Na'vi forum game :awesome:

[ISV Venture Star]

You say whatever you think the next word of the story should be in English, and I'll add it to the story in Na'vi (plus any case endings or other alterations that may prove necessary). This may or may not work, but I still think it would be fun to try!

First word:



Neytiri

[Fosus]

thinks

[Human No More]

Ninat

[ISV Venture Star]

Neytiril fpìl futa Ninat

Explanation:

Neytiri is the agent in a clause containing the transitive verb think (fpìl) so she takes the agentive (-l)

fpìl = thinks/think

futa = this thing that (patientive). Because Na'vi uses free word order you have to put in things like this sometimes to show which bit of the sentence the subordinate clause is. Otherwise it would be impossible to tell whether Neytiri or Ninat was the one doing the thinking.

Ninat = Ninat. Haven't done anything to this yet because I don't know what the next verb will be.


OK, all good so far!

[Fosus]

Couldn't it be "Neytiril Ninatit fpìl" in whatever order ?

[ISV Venture Star]

Yeah, but I'm trying to anticipate what you might say next! I'd also like to keep things in roughly the same word order they're given to me if possible.

[Fosus]

Ahh.

so.. the next word is,

who


(could it be more than one word? like "who looks at")

[ISV Venture Star]

Yeah, that might be better actually. KalaKuival suggests that we should use whole clauses rather than words.

[ISV Venture Star]

Neytiril fpìl futa Ninat a tìng nari


Explanation:

a means who or which or that
tìng nari means to 'give eye' (look at). Tsu'tey uses it in the film. "Poru tìng nari!"

[James of terra]

Peryal

[Human No More]

and asks

[Fosus]

whether

[guyguy]

she

[Human No More]

ate