"How's your Na'vi" n ìNa'vi

[Tepo]

Hello,a few days ago my friend and I had a nice little conversation about how to say "How's your Na'vi?" nìNa'vi. I had few translations based on some english and czech sentences.

"Ngeyä Na'vi lu fpom, srak?"
Based on "Ngaru lu fpom, srak?" Meaning "How are  you?"

"Fyape lu ngeyä Na'vi?"
Stricly translated word-to-word.

"Nga lu sìltsan Na'viri ngeyä?."
"Speaking about your Na'vi, are you good?" I am not sure with the use of topical.

"Fyape lu nga Na'viri  ngeyä?"
"Speaking about your Na'vi, how are you?" Again, not sure with the topical.

Could you help me out, please? Maybe no one of the above are correct. Oel irayo si ngat!

[Plumps]

From the blog:

Srake fnan ngal lì'fyati leNa'vi?
Are you good at Na'vi?

I don't think your first bit would work. Somehow it's a too idiomatic phrase to transfer it to that meaning.

Your second is good, except for Fyape lu ngeyä lì'fya leNa'vi?

For the third & forth, I'd change it to:
Lì'fyari leNa'vi, nga plltxe nìltsan srak?
Concerning Na'vi, do you speak (it) well?
Remember that the topical always starts the sentence.

And nari si oe irayo si (ay)ngar

Hope that helps

[Kemaweyan]

Nga fyape plltxe nìNa'vi?

[Vawmataw]

"Fyape lu ngeyä Na'vi?"
Stricly translated word-to-word.

Fyape plltxe nga nìNa'vi?

"Nga lu sìltsan Na'viri ngeyä?."
"Speaking about your Na'vi, are you good?" I am not sure with the use of topical.

Lì'fyari leNa'vi nga plltxe nìltsan srak?

"Fyape lu nga Na'viri  ngeyä?"
"Speaking about your Na'vi, how are you?" Again, not sure with the topical.

Perlltxe teri ngeyä tìomum lì'fyayä leNa'vi, lu ngar fpom srak?

But I don't know if it's the meaning.

[Kemaweyan]

Perlltxe teri ngeyä tìomum lì'fyayä leNa'vi, lu ngar fpom srak?

But I don't know if it's the meaning.

I think we have topic for this:

  Tìomumìri lì'fyayä leNa'vi lu ngar fpom srak?

But I don't like it.

[Tìtstewan]

  Tìomumìri lì'fyayä leNa'vi lu ngar fpom srak?

But I don't like it.

Yay, that sounds a bit strong for me.

[Tirea Aean]

From the blog:

Srake fnan ngal lì'fyati leNa'vi?
Are you good at Na'vi?

I don't think your first bit would work. Somehow it's a too idiomatic phrase to transfer it to that meaning.

Your second is good, except for Fyape lu ngeyä lì'fya leNa'vi?

For the third & forth, I'd change it to:
Lì'fyari leNa'vi, nga plltxe nìltsan srak?
Concerning Na'vi, do you speak (it) well?
Remember that the topical always starts the sentence.

And nari si oe irayo si (ay)ngar

Hope that helps

^ i definitely agree with this.

"Fyape lu ngeyä Na'vi?"
Stricly translated word-to-word.

Fyape plltxe nga nìNa'vi?

"Nga lu sìltsan Na'viri ngeyä?."
"Speaking about your Na'vi, are you good?" I am not sure with the use of topical.

Lì'fyari leNa'vi nga plltxe nìltsan srak?

"Fyape lu nga Na'viri  ngeyä?"
"Speaking about your Na'vi, how are you?" Again, not sure with the topical.

Perlltxe teri ngeyä tìomum lì'fyayä leNa'vi, lu ngar fpom srak?

But I don't know if it's the meaning.

And this, except that last one. I'd rather use one of the other, earlier ones.

[Tepo]

Wow, oe irayo si ayngar, ma eylan . Thats a lot of options, I'm glad you wrote these down here. And ngaytxoa, I  forgot to use lì'fya,  I was a bit asleep .

[Blue Elf]

Wow, oe irayo si ayngar, ma eylan . Thats a lot of options, I'm glad you wrote these down here. And ngaytxoa, I  forgot to use lì'fya,  I was a bit asleep .

Well, there is often more than one option

[`Eylan Ayfalulukanä]

"Fyape lu ngeyä Na'vi?"
Stricly translated word-to-word.

Fyape plltxe nga nìNa'vi?

"Nga lu sìltsan Na'viri ngeyä?."
"Speaking about your Na'vi, are you good?" I am not sure with the use of topical.

Lì'fyari leNa'vi nga plltxe nìltsan srak?

"Fyape lu nga Na'viri  ngeyä?"
"Speaking about your Na'vi, how are you?" Again, not sure with the topical.

Perlltxe teri ngeyä tìomum lì'fyayä leNa'vi, lu ngar fpom srak?

But I don't know if it's the meaning.

To throw another viewpoint in here... I don't like the first one 'how speak you Na'vi'. It seems too brief. It feels like it need a lì'fya but by using plltxe, one can assume we are speaking about language here.

The second one is one of the better translations that are in this thread.

The last sentence is very precise. which is something I personally like. But it is also too wordy for general use.

So, if it were my choice, I would use either your second sentence, or Fyape lu ngeyä lì'fya leNa'vi?

[Plumps]

"Fyape lu nga Na'viri  ngeyä?"
"Speaking about your Na'vi, how are you?" Again, not sure with the topical.

Perlltxe teri ngeyä tìomum lì'fyayä leNa'vi, lu ngar fpom srak?

But I don't know if it's the meaning.

The last sentence is very precise. which is something I personally like. But it is also too wordy for general use.

But unfortunately, incorrect. 'speaking' here is a gerund and not the imperfective form of the verb. For me, even the gerund form tìpuslltxe teri makes no sense to me (and I'm not even sure whether this is possible because gerunds can't take an object ... is an adpositional phrase an object for the gerund?) ... this is exactly what the topic is for, tì'efumì oeyä. Also, I stress again that ngaru lu fpom srak is such an idiomatic expression that I can't for the love of Eywa find the connection between language ability and the well-being of the person.

Another possibility:
Fyape lu ngeyä plltxetswo lì'fyayä leNa'vi?
'How's your ability to speak Na'vi?'

But again, I'd say the canonical srake fnan ngal lì'fyati leNa'vi? is good enough for me

[Tirea Aean]

I'm with Plumps on this one.

[`Eylan Ayfalulukanä]

I rather like Plumps's suggestion:

Fyape lu ngeyä plltxetswo lì'fyayä leNa'vi?
'How's your ability to speak Na'vi?'

Precise and not too long. But why the genitive case on lì'fyayä?

[Tirea Aean]

I rather like Plumps's suggestion:

Fyape lu ngeyä plltxetswo lì'fyayä leNa'vi?
'How's your ability to speak Na'vi?'

Precise and not too long. But why the genitive case on lì'fyayä?

'How is your speak-ability of the Na'vi language?'

Question: noun sandwiched between two genitives. Ambiguity? Grammatical?

Is the speaking ability yours, or the Na'vi language's? O.o otherwise I was sure that this one was right on.

I'm still leaning most toward "Srake ngal fnan lì'fyati leNa'vi?"

EDIT: How about:

Lì'fyari leNa'vi plltxetswo ngeyä lu pefya?

[Plumps]

'How is your speak-ability of the Na'vi language?'

Question: noun sandwiched between two genitives. Ambiguity? Grammatical?

Maybe it's just my use of the language but I don't see ambiguity here. I place possessive pronouns as close as possible to the word they should describe.

Now,
Fyape lu plltxetswo ngeyä lì'fyayä leNa'vi?
that would be a whole different story

[Tirea Aean]

'How is your speak-ability of the Na'vi language?'

Question: noun sandwiched between two genitives. Ambiguity? Grammatical?

Maybe it's just my use of the language but I don't see ambiguity here. I place possessive pronouns as close as possible to the word they should describe.

Now,
Fyape lu plltxetswo ngeyä lì'fyayä leNa'vi?
that would be a whole different story

Fyape lu ngeyä plltxetswo lì'fyayä leNa'vi?

Two different parse trees:

Fyape lu [ngeyä {plltxetswo lì'fyayä leNa'vi}] (this was the intention I think.)

Fyape lu [{ngeyä plltxetswo} lì'fyayä leNa'vi] 

...ngeyä plltxetswo lì'fyayä...
rearranging SHOULD be possible without meaning loss.
...lì'fyayä plltxetswo ngeyä...

To which of these genitive nouns does the plltxetswo belong? Both of them? That's what's confusing me. I KNOW what you mean and you mean tho first one because the second one I weird, but what happens when you have a single noun sandwiched between two genitives? Whom do you know which one is the main one? Or something

[Blue Elf]

'How is your speak-ability of the Na'vi language?'

Question: noun sandwiched between two genitives. Ambiguity? Grammatical?

Maybe it's just my use of the language but I don't see ambiguity here. I place possessive pronouns as close as possible to the word they should describe.

In Czech it works well - genitives are processed sequentially as they appears in sentence

Now,
Fyape lu plltxetswo ngeyä lì'fyayä leNa'vi?
that would be a whole different story [/size][/font]

Well, it is "ability to speak your Na'vi language". You have different Na'vi than other people

[Tirea Aean]

Interesting concept. hmmm

[Vawmataw]

Now,
Fyape lu plltxetswo ngeyä lì'fyayä leNa'vi?
that would be a whole different story

Well, it is "ability to speak your Na'vi language". You have different Na'vi than other people

Also,  THIS IS KARYU PAWL'S LANGUAGE, NOT YOURS        .

Sadly, the word ''tswo'' doesn't exist. I'd write:

Petsu'o lu ngar fte plltxe nìNa'vi/lì'fya leNa'vi?

[Tirea Aean]

-tswo only exists as a suffix for verbs..

And tewti ma tsmukan, chill out. O.O