Which words to learn first?

Started by Oldslappy, December 26, 2009, 11:00:07 PM

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Oldslappy

#20
Ah! How many words have you learned since then? I think I'll pick 7 really common and useful words for every 3 days of the week then taking a "quiz" on the last day of the week. I would really like to find one of those worksheets though.

It seems that the Worksheets are still being worked on, and I'd still need to have knowledge of the basic vocab right?

Eyktan ahìi Ayzekwä-ti hawnu

When we learned French in high school, essentials were:

To be
To have
To want
To like
To eat
To go (somewhere)
To leave
To arrive
To return

as well as subject pronouns:

I
You
He
They
We
etc

after that work on words that involve your daily routine, and practice them as you go about your day.

Oldslappy

#22
Do you really think those words are useful enough to start out with? I was thinking something like:

yes
no
hello
goodbye
thank you etc....

EDIT: I've actually found a list that's more applicable for basic na'vi:

Basic Verbs, Prepositions, Articles, Pronouns, etc.

1. come
2. get
3. give
4. go
5. keep
6. let
7. make
8. put
9. seem
10. take
11. be
12. do
13. have
14. say
15. see
16. send
17. may
18. will
19. about
20. across
21. after
22. against
23. among
24. at
25. before
26. between
27. by
28. down
29. from
30. in
31. off
32. on
33. over
34. through
35. to
36. under
37. up
38. with
39. as
40. for
41. of
42. till
43. than
44. a
45. the
46. all
47. any
48. every
49. no
50. other
51. some
52. such
53. that
54. this
55. i
56. he
57. you
58. who
59. and
60. because
61. but
62. or
63. if
64. though
65. while
66. how
67. when
68. where
69. why
70. again
71. ever
72. far
73. forward
74. here
75. near
76. now
77. out
78. still
79. then
80. there
81. together
82. well
83. almost
84. enough
85. even
86. little
87. much
88. not
89. only
90. quite
91. so
92. very
93. tomorrow
94. yesterday
95. north
96. south
97. east
98. west
99. please
100. yes

I might rearrange a few words for flashcards' sake but as is I think it's a pretty solid base.

txum tukru

i just replaced simple words in everyday speech at first, but now writing out the whole dictionary for the language till i remember most of them!
pesu nga?          "who are you?"
Oe lu toktor.       "the Doctor!"
pesu?                "who?"
nì'aw, toktor.       "just, the Doctor!"

Eywayä Irrtok

Quote from: Eywa mokriyä on December 27, 2009, 02:05:04 AM
There are actually some worksheets to work with...but I can't remember where on the forum. :) You should try to find them.

I have read about them but they are mainly to aid in learning the correct use of affixes rather than helping one learn the whole part of the language
Tìng mikyun nìltsan, fì'u fya'o ne tslayam letok lu -- mune sì mune tsìng lu.

tute nuereime

well if you go straight to the verbs then you have to teach the inffixes which can be confusing if they don't know anything yet
kaltxì peng oeru fra'uya niNa'Vi

Oldslappy


wm.annis

Quote from: Oldslappy on December 27, 2009, 05:03:04 PM
Is krrpe pronounced "kerrrpay"?

The Na'vi e is never pronounced "ay."  It's always just "eh."

Sound file attached.


Oldslappy