Tiny and Otherwise Ridiculous Words

Started by Stranger Come Knocking, January 23, 2012, 09:52:22 AM

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Stranger Come Knocking

I don't think I'm quite qualified to move up to Intermediate, and I feel like this might ease some newbie fears or curiosities.  So, I'll go ahead and ask: Do Na'vi have tiny and otherwise useless/ridiculous words?

Psst!
Hey!
Okay!
Ow!
Oof!
Bah!
Psh.

And, I know hangham and hrh, but for those of us who don't really use chatspeak or l33tsp34k, would hrh be extended to "haha" or something different?  Considering they have no written alphabet, I assume so...unless they laugh differently ???

I'm sure I'll have some other words later on. ;D
I will not die for less
I dug my grave in this
Will I go before I fall
Or live to slight the odds?

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Tirea Aean

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saa, ìley, tsa-hey, wiya, pxasìk, oìsss, ko

the words you listed, mostly we do not.have.

Reykoveyzä te Werufalä Haflak'ite

Quote from: Tirea Aean on January 23, 2012, 10:07:37 AM
saa, ìley, tsa-hey, wiya, pxasìk, oìsss, ko

the words you listed, mostly we do not.have.

tsa-hey isnt in the dictionary, what does that mean?
ko is listed under "solicit agreement". is it like srak, as in "do you agree ko?" or as in oe mllte?
Irayo, ma frapo, ma oeyä smuke sì ma oeyä smukan.
Vivar 'ivong Na'vi! Eywa ayngahu!



*if i make a mistake in any of my Na'vi, please correct me :)

Stranger Come Knocking

Quote from: Reykoveyzä te Weru'falä Haflak'ite on January 23, 2012, 10:58:01 AM

tsa-hey isnt in the dictionary, what does that mean?


tsa-hey intj. expression of warning or frustration 'crap!' 'ah hell!'
I will not die for less
I dug my grave in this
Will I go before I fall
Or live to slight the odds?

These are my books.  You should check it out.  Speculative sci-fi murder mystery historical fiction.

Tirea Aean

ko is explained by Frommer on the wiki:

http://wiki.learnnavi.org/index.php/Canon

Quote from: Paul Frommer on 09 January 2010
As for ko, I don't know any Japanese but I did have in mind Mandarin ba, a sentence-final particle glossed by Li and Thompson as "solicit agreement." Typical translations of ba are: "Don't you think so?""Wouldn't you agree?" "Let's . . ." "Why don't you . . ." "I'll do X, OK?" I've used ko for all such things, maybe a bit more widely than ba

Reykoveyzä te Werufalä Haflak'ite

and now the meaning of kivä ko becomes apparent  ;D !
Irayo, ma frapo, ma oeyä smuke sì ma oeyä smukan.
Vivar 'ivong Na'vi! Eywa ayngahu!



*if i make a mistake in any of my Na'vi, please correct me :)

Stranger Come Knocking

Quote from: Reykoveyzä te Weru'falä Haflak'ite on January 23, 2012, 12:48:34 PM
and now the meaning of kivä ko becomes apparent  ;D !
Have you perchance downloaded Na'vi in a Nutshell? ??? Very helpful.
I will not die for less
I dug my grave in this
Will I go before I fall
Or live to slight the odds?

These are my books.  You should check it out.  Speculative sci-fi murder mystery historical fiction.

Reykoveyzä te Werufalä Haflak'ite

Yes, but last time I read through it I had literally NO knowledge. I might try it again now though
Irayo, ma frapo, ma oeyä smuke sì ma oeyä smukan.
Vivar 'ivong Na'vi! Eywa ayngahu!



*if i make a mistake in any of my Na'vi, please correct me :)

Kamean

Tse'a ngal ke'ut a krr fra'uti kame.


`Eylan Ayfalulukanä

And we have ìì for verbal pauses in discourse: um, er, and perhaps ahh..

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Kamean

Tse'a ngal ke'ut a krr fra'uti kame.


Tirea Aean

'ä' ìì of course I forget the newer ones ;D

Alyara Arati

Also tam for okay, and tam tam for there, there.  If those count...
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'Oma Tirea

Quote from: Tanhì Mì Ton on January 23, 2012, 09:52:22 AM
Psst!

Maybe "tse" although that's not usually as discreet as "psst!"

Quote from: Tanhì Mì Ton on January 23, 2012, 09:52:22 AM
Hey!

A word has been proposed for that, although not yet official: 'ay!

Quote from: Tanhì Mì Ton on January 23, 2012, 09:52:22 AM
Okay!

"Tam" or "tsun tivam"

Quote from: Tanhì Mì Ton on January 23, 2012, 09:52:22 AM
Ow!

You can hear it in the movie when Jake steps on a Na'viyä kxetse.  It comes naturally to any language :)

Quote from: Tanhì Mì Ton on January 23, 2012, 09:52:22 AM
Oof!

Na'vi doesn't really have a defined word for that.

Quote from: Tanhì Mì Ton on January 23, 2012, 09:52:22 AM
Bah!

"Pak," is probably the closest we have to that, although it can't be used by itself.

Quote from: Tanhì Mì Ton on January 23, 2012, 09:52:22 AM
Psh.

"Pxasìk" might work, although beware that it is a vulgar word in Na'vi (apparently the Na'vi think that apathy is the worst thing ever that can happen to fko).


Another word, often abused by Xelloss: nang!

There's also "wou" from English "whoa", "au!", and "oìsss!"

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