Category Archives: General
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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Thoughts on ambiguity
A couple of questions have come up regarding ambiguous structures in Na’vi that I thought would make a good topic for the first post in the Language Discussion section—Tìpängkxo leLì’fya—for intermediate and advanced learners. Note: These kinds of posts may … Continue reading
Irayo! Thank you! And some miscellaneous thoughts
Irayo nìtxan, ma eylan! Thanks very much, friends, for all your kind and encouraging words. They warmed my heart. A few thoughts: Corrections and a note to the Na’vi in my first post Thanks to everyone who pointed out some … Continue reading
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Zola’u nìprrte’! Welcome!
My friends, Zola’u nìprrte’ ayngaru nìwotx! Welcome to you all! It’s a pleasure to post this first message to Na’viteri (Concerning Na’vi), my blog about the language of the inhabitants of Pandora in James Cameron’s seminal film, “Avatar.” I hope … Continue reading
