Vocabulary

[kewnya txamew'itan]

Tawtsahaylu ~ Wireless Connection (Sky Bond - Taw tsahaylu)

Sky is used as an adjective here, I think so. So we should add "le-" at the begining (letaw). And when we mean "sky bond" we can say "letawa tsahaylu" or "tsahaylu (a)letaw". Am I not wrong?

PS. Is "tsahaylu" or "tsaheylu" correct? Some sources says "tsahaylu", some "tsaheylu". IMO "tsaheylu" sounds better.

It looks like you don't need the le in compound words (tawtute for example should really be either letawa tute or tawyä tute) so tawtsaheylu would be fine.

As for tsahaylu/tsaheylu, we're not sure. In the film it's always pronounced tsaheylu but the text we've been given has it spelt tsahaylu. Until we hear from Frommer either is OK.

[Ataeghane]

Oh, irayo. I really looks like there is no affix in compound words. I didn't know about "tawtute". Thank you for answering question.

And your profile image is awesome.

Thank you. 

[Taronyu]

Edited the first post, Eywayä. Just included links to my two dsictionaries, I think that's helpful.

[Ataeghane]

Do you know if there is any word for "use"? I think it's very useful word... 

[Txaslan]

You should add the new words Frommer introduced in his answers in the Language Log to the Dictionary. 

[Taronyu]

You should add the new words Frommer introduced in his answers in the Language Log to the Dictionary. 

I've done that. Didn't we add them here, as well?

[Swokéyan]

Now this is very handy Irayo

[ftia]

ftia (me) has put up a table of about 500 words.
They are in a MS works table so all can open.
Can sort by na'vi, english, word type, #letters, etc.
enjoy

[MawnŽtey Ateyo]

Hurray first post! Oh, some might know this but if you'd like, I have found a site with basic Na'vi vocab!

http://www.learnnavi.org/navi-vocabulary/

[Eaite Randjam]

Hurray first post! Oh, some might know this but if you'd like, I have found a site with basic Na'vi vocab!

http://www.learnnavi.org/navi-vocabulary/

That is, of course, connected and affiliated with these forums.

[Arthur]

> On an email recently (Jan 30th) received, Frommer began his letter with

Ngeyä pxesìpawmìri ngaru seiyi oe irayo.
'Awa tìpawmìri 'iveyng oe set; aylari zusawkrr 'ayeyng.

> I searched high and low for their meanings, but I couldn't find the meaning of aylari.
> I think it says

I thank you for your three questions.
I'm answering the first question now, aylari answer soon.

> Can someone help me analyze the phrases?
> So far I got:
Nge-yä pxesìpawmìri nga-ru s(e)<iy>i oe irayo
You-GEN three-questions-TOP you-ACC do<IMM> I thank

'Awa tìpawmìri 'iveyng oe set; aylari zusawkrr 'ayeyng.
One-ADJ question-TOP SJV-answer I now; aylari on the future PL-answer.

> I believe pxesìpawmìri means "as for the three questions", tìpawmìri means "as for the question", and 'ayeng, "the answers". Correct me if I'm wrong, please.
> However I couldn't find out what "lari" means, assuming "aylari" stands for PL-lari.
> Shed some light, please, ma smukan?

[Unil Akawng]

> However I couldn't find out what "lari" means, assuming "aylari" stands for PL-lari.
> Shed some light, please, ma smukan?

Aylari is probably a short form of aylaheri, "as for the others" (consider how aylaheru-> aylaru, "to the others").

[Atan'eveng]

Kaltxì ma smuktu

Can anyone tell me if 'eveng is inflected by gender? Like 'evenge and 'evengan (weird)
I ask because, since 'eveng means "child" and "child's not inflected in the languages I know, I was wondering if there is this possibility in Na'vi.

Kìyevame

[Erimeyz]

We don't know for sure.  We don't have a definitive ruling, and we don't have a lot of examples.

However, it appears that in Na'vi any noun that could actually be male or female can take the male or female endings - but they never have to, and usually don't.  So, yes, 'evenge and 'evengan are probably correct... but in most cases will be unnecessary.

  - Eri

[Unil Akawng]

Can anyone tell me if 'eveng is inflected by gender? Like 'evenge and 'evengan (weird)...

I think formally yes, it can, but it's completely redundant, because we already have 'itan and 'ite 

[Atan'eveng]

That's what I thought, but someone told me that 'itan and 'ite are more like, literally son and daughter and 'eveng is more figurative. I ask because of my nickname, anyway, I go with 'eveng for now, it sounds way better.

Irayo!

[Unil Akawng]

...'itan and 'ite are more like, literally son and daughter and 'eveng is more figurative. I ask because of my nickname, anyway, I go with 'eveng for now, it sounds way better.

Well, this might be true, but currently it's only guesswork, nonetheless. Karyu Pawl provided us only with the direct meaning of the words, the subtleties of vocabulary usage still remain unknown.

I ask because of my nickname, anyway, I go with 'eveng for now, it sounds way better.

Uh, I don't know, atan'ite sounds way better in my opinion. But perhaps it's just me, as I tend to dislike the gender-neutral terms generally. See no need to be wishy-washy in this respect, kind of.

[wm.annis]

But perhaps it's just me, as I tend to dislike the gender-neutral terms generally. See no need to be wishy-washy in this respect, kind of.

That's not wishy-washy, that's just the language.  Na'vi likes the gender neutral terms, something it shares with more Human languages than you might suppose (Mandarin Chinese, for example, or Persian, or Finnish...).

[Unil Akawng]

That's not wishy-washy, that's just the language.  Na'vi likes the gender neutral terms, something it shares with more Human languages than you might suppose (Mandarin Chinese, for example, or Persian, or Finnish...).

The smile at the end of my post is there for a reason, you know... Besides, Russian being my native tongue, such approach is only natural.

[Atan'eveng]

I said it sounds better than 'evenge  I like atan'ite, it was actually my first nickname as you all might have noticed, maybe I'll go back to  this one.
I know the difference between 'eveng and 'ite is just a guess but you can see the difference between Mo'at'ite and Eywa'eveng, I don't knw....
anyway, not being wishy-washy, just had to ask since it's a language nobody, except Paul, knows.