Pronunciantion website

Started by Kaltxì Palulukan!, January 01, 2010, 09:58:59 PM

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Kaltxì Palulukan!

Hey everybody.

In my never ending search for pronunciation guides I found the site below. It is amazing (for English--wish they made one for Na'vi--we'd all learn in NO TIME!!). Please scroll down about half way on the page to the blue diagram and scroll over the different vowels (make sure you have the sound on). This is a page worth drolling over. :-)


http://www.americanaccent.com/pronunciation.html
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omängum fra'uti

Be careful if you use that chart, the symbols are different, even when they look like the ones that Na'vi transcriptions use.  For the Na'vi vowel sounds the closest on that chart are...

a = ä
ä = æ
e = ĕ
i = ē
ì = ĭ
o = ō
u = ū

HOWEVER those pronunciations have some extra sounds in them besides the vowel, quite a number of them sound more like dipthongs than straight vowel sounds.
Ftxey lu nga tokx ftxey lu nga tirea? Lu oe tìkeftxo.
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Kaltxì Palulukan!

Quote from: omängum fra'uti on January 02, 2010, 05:08:57 PM
Be careful if you use that chart, the symbols are different, even when they look like the ones that Na'vi transcriptions use.  For the Na'vi vowel sounds the closest on that chart are...

a = ä
ä = æ
e = ĕ
i = ē
ì = ĭ
o = ō
u = ū

HOWEVER those pronunciations have some extra sounds in them besides the vowel, quite a number of them sound more like dipthongs than straight vowel sounds.

Irayo ma omängum fra'uti

I did find great help in the video someone posted in this forum somewhere (it is on my computer now, so who knows where it was), and the Linguistic-terminology-crash-course.pdf and other documents have helped me gain foothold on this. These document, some confusing at first, really help speed the learning process.
2022 update: Working on the new astrology book. "How to read tarot" books are on Amazon, if you are into that sort of thing.
Okay, so the old podcast is here: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/radioavatar It was goofy fun that ended too soon, but we had creative people. I hope we can get a new gang together (interested? PM me, let's make some magic!)
(Very old, outdated) Na'vi FUN activity book is here: But what are you doing? Let me know! :)

Doolio

#3
i am well aware that i am quite a nuissance with serbian, but the vowels that exist in serbian (a, e, i, o, u) are, imho, the same as their na'vi counterparts, judging by the frommer's clips.

here is the link with the IPA markings and the english approximation (which is pretty accurate in terms of sound*, although the precision varies in terms of sound length, but that is not very important):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_language#Vowels

* - more accurate example for "u" would be the "oooooh" in that song that goes "ooooh baby i love your way, everyday" :D
...taj rad...

okilivin

noob question i know, but the apostraphe does not affect speech correct?
Oe tul.

omängum fra'uti

In the written Na'vi words, such as "Na'vi" it means a glottal stop.
Ftxey lu nga tokx ftxey lu nga tirea? Lu oe tìkeftxo.
Listen to my Na'vi Lessons podcast!

okilivin

Oe tul.

Tìsyaw Nantangä

Quote from: okilivin on January 03, 2010, 04:34:49 AM
meaning?

There is a glottal stop in the middle of "uh-oh" (as in "uh-oh, a viperwolf just bit off my arm"). After the "uh", you are doing a glottal stop before saying the "oh".
Mì saw, kawtul tsun stivawm ngayä ayzawngit.

okilivin

Oe tul.