being yourself

Started by Vawmataw, August 22, 2014, 10:05:07 PM

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Tirea Aean

So the French one looks direct:

Be your-self

And the German one looks like

You, be self.

I'd think that the word self/selbst/même would translate to sno, but that word only works for third person singular. There otherwise is no word for self/selbst/même that would apply to 1st or 2nd person. Is this what was brought up in LEP all that time ago? I have to wonder if the pronouns get repeated in 1st/2nd person (if the verb is not transitive) like Esperanto, or if there really will be a new word like sno for each person. My bet is on repeating the pronouns for 1st/2nd person doing intransitive verb. I could totally be wrong though.

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Quote from: Tirea Aean on August 22, 2014, 11:51:51 PM
Wìntxu ngeyä ranit angay.
Show your true intrinsic character / personality.

Wìntxu ngeyä snolupit.
Show your personal style.
These two looks like best solution for now.

As for Ngar lu snolup - with <iv> it could work as imperative - Ngar livu snolup, although we know that <iv> doesn't mean command.
I can also thing about *Nga livu nga, but it sounds weird, also in English. Or some rewarding, like "Do as your nature commands you" (what does not have to help ...)
Hmmm, material for LEP?
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Tirea Aean

I'm comfortable with those two. I don't think we need to mold Na'vi to be like English more. :)

`Eylan Ayfalulukanä

I don't find the 'thing, be someone's' to be all that strange, seeing what we know about Naʼvi possession.

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Tirea Aean

Of course not. It's just way weird in English ;D