyä ralpengur
So few answers... Perhaps people await your translation

Zamunge fte rivey oel sìpawmit ta kìng Tireayä Aean:
I'll revive the questions I asked Tirea in his week of fame

i) Srake lu 'uo a nga kem sirvi nìmun sì nìmun?
Is there something you could do over and over again?

ii) Srake lu 'uo a nga kem ke silvi?
Is there something you regret to have done?

iii) Srake lu swaw a new nga zivong tì'i'avay krrä?
Is there a moment that you wanted to save forever?

[Prrton]

I'm REALLY SORRY about the delay on this, everybody. I really am struggling this week to balance needs of family (in Vegas from South Carolina) with work (in Vegas from the Bay Area) and the attention that my honorable responsibilities here at NotW mandate. I'll have time to answer questions and engage a bit more late tonight and tomorrow night (if work doesn't explode in some bad way tomorrow during the day... Fingers crossed...)

PS: There are touches of unblessed vocab in here that are currently under consideration by K. Pawl. If I get answers, I'll post them here and in Lang. Updates (or he may unveil them via his blog). The only thing that's blessed is the adjective «lefkrr» for "current". (Le.F(ì).Krr). He decided a while back to allow CCrr/ll, but I don't think every announced it publicly.

Who are you?

I'm a male, William Britton Watkins, but everyone calls my father by William so since I was an infant I've been called Britton. This name comes from one of my mother's female ancestors and my parents decided on it because they just liked the sound of it. I'm 43 terran years old and two years ago my husband, Josh (who is called "Yotswa" (from "Joshua") in Na'vi) and I married. We live in San Francisco, California and fortunately have a 2nd home in the Forest of Sonoma County that's close enough to S.F. that we can go there often for emotional solitude. For my work I assist terran corporations with their product business strategies. Fear not. The RDA is not one of them. ;-) I often have to travel for work and that's the case now too. I'm writing this while flying home from Austin, Texas to San Francisco to see Josh, relatives visiting from from South Carolina and our two cats for a few days before then flying to Las Vegas, Nevada to pick back up on my project. When traveling for work projects, I'm often very tired, but I try to keep an eye on this site because the Na'vi language community is truly important to me.

Why are you here?

This tale is not too long. Last year, before noon on the day that Avatar began that night at midnight Josh called out to me to ask if I knew that the movie had a constructed language in it or not. I didn't know a thing about it but started looking for info on the Na'vi language immediately. First I located the story on NPR in which K. Pawl chatted with Rene Montaigne. I listened to that over and over and being to follow every link about our language that I could find on Google. As of that day LN.org still didn't exist, but someone had created a web page where you could see almost all the words listed from the ASG and maybe there were some grammar rules on (roger's) Wikipedia article, but I can't remember clearly... well, that's not so important...

Before dusk that same evening, I wrote a message to K. Pawl using Na'vi and sent it to his university address. I cobbled that little message together in utterly messy Na'vi, but the Professor seemed to have been able to understand it well enough and that same night just after I'd finished dinner with friends I got his response on my iPhone.

Dr. Frommer,

I (humb-ly and happi-ly) See your-grace.

I'm (humbled &) pleased at my being-able to-chat with your-grace in-Na'vi Internet-ly.

Please, to-your-grace I'm (humbled & pleas-ed) to-request that your-grace would do a pattern-weaving-word-Na'vi complete-ly.

I (humbl-ly) desire learn spreek Na'vi.

Thank you.

Brit'on Watkins

Wow, Brit'on, your language is very good. I didn't think there was anyone who could speak like this in Na'vi at this time.

Forgive me, I'll switch now to English...

As they say, "the aftermath is history."

And the words I wrote to the professor then... If you can't laugh about it you have to cry, right?! But, the bird that doesn't delay excessively has the best chance at catching a worm...

Of course, I'm quite content that I was brave enough at that time to send that moronic message to the Professor because by acting quickly I now have excellent new friends such as yourselves.

Where do your alias and profile pic come from?

As I explained, "Prrton" is my normal name "Britton" from English pronounced as is possible with Na'vi movement of the tongue and lips. In the past I had a member pic that I created using Photoshop from  a photo that I took around the house in the Sonoma forest -- and I liked it not just little bit because it had a bit of my belovèd moss in it -- but something happened some time ago in the conversation among the members of the community that was very injurious to my psyche and at that juncture I decided that I would remove the image. That memory and action were and are important to me, but I can't explain why to others easily. It's reminiscent of a scar from fighting that never heals completely. I've largely forgotten that event, but not thoroughly, and it seems best to me that it be so into the future as well.

Srak nga tsun nìna'vi pivlltxe?

Not enough. Speaking is sadly more difficult than writing in my opinon but like our friend Norm said, both of those things requre a lot a practice. I intend to try to keep it up throughout my life. My friends and family seem to think that it's both odd and interesting that I spend time on Na'vi like this, but it is not particularly strange for me to be at this kind of activity of late. I think it was more more bizarre to when I began to study Japanese via books as a youngster. Now they get it that this is just "Britton acting like Britton."

What's you favorite Na'vi word? Did you incorporate it (or others) into your everyday vocab?

"SNUMÌNA". To my brain this word just sounds like the core concept of what it is. I use it almost daily. I use it often enough that my husband easily understands what it means even though he can't speak Na'vi at all.

In your opinion, what are the top three user-created content on the LN website?

1) The "Kaltxì Palulukan" t-shirt I got from Seabass.

2) The terran linguists' analysis of Na'vi and everything that all of them write and share about it around here.

3) Every word that the members of this community say, use, create daily. 'Ivong Na'vi!

Honorable Mention: Taronyu's dictionary. I don't use it regularly, but I think that without his creation the majority of the members of this linguistic community who are now reading these words of mine and understanding them witout difficulty are only able to do that by their having his noble gift.

And, it's not on LN.org, but without "Na'vi" on Wikibooks, I would not be able to speak this language. Game over.

Have you made any contributions to the LN community that you're particularly proud of?

Like the afore mentioned Wikibook it's not specifically here, but the support for Na'vi that's come from MaSempul.org as a sibling to LearnNavi.org is something that is confidently satisfying to me. There are also many of those kinds of things here, and as the days pass the ones that I see as most important change kind of randomly. The reality that this language is bieng continually expaned by everyone and my little parts having the ability to help in the bit by bit big picture of it all keep me content enough.

What is it that you liked/hated the most about Avatar ?

Ugh! This is quite the challenge... except that I hate one thing about our beloved film. That's the appellation of the dead rock that in English is called unobtanium. STOOPID originator of that word!

Many folks who don't care for this movie say, "the story is devoid of anything clever because nothing original happens." I cannot completely agree with this because I think the neural bond via the queue is a total innovation in specifically allowing virtual omniscience regarding all things Pandoran. We can only dream of this kind of thing without our science. Of course, science is very important to me, but the aspect of the concept that various types of creatures can easily bond with each other to have intimate communion truly excites me... almost too much... because that embodies the substantive promise to answer many of our terran existential questions. But, though this is the film's idea that is most innovative in my eyes, the Na'vi's bonding with creatures are not the incidents that most appeal to me.

When I first watched Avatar, I felt that even though it was a story set on a world far away from Earth, the gist was fundamentally about being human. As the story unfolds, one can observe practically every facet of our being. The episodes that hold the most meaning for me are four parts that allow me to clearly perceive what's at the crux of our terran existence.

Part 1: When we can't understand what's happening around us... the atokirina' visit & touch Jake...

When we can't understand something that's happening we often like to invent a new reality about which we can feel better than the fear that can unfold with the incomprehensible. We often prefer a quick and easy answer over putting in the work to find the correct explanation. Of course, there are those who can leverage this kind of situation to lead others astray. Although Neytiri has more of an inkling about the meaning of the omen than Jake, she simply says, "come". I'm pleased about the propriety of this.

Part 2: Doing the right thing even in the face of overwhelming events... Moat releases Jake and Grace...

Even though in that moment the seem particularly like evil enemies, Moat follows her heart and releases the avatars of Jake and Grace by cutting their bonds. ALSO, she simultaneously asks that they help save everyone's home. There is nothing easy about this. We still don't have sufficient vocabulary on Earth to talk fluently about this subject, but hopefully you can all understand why this episode is so precious to me. To summarize, Moat's strong mind trumps her burning fury and she acts righteously. Now THAT's a matriarch!

Part 3: Creatures come to the aid of other creatures in times of great need... The thanator sent by Eywa defers to Neytiri...

Clearly this is the origin of that which we call "love". This happens among the beasts of Earth over and over again. Often there's no clear explanation for it. If it's the simple matter of a parent protecting a child, anyone can get that straight away. However, why would some dolphin protect a person from being eaten by a shark? Also, why does a pet dog endeavor to protect the members of his "pack"? Why does he feel like a full-blown member of the family? Not only does the thanator release its prey but in this scene turns around and becomes a beast of burden. I've seen this in the theater 8 times. I always cry.

Part 4: Nothing and everything in this film is simultaneously true... the fleeing direhorse burns to death in the fighting...

The horse is not real. He was created by a bunch of computer folks on Earth. The important thing about this is that while the animal in the film is a fiction, utterly countless numbers of absolutely real horses have DIED in abject misery over the course of human history because we can't find a way to eradicate the waywardness of our precious wars. If I cry when the thanator suddenly appears before Neytiri, I am utterly destroyed by the sight of the horse.

The destruction of the Omaticaya's HomeTree... nothing real about it. Rwanda, current Darfur, Manchuria, The plains of the native Americans before and after the arrival of the "white people" from Europe. The empires of the Aztec's, Maya, Inca... ALL utterly true. The barbaric patterns of our history repeat ad infinitum. Who is responsible? Who will stop it?

Has Avatar  changed your life in any way?

Yes and No. I use the majority of my time outside of work for things related to Na'vi. I watch less TV than before. I read fewer books too. I have many new friends from across the planet, but in large part everything is unchanged. I'm very pleased with the passion that I feel for this language. It's a little difficult to believe how important this living construction is to me.

If you could ask Frommer or Cameron three movie or language related questions what would they be?

1) Paul, on those auspicious days that you wake up and want to create new Na'vi vocabulary and grammar, what's motivating you?

2) Paul, We know that your favorite word in Na'vi is "meoauniea", but what's your favorite thing about the grammar?

3) James, do you know the derivation of the word "religion" in English and does that concept have expression in tsaheylu?

What else do you do in you free time?

I also make art from time to time.

Name your top three favorite Earth animals from most favorite to least. Why those? What's the animal you're most terrified of?

1) Pet cats. Because they seem to love us and they're like children to us.

2) Leafcutter ants. Because that labor of this is damn amazing; almost unbelievable.

3) It's not an animal, but I have to say "moss". Sorry. That's the plant along with its color that's most beautiful to me.

The type of animal/creature of which I am most afraid are worms that infest the human body. Ugh huh huh... Absolutely vile! Goosebumps!

Pirate, ninja, zombie, or robot?

Hands down, robot. When I was a kid I was constantly constructing them. Because I wasn't particularly strong in math in school, I chose many other things to study, but I still love all kinds of robots. However, it's not particularly important to me that they look like humans or animals. Also, I find Bender from Futurama quite grating. Not long ago, I saw the film "Moon" and was really into the robot in that, Gerty. I think a robot that could speak Na'vi fluently would be the best ever!! Could C3PO do that?

What three items would you take to a desert island and why?

As others have already said I can't consider this without the option to have "someone" along with me who's not technically an "item". If I'm not allowed to have any loved one with me, all I need is a gun and one bullet. But, according to the rules of the game...

1) One of the spaceships from the film "Silent Running" (and its 3 crew members Huey, Dewey, and Louis).

2) My husband Josh (and our two cats, Sy and Dex).

3)My Mac iPhoto library to better remember my former life.

If you could travel to anywhere in space and time (including fictional universes), where would you go and why?

To the back garden of my uncle's house that evening so many years ago some moments before he took his own life. This is a facet of my family's and my life that will never heal completely. Why there and then? Well, to be able to chat with him about why he wanted to depart this world that evening. It was probably stomach cancer, but if the cause was emotional... If...

If you were granted one single wish what would it be?

To be rid of this wish. I don't think this kind of wish is a good idea. In my opinion, people should change their realities by taking action, responsibly.

What is a question you'd ask yourself? How would you answer it?

Q: Why do you spend so much time on this stuff? A: Because this community is very important to me and I love the Na'vi language just a wee bit too much.

True or false?

1) I am deathly allergic to chocolate.

2) One of my ancestors was Carolus Magnus whom we call Charlemagne in everyday English.

3) When I was a small child a pet raccoon lived in the house with my family members. She liked to eat ice cream but felt compelled to wash it with her two paws in water beforehand. Needless to say, this constantly created issues.

What is the funniest, weirdest, or most embarrassing Na'vi or Avatar  related thing that has happened to you?

This hasn't happened yet, but it's just a matter of time and I'm waiting patiently.

What books, at least 1 fiction and 1 non-fiction, are you into these days (or if you prefer are your favorites of all time)?

Recent fiction... Neal Stephenson's "Anathem". He wrote it in part to support the ideas coming out of the Long Now Foundation. Although it's about a fictional world, the fundamental ideas found in it are quite relevant to ours. A recommendation for all earthlings... Stewart Brand's "The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility" is very interesting to me and members of his/our group are actually trying to use knowledge from the past to improve the future for our children's children in perpetuity.

[Dreamlight]

Hm, again it's a tough call, but after some thought I'll say true, false, true.

[Prrton]

Wou Prrton, ma oeyä nawmtu! Oeru prrte' lu furia nì'i'a "ultxa si" hu nga ngeyä soaiasì. Sìngop ngeyä nìhawng lor lu (oe kop fmi ngivop, slä saw ke lu lor pumpxel ngeyä.) Ngalmop oel 'a'awa 'ut leraku. Pefya ngop tsayrum ahì'i tsun fko tsive'a muvea relmì?

Ma oeyä 'eylan, tsayrum ahì'i a sawteri nga perlltxe lu rumtsyìp a fkol sar nìtrrtrr fte spive'e sngelit letokx meioangtsyìpä lekelku moeyä. Tsat fkol ngop fa silikon*. Mì satseo tsat sar 'awsiteng hu sera* na fnetseo a tsar fko syaw enkawstìk. Oeru sunu tsahapxì tseoä talun lam oer na fnesäspxino. Tstxo lu «tìtusel säspxinä»*. Nìlaw tìspxin oeru ke lor lu kaw'it, slä tseori tsun fkor lor livu pxaya fya'ofa, tì'efumì oeyä.

[Prrton]

Fìtxan hola tì'eyng... Kxawm sute perey ngeyä ralpengur
So few answers... Perhaps people await your translation

Zamunge fte rivey oel sìpawmit ta kìng Tireayä Aean:
I'll revive the questions I asked Tirea in his week of fame

i) Srake lu 'uo a nga kem sirvi nìmun sì nìmun?
Is there something you could do over and over again?

Ummmm... write too much in Na'vi? 

I really do like the creative processes associated with thinking up new ways to express concepts in Na'vi. I never tire of thinking about them.

Others...

Meals with friends.

Visiting the waterfalls of Yosemite in Spring. (They make the moss in the forest at their bases very very happy.)

ii) Srake lu 'uo a nga kem ke silvi?
Is there something you regret to have done?

There is one thing that I really regret NOT having done, and that involved communication with my uncle whom I already mentioned. I wish I had shared more details of my life with him while he was still alive.

I regret HOW one of my partners took our splitting up in my past and my part in that. We were not great at communicating with each other. His native language was Japanese. Mine is English, but the languages were not the issue. Both was fluent in the other's native tongue. It was more of a cultural thing. I think I "became" too Japanese when we were together and left too many things unsaid and under-discussed for too long. I wish that his feelings had been hurt less by our splitting up, but I don't believe that that process ever could have been painless and perfect. I'm envious of people who remain close friends with their exes.

iii) Srake lu swaw a new nga zivong tì'i'avay krrä?
Is there a moment that you wanted to save forever?

There are many moments that I don't want to ever forget. Some are "good" emotionally. The kind that make me cry from happiness. Some are "bad". They represent lessons that I hope I've learned... mistakes that I don't want to make twice. BUT, I don't like "living in the past" and I really detest the idea of "someday so and so [good thing] will happen..." So, while I'm something of a romantic, I'm a "pragmatic romantic" and I believe you have to constantly work at setting up circumstances to be conducive to supporting "good stuff" and that "happiness in little things" is one of the best ways to keep things positive day after day. Hanging on to "big happiness" from the past and reminiscing about it is not my thing.

[Prrton]

OK, folks!

I seem to have scared everyone away.

I'm finally done with work and about to be done with traveling this week.

Apologies again for not being more actively engaged earlier in the week.

Any other/new questions I might try to answer in the final hours of my week?

Kaltxì, tsengeta letswayon LasìVekasä!

[Plumps]

Ngeyä pxesì'eyngìri oe ngaru seiyi irayo.

I can only speak for myself: I wasn't scared away... your honesty about your feelings, experiences and personal history struck and moved me deeply. I have the feeling in these instances that every word would be a word too much and still wouldn't say what's important...

This whole project is meant to get to know the people behind the ›avatars‹, nick names, posts and signatures better — mission accomplished

fa meuia

['Oma Tirea]

OK, folks!

I seem to have scared everyone away.

...

To me, it seems to happen only with the "'Na'vi nì'aw' fratsenge" folks

But otherwise, you did quite well for being NOTW.

[Tirea Aean]

Prrton is the man. enough said. Speaking Na'vi with him is a great experience...hope to do it again sometime. I enjoyed this thread.