Na'vi Translation for Beginners

Atsawl · July 13, 2010, 08:14:57 AM

>Basics for beginners

Go -> kä
Come -> za'u
Create -> ngop
Make/build -> txula
Welcome -> Zola'u nìprrte

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Kaltxì -> Hello
Oel ngati kameie -> I see you
Kame ngat -> See you
Welcome -> Zola'u nìprrte
Eywa ngahu - > Eywa with you
And you? -> Ngaru tut?
I love you -> Nga yawne lu oer

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What is your name?/What are you called? - > Fyape fko syaw ngar?

---My name is ___/----I am called ___
Tstxo oeyä lu ___ // Oeru syaw (fko) ___

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Good bye/See you again soon -> Kìyevame ((I will) see (you again) soon)
How are you/Are you well? -> Ngaru lu fpom srak?

tsmukan · January 23, 2011, 09:05:01 AM

Why isn't there a "u" at the end of ngar, in the end of the frase; Fyape fko syaw ngar?

I want it to be "Ngaru", "to you", like this

Fyape fko syaw ngaru

Carborundum · January 23, 2011, 09:32:05 AM

Quote from: tsmukan on January 23, 2011, 09:05:01 AM
Why isn't there a "u" at the end of ngar, in the end of the frase; Fyape fko syaw ngar?

I want it to be "Ngaru", "to you", like this

Fyape fko syaw ngaru

That is also correct. In fast speech, optional syllable final vowels (such as the -u in -ru) are often dropped. This can be done with most case markers.

-ru → -r
-ti → -t
-yä → -y

Notably, it is not allowed with the topical case.

-ìri/-ri ↛ *-ìr/-r

Edit: also, that's quite the necropost you did there. You should probably have posted this either in its own thread in the Prefixes, Infixes and Suffixes sub-forum, or as a response in the Na'vi expressions and idioms thread.