The Quoteworthy Na'vi Thread

[Mako]

Wow. Alright, putting it into the main appendix

[Tseyk Tìriuä]

Haha I have a shirt that says it

[eanayo]

Hehe, this thread is awesome!

My contribution:

tìpxayä sìkin to sìkin tìholä fu 'awpeyä lu swok.

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tì-pxay-ä     sì-kin         to   sì-kin         tì-hol-ä     fu 'awpe-yä       lu swok
NOMZ-many-GEN (pl+)NOMZ-need than (pl+)NOMZ-need NOMZ-few-GEN or one(pers.)-GEN be sacred
The needs of the many are more sacred than the needs of the few or the one. - Spock and Kirk (a bit mangled)

Thanks to tìkawngä mungeyu, Ftiafpi and omängum fra'uti for helping me out with this one last week

And if anyone has a good Na'vi word for idea/plan/thought, there's another quote I'd love to translate.

edit: Modified since we now have a known comparative.

[Lance R. Casey]

Good one! Sanhìkip Tìsaleu FTW, etc.

And if anyone has a good Na'vi word for idea/plan/thought, there's another quote I'd love to translate.

Tìfpìl, perhaps?

[kewnya txamew'itan]

tìnew tìftiayä kifkeyä mì eltu fwa fkor futa fko ke eyawr lu nìwin wìntxu lu. - Rìtsatx Feynman.
The goal of theoretical physics is to prove yourself wrong as quickly as possible. - Richard Feynman.

[Mako]

Ok, I'm going to try to revive this, but Family Force 5 has some good lines, one of them being from their song How In The World, so here's my shot at it:

"Txo ngati lamu lok oel set, oel ke tslam kempe oel sivì, fyape ne kifkey, oel tsame'a oeyä txe'lan ne ngati."

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If you were close to me now, I don't know what I would do, how in the world, I found my heart in you.

[Tseyk Tìriuä]

Skiva'a *Sìtxìti* awnga zene! -Yoda

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Destroy the Sith we must!

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As far as my knowledge goes, we don't know how to inverse yet so i assumed that switching the modal and intentional verbs would do the trick. xD

[Mako]

Nìltsan ma tsmúkan!

[eanayo]

Bah, too bad this thread is so inactive, I really like it.

Maybe one of the more wtf-y film endings can salvage it?

Lu oeru säfpìl... Ma oeyä eyktan! Oe tsun tivìran! - Toktor Tìyawn ahiyìk

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Lu oe-ru säfpìl... Ma  oe-yä eyktan! Oe tsun    t<iv>ìran! - Toktor Tìyawn a-hiyìk
be 1-DAT idea      VOC 1-GEN leader  1  be able walk<SUBJ>   doctor love   ADJ-strange
I have a plan...   Mein Führer!      I can walk!           - Dr Strangelove in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

[Mako]

Spread the word ma tsmukan, we'll get it active

[Txur’Itan]

I suggest you gloss the phrases a bit in the spoilers to make them sticky worthy, and workable for checking the grammar.

Kemìri a ngaru prrte' ke lu, tsakem rä'ä sivi aylaheru. - PAUL FROMMER

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GOLDEN RULE: That which you do not like done to you, do not do to others.


Kem-ìri  a     nga-ru prrte'   ke  lu, tsakem    rä'ä   s<iv>i  ay-lahe-ru.
what-TOP which 2-DAT  pleasure not be, that.what do not do-SBJV pl.-other-DAT.

[eanayo]

I suggest you gloss the phrases a bit in the spoilers to make them sticky worthy, and workable for checking the grammar.

This suggestion is so good that I couldn't even think of anything else but to comply forthwith
Updated my posts, I might look through some others...

[Kì'eyawn]

Tam, ma Tìrepxek, ngeyä uvan sasyeiyi oe...

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Okay, Trebek, i'll play your game [mwahaha]...

[Nayumeie]

Nga zene livu tìlatem a rangal nga tsive'a kifkeymì.

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Nga zene l<iv>u  tì-latem   a    rangal nga ts<iv>e'a kifkey-mì.
you must be<SJV> NMZ-change SBRD wish   you see<SJV>  world-in
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. - Gandhi.

Salew. Leyku sìltsan trrit oeyä.

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Salew.   Sìltsan l<eyk>u  trr-it  oe-yä.
proceed. good    be<CAUS> day-ACC I-GEN.
Go ahead. Make my day. - Dirty Harry.

[Mithcoriel]

Pelun oel ìyomum futa pol ftxivey oet?

Pol tspìyang ngat.

Txantsan!

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How will I know if he chooses me?

He will try to kill you.

Outstanding!

Wow, Omängum made a mistake? Pelun means why, but you meant pefya = how.

I like a quote I saw in someone's sig:
"Fi'u lu keye'ung." - "Keye'ung? Fitsenge. Lu. SPAAATAAA!"

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This-thing is madness. Madness? This. Is. Spartaaa!

And from my sig:
"Ayoe lu aysamsiyu a plltxe 'Ni!'" (Monty Python)

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"Ayoe        lu  aysamsiyu      a   plltxe 'Ni!'"
We(excl.) are PLUR-warrior that  say   "Ni!"
We are the Knights who say "Ni!"

[kewnya txamew'itan]

Almost right mithcoriel.

In the this is sparta quote, it should probably be fìkem at first because the diplomat is referring to them not surrendering. Also, you might want a srak after keye'ung.

Also, in the second you want a san before the ni. This effectively opens the quote marks around ni, the closing speech mark is implied by the fact that you stop speaking.

[omängum fra'uti]

Wow, Omängum made a mistake? Pelun means why, but you meant pefya = how.

I've made far more than that.  Especially my posts back in December, and less so in January like that one.  I had a few ideas wrong back then, and wasn't shy about professing it's how its done anyway.

Anyway, to a new quote...

Oe fpìl, tafral lu.

['eylan na'viyä]

Almost right mithcoriel.

In the this is sparta quote, it should probably be fìkem at first because the diplomat is referring to them not surrendering. Also, you might want a srak after keye'ung.

Also, in the second you want a san before the ni. This effectively opens the quote marks around ni, the closing speech mark is implied by the fact that you stop speaking.

I think this is the perfect situation to throw in a pak, hopefully it fits. ?

"Fìkem lu keye'ung." - "Keye'ung pak? Fìtsenge. Lu. SPAAATAAA!"

[Tsamsiyu92]

As for the Sänumeyu's sentence, doesnt "ulte" fit better than "sì" here?

[nìTsìng Lekinama Yayo]

This thread is awesome, and I feel the need to contribute.

Kifkey lu sngeltseng, ulte oe tsat kin iveyk.

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World be garbage place, and I it-ACC need lead-SUBJ

The world is a mess, and I just need to rule it. ~Dr. Horrible