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Quick Follow-up
Just a couple more conversational expressions. The usual response when you’re introduced to someone new is, of course, Oel ngati kameie, ma ____. But in addition you can say: 47. Nice to know you. Smon nìprrte’. To ask how to … Continue reading
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Getting to Know You, Part 3
Kaltxì nìmun, ma oeyä eylan. Here’s the third and final part of the conversational material. Ideally I’d space all of this out a bit more, but I wanted to make sure the people would have it who are participating in … Continue reading
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Getting to Know You, Part 2
This post continues the conversational theme. Here we’re beyond the introduction stage and beginning to find out things about the person we’re speaking with. Thanks again to Prrton for his great work on this. First, some useful expressions to help … Continue reading
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Getting to Know You, Part 1
Kaltxì, ma oeyä eylan. Greetings from Los Angeles, where for a couple of days now I’ve been trying to overcome jet lag. I had hoped to post something from Paris, but a minor ailment had me out of commission for … Continue reading
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Kaltxì ta Kopenhan–Hi from Copenhagen
Kaltxì, ma eylan. And hello from Copenhagen, where we’ve spent 4 rainy but very interesting days. My talk in Stockholm at the Bonnier GRID 2010 conference is already online: if you’re interested, you can find it here. I’m afraid it’s … Continue reading
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Mipa ayopin, mipa aylì’u–New colors, new words
In honor of the re-release of Uniltìrantokx tonight, here’s Part 1 of the Na’vi color system along with a bit of new vocabulary. Colors As the graphic indicates, Na’vi has 9 basic or primitive color terms: TUN: covers the red-to-orange … Continue reading
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A Na’vi alphabet
Kaltxì, ma oeyä eylan. Sunu oeru fwa fìtsengit terok oel nìmun. It’s nice to be back after my hiatus. In this post it’s my pleasure to convey to you some terrific work of several of our Sulfätu leLì’fya—Language Masters. Our … Continue reading
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Tìng Mikyun fte Tslivam: Listening Comprehension #1
Here’s a little two-minute listening comprehension exercise for intermediate and advanced learners that I hope will be fun. You can use it any way you like, but I’d suggest the following: First, review the recent vocabulary. Some of the newer … Continue reading
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Vocabulary update
Today’s post provides some new vocabulary, mostly from the A-priority list of the LEP (Lexical Expansion Project), along with a few usage notes. In the abbreviations indicating parts of speech, VT and VI refer to transitive and intransitive verbs respectively. … Continue reading
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Diminutives; Conversational Expressions
Today’s post introduces some useful things you can add to your written and spoken Na’vi, along with a few new vocabulary items. The Diminutive Form Lots of languages have a way of adding something to a word to mark it … Continue reading
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