Author Archives: Pawl

Kaltxì, ma frapo! Is it already Leap Year Day? It’s hard to believe! Kä krr pesengne? Here are a few new words I hope you’ll find useful: smaw (vtr.) ‘approve of’ Fayhemit oel smaw nìwotx. ‘I completely approve of these … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo. As the year changes, I want to take this opportunity to thank you all so much for being part of our lì’fyaolo’—a wonderful language community comprised of creative, supportive, dedicated people who are keeping Na’vi alive and … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo. It’s my pleasure to present to you, as a listening exercise, an evocative narrative poem by our Tsyili. The recording is by the author and Tirea Aean. In any language, poetry is more difficult than prose. So … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo! I’ve had a few grammatical discussions with some of our sulfätu lì’fyayä that I wanted to share with you. I’ll begin here with one about “choice questions,” and report on the others in subsequent posts. Then, as … Continue reading →

Kaltxì ma frapo, Tengkrr lerok zìskrrsomìl tì’i’at, sìlpey oe, ayngari te’lan livu lefpom ulte tìrey zivawprrte’. We haven’t had any new vocabulary in a while, so here are a few words and expressions, along with a couple of idioms, that … Continue reading →

This post containing some new Pandoran plants and animals is based mostly on the diligent and excellent work of our own Txawey, who clearly devoted many hours to making this information easily available to the community. If I might quote … Continue reading →

Kaltxì nìmun, ma frapo. We’re overdue for some listening exercises! I’d like to begin posting these periodically to give us all some additional practice in understanding spoken Na’vi. Today’s little exercise is from a rich source—the masterful and exciting European … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo! I hope you’re all doing well and enjoying the lead-up to summer.  It’s been a while. 😄 But it’s good to be back. To start to make up for lost time, here are 40 new words and expressions that … Continue reading →

Ma eylan, Fìtseng alu Amerikamì lu Trrmrrve Ftxozä ”Thanksgiving.” Fìtrrkrrka, sìltsana ayuri tìreyä nìwotx fko irayo si. I always have a lot to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. But this one is special. As some of you may have heard, … Continue reading →

Kxì, ma smuk! Sìlpey oe, ayngari zìskrrtsawn [tìng nari nekll] sirvalew pxaya lrrtokhu a ta Eywa, ulte ftxozä Hälowinä livu ’o’ sì snewsye txantxewvay. 🙂 It was a busy September and October for us, with a trip “back east,” as we … Continue reading →