Category Archives: General

Kaltxì nìmun, ma eylan! Happy August to you all. I hope you’re doing well—or, as it’s become customary to add these days, as well as can be expected under the circumstances. After some personal and professional distractions, it’s nice to … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma eylan. It’s my pleasure to present to you the fourth and last winner of our recent Na’vi writing contest, Marloncori’s accomplished story, “Okvur Ikran Maktoä—The Story of the Ikran Rider.” Since it’s of considerable length, I thought it … Continue reading →

Ma oeyä eylan ayawne, Kezemplltxe lu fìpìlokä tìkan fwa pängkxo teri lì’fya leNa’vi. Krro krro ngian ’efu oel futa zene oe pamrel sivi teri tele alahe. Kintrram ayoe a tok Amerikat tarmìng nari tengkrr ’awa horenleykekyul tutanit a’aw tsperang—lunluke nìwotx, … Continue reading →

Kxì ma frapo, Today’s post has three things I hope will be of interest: first, a discussion about asking and answering; next, a (possibly) new way of asking about someone’s well-being; and finally, another contest-winning entry. Asking and Answering Through … Continue reading →

Kxì ma frapo, I just found out that the half-hour BBC radio show on how a language begins, for which I was interviewed a couple weeks ago, is about to be broadcast. Thought you might be interested. It’s scheduled to … Continue reading →

Kaltxì nìmun, ma eylan. Sìlpey oe, ayngaru livu fpom nìwotx ulte Ro Helku a Tì’usì’awn Anawm (the Great/Noble Staying-at-Home) ke livu ngäzìk nìhawng. Here’s some new vocabulary that I hope you’ll find useful. (In retrospect, I see that some of … Continue reading →

Ma eylan, The judges have made their decisions, and the winners of the 2020 Säwäsultsyìp—the Na’vi Writing Contest announced here on March 27th—have been chosen! The judging committee—Tirea Aean, Alyara, and Plumps—worked independently, but in the end, though “the scoring … Continue reading →

Kaltxì nìmun, ma frapo! Before anything else, let me post the Na’vi text of Mako’s message, which you listened to last time. I think you’ll be able to understand it without the English translation: Tengkrr fìsäspxinìl awngati srätx ulte helkumì … Continue reading →

Ma smuk, Sìlpey oe, ayngaru vivar livu fpom nìwotx. Here’s the last listening exercise of the current batch, this time from our Mako. It’s a brief message encouraging you to do something. As before, please listen several times and see … Continue reading →

For our next listening exercise, I’m delighted to present a story written and recorded by Plumps aka Stefan. As you’ll see, it’s about a tì’eylan azey—a special friendship. Fpìl oe, fìvur zayawprrte’ ayngane! Stefan’s reading sounds very much to me … Continue reading →