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Old 07-23-2012, 09:46 PM
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Am wanting to know how to say-"Have a good time" in Na'vi when someone tells me they are going to a neat event.

also is Na'vetri a good source for learning Na'vi. I have been find mistakes there, such as

Pefya nga fpil. Which I thinks should be Pehem nga fpil....
What do you think?

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Old 07-24-2012, 09:08 AM
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Naviteri is the official Blog of Karyu Pawl himself, and even though he's just a human being like all of us (which means he does mistakes for sure now and then, too) everything which is posted at Naviteri by him is official canon and thus correct. If there was a typo or something like that, the readers will tell Karyu Pawl and he'll correct it.

So, if Frommer says that "Pefya nga fpìl" is correct, it is correct.
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(Notice that in Na’vi you actually say, “How do you think?” This is the case in many earth languages, although not in English.)
"Pehem nga fpìl" would mean "which/what action do you think" and would make no sense at all, at least not to me (pehem = kempe, kem = action/activity), because you don't think actions, you think thoughts. So if you'd have said "pefpìlfya/pesäfpìl nga fpìl" it would have made more sense but would still not be official canon. ^^

How to say "have a good time"? Good question. Just woke up and have no clue (yet), hehe.
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Old 07-24-2012, 01:30 PM
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Late to say what's been said. How do you think is perfectly acceptable for What do you think, imo. I have been saying Pefya nga fpìl long before it was official.

I might add that I would say

Livu ngaru tì'o'

Or something. Which means Have fun. There are most likely other ways to say this also.
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Old 07-26-2012, 06:04 PM
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I might add that I would say

Livu ngaru tì'o'

Or something. Which means Have fun. There are most likely other ways to say this also.
For example: livu ngaru krr a'o'. Probably the closest translation.
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Old 07-27-2012, 12:40 AM
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For example: livu ngaru krr a'o'. Probably the closest translation.
Indeed.

I'd probably go with that for "have a good time" and my version for "have fun".
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Old 07-27-2012, 06:57 AM
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Hmm....wouldn't "alo" work better here? Because like...when we say 'have a fun time' we're referring to a specific instance not 'time' as in the temporal sense. If that makes sense...lol.

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Fpìl na Na'vi. Plltxe na Na'vi. Tìran na Na'vi. Kame na Na'vi.
Think like the Na'vi. Talk like the Na'vi. Walk like the Na'vi. See like the Na'vi.

Tokx alu tawtute, tirea leNa'vi
Human body, Na'vi spirit

Uniltìrantokxìl oeri txe'lanit nì'aw takeiuk nì'ul txa' fralo
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Tsaye'a ngal fra'ut a krr tse'a ngal ke'ut
When you see nothing, you will see everything

Lì'fyari leNa'vi: Rutxe fmivi. Zene fko tskxekeng sivi fte nivume. Txopu rä'ä si fwa lu keyawr.
Regarding the Na'vi language: Please try. One must practice in order to learn. Don't fear being wrong

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