Category Archives: General

“Receptive Ability” What’s the Na’vi equivalent of English -able/-ible? That is, how do say that something is capable of “receiving” the action of a verb? For example, given yom ‘eat,’ how would you say, “This animal is edible”—i.e., can be … Continue reading →

A couple of posts ago, in a response to a comment, I mentioned that the following example sentence was correct: Pol säfpìlit verar wivan. ‘He’s keeping his idea a secret.’ Here the verb var ‘persist in a state, continue to … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma oeyä eylan— I wanted to fill you in on my Na’vi talks for the first few months of this year, both those in the recent past and those coming up. It’s been gratifying to see that interest in … Continue reading →

The Vocabulary Committee has been working overtime! The February submission was particularly rich, inventive . . . and massive. It’s going to take me a while to work through all the suggestions, discussions, and examples, and getting out the results … Continue reading →

Here’s Part 2 of the new vocabulary post from last time. Some of these words, I think, will turn out to be quite useful. 1. li (adv.) ‘already’ Tìkangkem li hasey lu. ‘The work is already finished.’ Li pol terok … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma eylan oeyä— As some of you may know, we now have a structure in place whereby members of the community are submitting not only requests for new vocabulary but actual suggestions for new Na’vi words. (You’ll find information … Continue reading →

Mehapxìtul lì’fyao’loä pxestxelit alor tolìng awngaru. Two members of the German Na’vi community, Plumps (Stefan Müller) and Maksìl (Maximilian Reinhart), have translated three Christmas carols into Na’vi and recorded them. The wonderful singer is Maksìl. Please listen: Maria Kxamlä Na’rìng … Continue reading →

And now it’s my great pleasure to announce the First Place Winners of the Na’vi Writing Contest: (Fanfare, please . . . ) Beginners Verse: Tìrey Tsmukan Advanced Verse: KalaKuival Advanced Prose: Ataeghane As before, the winning entries are below. … Continue reading →

As everyone knows, December 21st is a significant date–it’s the winter/summer solstice. But much more importantly, it’s also the birthday of learnnavi.org! To celebrate LN’s first anniversary, several members of the community proposed and implemented a Na’vi Writing Contest. The … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma oeyä eylan! Contrary to rumors that I have fallen off the face of the earth, I’m happy to say I’m alive and well, if a bit damp, here in Los Angeles. My three months of heavy travel—September through … Continue reading →