Author Archives: Pawl

My Na’vigation Talk: Top Ten Pro Tips for New Conlangers

Kaltxì, ma frapo. I hope you’ve all had an appropriately fun and spooky Halloween, and that November has started out well for you. Ulte ayngeyä tìmweypeyri irayo seiyi oe nìtxan. I’ve finally replied to the comments I received on the … Continue reading

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Pxevola lì’u amip     Two dozen new words

Ma eylan, Tse, Vospxìvolaw polähem sneyä tì’i’aro, ulte leiu oe txen. 🙂  (If you don’t know the reference, try this.) We haven’t had any new vocabulary in a long time, so here are a couple dozen words I hope you’ll … Continue reading

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Fmawn atìkeftxonga’     Sad news

Ma eylan, Soaiari Uniltìrantokxä, alo amuve längu fmawn atìkeftxonga’. Ayngari txo ke li ke stilvawm, zene oe piveng san tolerkängup awngeyä eyktan sì ’eylan alu Jon Landau. It came as a terrible shock to learn that Jon Landau, Avatar’s producer … Continue reading

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Ayhapxì tokxä sì aylì’u alahe  Parts of the body . . . and more

Kaltxì nìmun, ma frapo! Our LEP (Lexical Expansion Project) team has been working overtime, and I have an impressive list of submissions, some from months ago, that I’m gradually going through. Most of the following new vocabulary items are either … Continue reading

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Krrteri    About Time

Kaltxì, ma eylan, ulte Vospxìpuk lefpom! Happy June, everyone. I hope you’re all doing well as summer (or winter, depending on where you live!) fast approaches. Among the most recent vocabulary submissions from the LEP (Lexical Expansion Project) were some … Continue reading

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Fleltrrä aylì’u  Words for April Fool’s Day

Kaltxì, ma frapo! Fleltrr Lefpom! Happy April Fool’s Day! No tricks—just a few new words this time along with a new way to use a word you already know. I hope you’ll find these useful. Actually, the only word family … Continue reading

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Mipa aylì’u sì aylì’fyavi nì’ul More new words and expressions

Kxì, ma frapo. Zìsìtnuntrr Lefpom! Happy Leap Year Day! A bit of explanation: I realized there was a gap in the lexicon in the area of words relating to long and short. Here’s what we’ve had up to now:                                     … Continue reading

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Mipa zìsìt, aylì’u amip    New year, new words

Kaltxì, ma frapo, ulte Mipa Zìsìt Lefpom! Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2024 proves to be a happy and healthy one for us all. We haven’t had any new vocabulary in a while, so here are some words I … Continue reading

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’A’awa aylì’u sì aylì’fyavi amip. A few new words and expressions.

Kaltxì, ma eylan! Sìlpey oe, ayngaru lu fpom nìwotx. Once again, I need to apologize that other things have kept me away from Na’viteri for too long. But that doesn’t mean I’ve been away from Na’vi! It’s been a pleasure … Continue reading

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The complete u / ù list for Reef Na’vi

Kaltxì nìmun, ma frapo! Here, at long last, is the complete list of Reef Na’vi words with u or ù. As we now know, Reef Na’vi (RN) distinguishes u (as in English food) and ù (as in English good), while … Continue reading

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