I would understand it if the Grammar thingy had smaller words.....help?

Lukerin · December 30, 2009, 03:30:49 AM

I'm just a kid and reeading that grammar thing almost made my head explode!!! I mean come on! Is anyone out there smart enough to understand it and give me a real quick overview? I'm so lost.

P.S. Even if you don't understand it, reply! Teamwork we can do this!

Taronyu · December 30, 2009, 03:36:39 AM

Which Grammar thingy? There are a few.

Lukerin · December 30, 2009, 03:40:04 AM

The Na'vi pocket guide.....I think?

Taronyu · December 30, 2009, 03:40:44 AM

Right. Well, look around, there are more documents.

It'd be helpful if you told us which terms you didn't understand.

Elfenlied · December 30, 2009, 03:41:14 AM

QuoteI'm just a kid and I was reading that grammar thing (pocket guide), it almost made my head explode! I mean come on, is anyone out there smart enough to understand it? Can someone please give me a real quick overview? I'm so lost.

P.S. Even if you don't understand it, reply! Teamwork we can do this!

I'm in here now, and I'm helping.

Lukerin · December 30, 2009, 03:43:38 AM

Well I mean it is pretty much every other grammatical word makes no sense to me(not the na'vi word but the type of word it is), is there a document with...well...smaller words?

Taronyu · December 30, 2009, 03:49:14 AM

Quote from: Lukerin on December 30, 2009, 03:43:38 AM
Well I mean it is pretty much every other grammatical word makes no sense to me(not the na'vi word but the type of word it is), is there a document with...well...smaller words?

No, we don't yet. I really don't know what to say. I suggest dictionary.com, or of course Wikipedia.

If you want, I can try and explain stuff, but I'm not sure how far I'd get.

Mawey Seze · December 30, 2009, 03:49:49 AM

I had problems with some of the grammar explanations at first, until I read through the Crash Course in Linguistics Terminology. This is an awesome and relatively short intro to what everything means.

Unless this document is the one you're having problems with, and we'll have to take it from there.

Lukerin · December 30, 2009, 03:52:27 AM

Quote from: Lukerin on December 30, 2009, 03:30:49 AM
I'm just a kid and reeading that grammar thing almost made my head explode!!! I mean come on! Is anyone out there smart enough to understand it and give me a real quick overview? I'm so lost.

P.S. Even if you don't understand it, reply! Teamwork we can do this!

Awesome! I will check this out but on't go anywhere, and prepare yourself for a bombardment of questions(probably)!

Lukerin · December 30, 2009, 04:05:21 AM

Two systems exist: Nominative-Absolutive and Ergative-Accusative.
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WHAT??? I read and it made no sense, but beside this so far it has been REALLY helpful!

Taronyu · December 30, 2009, 04:08:35 AM

Read and do this. Should be easy - if not, I need to remake it.

Lukerin · December 30, 2009, 04:24:14 AM

On #2 (Nga-__ oe-__ ke txayängìng.) Nga would have no suffix right?

Taronyu · December 30, 2009, 04:34:38 AM

The answers are on the next page.

Lukerin · December 30, 2009, 04:50:30 AM

Tricky, tricky, tricky. Oh and I kinda get it now thanks. I mean I get it but I screw up all the time.

Taronyu · December 30, 2009, 04:53:05 AM

Quote from: Lukerin on December 30, 2009, 04:50:30 AM
Tricky, tricky, tricky. Oh and I kinda get it now thanks. I mean I get it but I screw up all the time.

Practice, practice, practice. I highly suggest the IRC, and the Skype rooms. They are very helpful.

Lukerin · December 30, 2009, 04:56:08 AM

Sure, and is nga pronounced like "n" or "n-ga"?

omängum fra'uti · December 30, 2009, 05:03:35 AM

ng-a. The ng is like in "Sing" but without the "si". To an English speaker it's an odd sound to start a word with, but practice a bit and you'll get used to it. Same goes for ejectives and glottal stops.

Lukerin · December 30, 2009, 05:10:48 AM

Oe-l irayo-ti nga-ru.

Eywayä Irrtok · December 30, 2009, 05:13:43 AM

Quote from: Lukerin on December 30, 2009, 04:50:30 AM
Tricky, tricky, tricky. Oh and I kinda get it now thanks. I mean I get it but I screw up all the time.

Hey man I'm just a kid too, all it takes is research and a good community. I can add you on msn and help you if you want

Lukerin · December 30, 2009, 05:17:37 AM

I dont have msn.