Category Archives: General

Kxì ma frapo, Maw fpxamoa kintrr afpxamo mì tanlokxe oeyä, fula tsun lefkrra sìlenit tswiva’ hìkrr ulte livawk nìmun lì’fyati awngeyä oeti ’eykefu nitram nìtxan. To all who responded to the T3C (Teaser Trailer Translation Challenge), thanks so much! I … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo! Kezemplltxe, the excitement has begun to build, big time! I’m sure everyone reading this has now seen the teaser trailer for Uniltìrantokx: Fya’o Payä more than once. As we’ve seen, there’s little dialog in the trailer. Only … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma smuk. Ayngaru nìwotx, sìlpey oe, lu fpom. This post has been completed for quite a while, but it’s only now that I’m getting it up on the blog. I hope it will come as a little bit of … Continue reading →

From time to time I receive and answer Na’vi-related questions via email. When such discussions are likely to be of interest to the wider Na’vi community, I’ll share them here on the blog. But a word of warning: Detailed grammatical … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma eylan! It’s been a while. I hope you’re all safe, well, and ready for the most exciting year for the Avatar/Na’vi community in over a decade! I have quite a bit to share with you. Right now, here … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo! Sìlpey oe, ayngaru livu fpom nìwotx. It’s been a while since we’ve had any new vocabulary, slä nì’i’a, here are some new words I hope you’ll find useful. First, one that’s long been missing but which you … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo! The Great Na’vi Proverb and Idiom Contest is now history, and I’m delighted with the results! The insight and creativity that went into so many of the submissions impressed me to no end. Irayo nìtxan to everyone … Continue reading →

Kaltxì nìmun, ma frapo! I hope you’ve been having fun coming up with new Na’vi proverbs and idioms. Now it’s time to submit your entries! I used Google Forms to create the entry form. (Fingers crossed that I did it … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo! It’s been an unusually busy month for me, but the things I’ve been involved in have been quite interesting. Spaw oel futa fayu ayngane zayawprrte’ nìteng. 🙂 To kick off the second half of the year, I … Continue reading →

A bit more on -tu: As we discussed, when -tu is attached to a verb, it sometimes indicates the person who is the object of the verb (like spe’etu and kiantu) and sometimes the subject (like snaytu and yora’tu). It … Continue reading →