Small Talk in Na'vi

[Quzac]

Well ay-oe isn't "us" it's "us, but not you".

You're using "helps" as a verb there but srung is a noun in the vocab list.  You could re-word it to say something like "We learn with the help of this place"....

Ay-oeng-ìl nume fa fì-tseng-ä srung
1-PL-INC-ERG learn by-means-of this-place-GEN help
(Note that I also added the ergative suffix to us, since we are doing the learning.)

If you wanted "help" to be what is being done in there, you could try the noun form of "learn" as tì-nume.  The tì- prefix serves a similar role to gerunds in English, forming an abstract noun for a verb.  Then you would say it more as "This place helps our learning".

Fì-tseng-ìl srung si ay-oeng-ä tì-nume-t
this-place-ERG help do 1-PL-INC-GEN learning-ACC

Thanks again, and I had this feeling when I was looking over the in/pre/suffixes that -tì, was gonna help me, but I couldn't see where. Thanks though, and it'll help me greatly.

Irayo tsmukan.

[Uniltìranyu]

I thought this forum was about small talk! Can we please get back on topic?

Kaltxì. Oe-ri Uniltìranyu lu. ni-Na'vi-ti plltxe nì'it Oel.

Spoiler

Hello. I am Uniltìranyu. I speak a little bit of Na'vi.

[Ftiafpi]

Kaltxì ma Unilìranyu, oe lu Ftiafpi. Tsun oe nag-hu pivängkxo a fì'u oe-ru prrte' lu.

Spoiler

Hello Unilìranyu, I am Ftiafpi. It is a pleasure to be able to chat with you.

Nga-ru n<er>ume plltxe nì-Na'vi nì-ftue srak?

Spoiler

You are learning to speak (like a) Na'vi easily, yes?

[Uniltìranyu]

Kaltxì ma Ftiafpi

Pll<er>txe ke-ftue lu. Oe-l n<er>ume plltxe nì-Na'vi lu.

Spoiler

Speaking is not easy. I am learning [to] speak Na'vi [though].

[cmsavatarfan]

oe nureme Na'vi. oe tikin srung!


i /im learning Na'vi. i need help.
                 oe-i/im nureme-learning Na'vi oe-i tikin-need srung-help

[Tsteua Tsamsiyu]

Kaltxi ma smukan si smuke
Ayngaru lu fpom srak?
Oel lu Tsueua Tsamsiyuti
Oel nerume plltxe Na'viti lu

hello brothers and sisters
how are you
i am brave hunter
i'm learning how to speak Na'vi

My real name is Brandon What's good 

[Txur’Itan]

Oeti lu tìkin sìltsan tsun si nìNa'viri leplltxe, ulte oel fmiru lenumeti fpi sängi swotu lelerìri eo lenumeie, oel fmiru lenumeti fa kawng tìftangkrr ulte fa kawng skäkrr fte oeyä lenume rayä'ängä emza'u ayfmetok.

Spoiler

I would like to speak good Na'vi but my practice has been delayed because of doing important work, so I am failing.

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Oe-ti lu tìkin  sìltsan tsun           si nì-Na'vi-ri   le-plltxe
I-ACC be need   good    (be.able, can) do ADV.Na'vi.TOP ADJ.speak
I     am desire good    the ability    of Na'vily       speaking 

ulte Oe-l  fmi-ru  le-nume-ti   
and  I-ERG try-DAT ADJ.learn-ACC
and  I     attempt the learning 

fpi               s<äng>i swotu     le-(ler?)-ìri   eo     le-num<ei>e
(for the sake of) do-PEJ  sacred    ADJ.(work?)-TOP before ADJ.learn-LAUD
beacause          of      important working         before learning

oe-l  fmi-ru  le-nume-ti    fa   kawng tìftang-krr  ulte fa   kawng skä-krr
I-ERG try-DAT ADJ.learn-ACC with bad   stopping.time and  with bad   go.time     
I     attempt the learning  with bad   stops        and  with bad   starts 

fte     oe-yä le-nume      r<ay>ä'<äng>ä    emza'u ay-fmetok
so that I-GEN ADJ.learning <FUT>-do.not-PEJ pass   pl.test
so      my    learning     will not         pass   tests