Author Archives: Pawl

Ma smuk, Before anything else, irayo nìtxan for all your encouraging comments. I truly appreciate them. And needless to say, I’m very pleased the Community is finding these posts helpful. I don’t always reply, but I do read all the … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo. Sìlpey oe, ayngari zìsìt amip sngilvä’i nì’o’ nì’aw. Here’s some new vocabulary for the start of 2012, in no particular order. Thanks as always to the Vocabulary Committee and others for some excellent suggestions. wo (vtr.) ‘reach … Continue reading →

Here’s the last post for 2011, with a bit of new grammar. I have a large backlog of vocabulary I want to get to you, but that will have to wait until next year.   CONTRASTIVE DEMONSTRATIVES This sounds intimidating, … Continue reading →

In his comment in the previous post, Plumps noted that yora’tu ‘winner’ surprised him; he expected yora’yu. He’s right—it is surprising. As you know, the general rule for forming an agent (the one who does the action) from a verb … Continue reading →

Ma smuk, As most of you know, to celebrate LN’s second anniversary the Community organized a second Na’vi Writing Contest. The theme this time was “Teri fwa fmal fìlì’fyati ayawne: On keeping this beloved language alive” and the categories were … Continue reading →

Kaltxì nìmun, ma smuk— This will be a brief post, with only a handful of new words, mostly from the vocabulary committee. More to come soon. kxukx (vtr.) ‘swallow’ Fìnaer ftxìvä’ lu nìhawng, ha sweylu txo ngal tsat kxivukx nìwin. ‘This … Continue reading →

Ma eylan, Here are a few new words, mostly suggestions from our hardworking Vocabulary Committee, along with a bit of new grammar. Na’vi has two different words corresponding to the English word source; it’s important not to confuse them. One is: … Continue reading →

Kaltxì nìmun, ma frapo— Here are some new words I hope you’ll find useful. Thanks as always to the Vocabulary Committee for their excellent ideas. Much of the following material is due to their efforts. stxenu (n., STXE.nu) ‘offer’ This word … Continue reading →

After this post, you’ll be able to ask and answer that question.  By the way Na’vi has two adverbs that function like English “by the way” but are used in different situations. mìftxele (adv., mì.FTXE.le) ‘by the way, in this regard, … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo— Here’s some information about reported speech that I hope you’ll find useful. Reported speech As you know, the main speech verb is plltxe, which can be both transitive and intransitive. When you’re reporting what someone said, the most … Continue reading →