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Learn Navi Activity Book
Learn Navi Activity Book
SPECIAL NOTE: I apologize profusely for the formatting and general lack
of clip art and other fun flourishes. My completely computer crashed early
on in this project and as a result I lost my professional layout programs.
And my back-up CD is scratched (naturaly). As a result, this book was created
by using a patchwork configuration of standard word-processor and other
random-software. Should I ever muster the desire to expand this book,
professionally publish it, or write a second vilume speficially on grammar,
I will make sure that version is more aeshtetically pleaseing, and complete.
Copyright information:
1: James cameron's AvatarTM is a trademark of the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
AVATAR. Copyright 2009 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.
2: Cover art and various images in this text are provided under paid license from iclipart.com
3: Layout and design of this book are copyright 2009 Dusty White. This is a piece of fan-(non)fiction and is not for sale. Please
distribute freely, except where void by law.
4: All unstated copyrights more than likely belong to Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Please respect that and say
no to piracy.
So what is this book anyway, and why should I read it?
The purpose of this book is to help you learn Na'vi fast, and as painlessly as possible. Na'vi is a fun,
colorful language that is quickly evolving. We have just enough words that you can learn them all
without too much hard work, and enough to pester your friends with your new language. The
problem with learning a new language is knowing where to start, especially without formal
instruction. We have no teachers, no classrooms to sit in, no seminars, or instructional DVDs. All we
have is each other. Well, now we have an activity book!
By the way, if you haven't seen the other amazing helpful documents yet, there is a professionally
compiled “unofficial” dictionary of all things Na'vi, a Na'vi app for your iPhone, a “Na'vi Rosetta
Stone,” all kinds of great grammar guides, flash cards, flash card programs, Shakespeare, and a large
collection of my posts—which will never be mistaken for Shakespeare. These can all be found at
LearnNavi.org. Membership is free, and you should sign up there, if you haven't already. There are
many people there who are happy to help you learn this wonderful language, share ideas on Na'vi
culture and philosophy, RDA technology, sequel possibilities, and even pictures of your cat. But there
is so much more there as well! We have links to English-to-Na'vi, or Na'vi-to-English dictionaries, a cool
software dictionary that you can start typing in letters from a Na'vi word and it will intuitively guess
what you are looking for and present you with a list of related words. We have Na'vi crossword
puzzles put together by our super-advanced students, polite arguments about who is tougher: Toruk
or Thanator (Palulukan), and what the humans will do when they get back to Pandora. We have tee
shirts and bumper stickers, and most important, we have over 3,000 supportive members from all over
the world you might like.
In short, we have a community; just one of many, but it is a place to start, or expand to, if you want to
accelerate your knowledge of Na'vi (the people), or Na'vi (the language), or you just want to make
new friends. Of course I will be more than happy to specifically list any and every Avatar group or
project who wants to be mentioned in the back of the book, so please remember to check that section
thoroughly for cool free stuff.
But as this is a book on learning Na'vi, let's talk Na'vi: Even as new words are created we are finding
more out about the words we already have. Subtle nuances of grammar are becoming clearer, so that
we can say more with less words to get in the way. We can communicate poetically, fluidly, and even
write parodies of pop-culture in our new language. The focus of this book is simply to immerse you in
the language and get you speaking, writing, and thinking Na'vi—fast. At first it will be a little
awkward, after all, you are learning a new language. Stay with it. We are all here to help, and many of
us are using different methods to make learning as painless as possible. My approach is to build your
“root vocabulary” quickly and easily, so that when you start studying the more advanced stuff like
grammar and all of its subtleties, you will already have a foundation of familiarity with many words.
You will be comfortable with the sound of the language, and you will understand how additions to
words, like prefixes and suffixes simply alter words you already know. For example, once you
understand the concept of the word “you,” learning the meanings of words like “yours,” “you're,”
and even “y'all” is a breeze. Root words are affected by alterations, but they retain their “root
meaning.” Na'vi works a lot like that as you will see. But enough of my yapping. Let's just get right
into it. Remember that you can always find help at www.learnnavi.org if you get stuck, lost, or bored.
How to use this book:
If you get confused, don't quit. Log on to LearnNavi.org and ask questions. Download any of the free
dictionaries there and be sure to get the (free) dictionary software and the flash cards (also free—
sensing a pattern here?). Most of all though, make a commitment to yourself to stay at it and
memorize words you like and use them often. Do all of the exercises, activities, and the puzzles in this
book. If this book works for you, please post me a note in the forums. I like to know if anyone is
actually getting anything out of this. At this point, there will more than likely not be a sequel (Learn
Na'vi Grammar the Easy Way!) or major expansion in the near future. More and more learning tools are
popping up every day, so I am going to concentrate my efforts on the new “All things Avatar” podcast
—due out around Valentine's day.
(Be sure to enter the first-ever “Na'vi Valentine's Day card/poetry contest at LearnNavi.org!)
*You can have Staples or Office Depot print this book for about a buck if you don't have immediate access to a black and white
printer. Stapling is free, but a plastic spiral binding will probably run you about $3. Print three copies! Two for you, one for a
friend! Remember to do the whole book again in a week or two!
2-Letter words to memorize and remember
This exercise is fairly simple. On the left you will find words in English. On the right are spaces to write
in the Na’vi word equivalent. Mastering your short words now makes reading sentences in Na’vi later
much easier. When words are mutated with prefixes, suffixes, and infixes, knowing the root word pattern
will make grammatical variations of a word easier to spot and understand. So, with that in mind, here are
some of the known 2-letter Na’vi words. This is easier than you think. There is a “word bank” at the
bottom of the page. These are all of the 2-letter words you will use in this exercise. Each time you use a
word, cross it off. Start with the words you know. Print extras of this page and do them every few days.
1. With (accompaniment) _H_ ___ “I am going to the party _____ you. She is going _____ him.”
2. In ___ _Ì_ “Wait here. I'm going ____.” ____ case I don't come out...”
3. From ___ _A_ “I'm _____ (your town). Where are you _____?”
4. Not ___ _E_ “I am so _____ going to do that. ____, ____, ____! No way!”
5. To ___ _E_ “Where ____? You want ____ go downtown?”
6. They _F_ ___ “_____ are waiting for you.”
7. So (“in that case”) ___ _A_ “____, if you don't want to stay here . . .”
8. Me (or) I _O_ ___ “____? yeah, ____ could do that.”
9. “Like,” or “as” _N_ ___ “Pxel is ____ ____. They both mean ____. You see?”
10. What (if before a noun) _P_ ___ “Not '____ cat', '____ BAT' picture is yours?”
11. Or ___ _U_ “Here are your choices: A, ____ B, ____ C. There is no D.”
12. Before ___ _O_ “You had better ask Mom ____ you do that!”
13. With (by means of) _F_ ___ “We help you learn Na'vi ____ this workbook.”
14. Than _T_ ___ “I'd rather fight Toruk ____ get Eywa mad at me!”
15. And* (connects 2 words) ___ _Ì_ “This ____ that, _____ some other thing. Who knows?”
16. “Is,” “am,” or “be” ___ _U_ “____ you ready? I ____. So ____ Bob. Will you ____ soon?”
17. He (or) She _P_ ___ “So ____ said that ____ said that YOU said . . .”
19. Go ___ _Ä_ “____. Just ____. ____ now. I will be fine. Just ____.”
20. Across _K_ ___ “I had to drive ____ town to get here. ____ town!"
WORD BANK
AU, EO, FA, FO, FU, HA, HU, KÄ, KA, KE,
LU, MÌ, NA, OE, NE, PE, PO, SÌ, SI, TA, TO
*“And” is represented in Na'vi by two words: Sì, is used when connecting two words (e.g. “this and <sì> that,” or
“Batman and <sì> Robin). ”Ultxe is used when connecting two clauses (“You do this AND <ulte> I will do that.”)
3-Letter Action Words
1. Seem (appear) _L_ ___ ___ “It would ______ to me that you are up to something.”
2. Try ___ _M_ ___ “_____, _____, _____ again? I say if you fail—just quit!”
3. Become ___ _L_ ___ “If you want to _____ Na'vi, you must really _____ Na'vi.”
4. Wait _P_ ___ ___ “_____? _____ for what? I don't want to _____ any more.”
5. Need ___ ___ _N_ “I _____ some coffee and I _____ some chocolate—now!”
6. Wash ___ _U_ ___ “_____ your hands AND _____ your face before dinner.”
7. Want ___ _E_ ___ “I _____ this, I _____ that. I _____ everything, now.”
8. Grab ___ _I_ ___ “_____ it and go kid. Just _____ it. We are already late.
9. Run ___ _U_ ___ “If you want to _____ with us, you have to _____ fast.”
10. Sing ___ _O_ ___ “_____ a song. _____ it loud. You can _____ can't you?”
11. Live ___ ___ _Y_ “Yes, _____ for today. But also _____ for tomorrow.”
12. Leave, (depart) _H_ ___ ___ “_____. Go on _____ now or you will miss your bus.”
13. Suffice ___ ___ _M_ “That will _____. But this will NOT _____. Not at all.”
14. Spin ___ _Ì_ ___ “Daddy! Daddy! _____ me! _____ me fast! _____ me again!”
15. Eat ___ _O_ ___ “I like to _____ spaghetti but I DON'T like to _____ liver.”
16. Turn _M_ ___ ___ “_____ around! I'm over here. _____ your head!”
17. Lead ___ _Y_ ___ “_____, follow, or get out of the way!”
18. Look (look at) _N_ ___ ___ “_____ at this. Just _____ at this mess!”
19. bind _Y_ ___ ___ “Now son, you have to tie this tight to _____ it properly.”
20. Be at (occupy a space) ___ ___ _K_ “Do I even _____ (exist) to you? I can ______ (be) right
Can also mean “exist” here and you completely ignore me.”
WORD BANK
EYK, FMI, HUM, KÌM, KIN, MÌN, NEW, NIÄ, NÌN, ROL,
PEY, REY, SLU, TAM, TOK, TUL, YÌM, YOM,YUR, LAM
3-Letter adjectives and connectors
PLEASE NOTE: In all of these exercises (2-, 3-, 4-, 5-letter words) px, tx, kx, ts, and ng are all seen as “two
letters” even though they are really “one sound.” My crappy Earth-based consumer software is too
primitive to fix this, so just go with it for now. If this were ever to be actually published, I will fix this.
1. If ___ _X_ ___ “____ you want to, fine,—but ____ you do this instead...”
2. But ___ _L_ ___ “____ I don't want a yam. I will eat it ____ I want it cooked.”
3. Yellow ___ _I_ ___ “Our sun is ____. But is Pandora's sun ____ too?”
4. Blue _E_ ___ ___ “Our sky is ____. Pandora's sun ____ as well.”
5. Long (time) ___ ___ _L_ “It's been so ____ since i've worked out. Too ____ in fact.”
6. Straight ___ _E_ ___ “Okay, so you turn right at the cow, then go ____ for 5 miles...”
7. Hot ___ _O_ ___ “Today was ____. Yesterday was ____ too. Tomorrow? ____.”
8. Sharp ___ _X_ ___ “Watch that blade. It's ____. ____ enough to cut your finger.”
9. Close (near) ___ _O_ ___ “I was so ____ I could touch the screen. That's too ____.”
10. Clear (certain) ___ _A_ ___ “Let me make this perfectly ____. It's ____ that you lied to me.”
11. One _F_ ___ ___ “This will be a ____ on ____ match, NOT a two on ____.”
12. One (“1”) ___ ___ _W_ “My address is ____ ____ ____ 5 ____ Main street, unit ____.”
13. Small amount ___ _I_ ___ Yes please, but just ____. Not that much. Just ____ please.
WORD BANK
'AW, 'IT, EAN, FKO, LAW, LOK, PXI,
RIM, TXO, SLÄ, SOM, YEY, YOL
Sì versus ulte.
Both words mean “and,” but sì connects two words (this “and” that—or this “sì” that). Ulte connects
two clauses, or two sentences (We saw Avatar “and” then we ate dinner at the mall.—or—We saw
Avatar “ulte” then we ate dinenr at the mall.)
Please note, this lesson is not about grammar; it is simply about building vocabulary, so we are simply
replacing “and” with “ sì” or “ulte” as needed.
Here are examples sentences using sì instead of and. Please write in sì in the blank spaces.
For Christmas I got a bike ____, a train, ____, an X-box ____, some socks, but I don't count those.
Okay, I wll have the cheeseburger, ____, some fries, ____, a coke.
Here are examples sentences using ulte instead of and. Please write ulte in the blank spaces.
Wash the dishes, _______ while you are at it, feed the cat.
Okay, so our first stop is the Grand canyon, _______ I want to buy some souvineers for grandma.
***
Okay, so now we will use “ sì” AND “ulte” in the following examples. If you get confused, we have
included the answers at the bottom of the page in grey. Try not to look there unless you have to.
(Angry boss) “Hey! Stop goofing off ____ get back to work; ____ while you are at it work faster. I have
a wife ____ kids to pay for, ____ a mortgage to pay.”
(Bratty kid) “I want chocolate ice cream ____ vanilla ____ strawberry, wait—I don't like strawberry,
_______ I want it in a cone, oh, _______ I want fudge ____ caramel all over it _______ peanuts too!”
***
(Angry boss) “Hey! Stop yapping ULTE get back to work; ULTE while you are at it work faster. I have a wife SÌ kids to pay for, ULTE a
mortgage to pay.”
(Bratty kid) “I want chocolate ice cream SÌ vanilla SÌ strawberry, wait—I don't like strawberry, ULTE I want it in a cone, oh, ULTE I
want fudge SÌ caramel all over it ULTE peanuts too!”
Useful 3-Letter Words
1. Quiet (“be quiet”) _F_ ___ ___ “_____! I order you to _____!”
2. For the sake of ___ _P_ ___ “_____ us all getting along, I am banishing this word.”
3. So that ___ _T_ ___ “Pavlov rang the bell _____ his dog would salivate.”
4. From (direction) _F_ ___ ___ “They came _____ over there.”
5. No (if before a noun) ___ ___ _A_ “_____ tree for you. _____ ikran for you. You are banished.”
6. What (thing) ___ _E_ ___ “_____ bow? ____ arrows? I see no weapons at all.”
7. Now ___ ___ _T_ “I said _____. I want you to do your homework _____.”
10. Among ___ _I_ ___ “You cannot live _____ us here vrrtep.”
11. By, via, following ___ _L_ ___ “I got here _____ the shuttle. I will leave ____ Toruk.”
13. Time ___ ___ _R_ “It is _____. _____ for you to take yur test.”
14. Day ___ ___ _R_ “Is this going to take all _____?”
16. Branch ___ _U_ ___ “This _____ will make a good bow if shaped properly.”
17. Song _W_ ___ ___ “Write me a love _____. A _____ that will make me cry.”
18. Sing ___ ___ _L_ “_____ me a song. _____ it loud, and _____ it well.”
19. Psychic vision ___ ___ _E_ “I had a _____; a dark _____. Aliens come to Pandora.”
20. Sky ___ ___ _W_ “The _____ is cloudy today. No sun in the _____.”
21. Joint or hinge ___ _I_ ___ “The door _____ is squeaky. Oil it.”
22. We (“just us two”) _M_ ___ ___ “_____ are going on a date. Just us.”
WORD BANK
'OK, ÄIE, FNU, FPI, FTE, FTU, KEA, KIP, KRR, ÌLÄ, MOE,
PAM, PEU, RAL, ROL, SET, SÌK, TAW, TIL, TRR, VUL, WAY
Things you can do with a friend
The Na’vi don’t have any friends. But that is a good
thing. They care for each other so much, they call each
other brother (tsmukan) and sister (tsmuké), which is a
far closer bond of compassion and sincerity than just a
simple “friend.” This level of closeness extends
throughout Na’vi society (that we know of). Now that
humans have invaded Pandora, the Na’vi may have to
come up with a new word to mean “Sky-person who is
not a moron, demon, or enemy of Eywa.”
You see? I am speaking English, but poetically rephrasing my sentence. You know what I am saying,
but the order of the words may sound strange (or even ridiculous) to you. Not to worry. This was done
to make you more comfortable when you are wrapping your mind up like a pretzel translating the
words below. You see, it is just as easy to be confusing in your home tongue (language) as it is to do so
in (I just used seven 2-letter words in a row!) one that is foreign to your ear. Anyway, here are some words.
Simply print this page and fill in the Na’vi words. Remember to have fun!
(Sorry! That’s
YOM a hot dog (or a tofu dog if you are a vegetarian). “_______
_______ YOM _______
YOM _______
YOM !” just too much
(eat) (eat) (eat) (eat) fun to say in
Na’vi.”)
PAWM them to help you ___________
You can ________ TÄFTXU a new ________
NIVI to sleep in.
(ask) (weave) (hammock)
KÄ to _____________
Why not ____ KELUTREL and _______
NUME _______
PXAY __________
AYSREU with your friend (srak)
(go) (Hometree) (learn) (many) (dances) (?)
WORD BANK:
’upxare, aysreu, eltu si, kä, kar, Kelutrel, makto, munge, neu, nga, ngaru, nivi, nume, pa'li, pänutìng, pawm, peng, pxay,
sa’nok, sempul, srung, täftxu, txìng, yom, yur
2. Light ___ ___ _A_ ___ “The _______! It burns! Cover the ______!”
3. Brain ___ ___ ___ _U_ “_______? Scarecrows have no _______ to speak of.”
4. Eye (one of) _N_ ___ ___ ___ “'A _______ for a _______!' That's what I say.”
5. Nose ___ ___ _T_ ___ “Don't scratch your _______ in public.”
6. TRUE _N_ ___ ___ ___ “What is ______ anyway? Are YOU ______ to me?”
7. Allow ___ __ ___ _G_ “I can ________ that, if you ________ me to do this.”
8. Easy _F_ ___ ___ ___ “This isn't ______ at all. Watching TV is _______!”
9. Night ___ _X_ ___ ___ “Good ______! Now go away ... Seriously! Good ______!”
10. Strong _T_ ___ ___ ___ “I'm ______! Go ahread, feel how ______ my arm is.”
11. Butt ___ ___ _Ì_ ___ “And then of course I fell on my ______! My _____!”
12. Awake ___ ___ _E_ ___ “I'm ______! I'm ______. Now where's the coffee?”
13. Much ___ ___ ___ _N_ “I really don't think about all that ________.”
14. Many ___ _X_ ___ ___ “There are so _______ people in line to see Santa!”
15. “As,” or “like” ___ ___ ___ _L_ “Funny ______ a clown? ______ I'm here to amuse you?”
16. Worthy ___ ___ _A_ ___ “You're a _____ adversary Skeletor! But not _____ enough.”
17. Sixteen (16) ___ ___ ___ _U_ “. . . And when I turned _______, I got my ikran license!”
18. And ( clauses) ___ ___ ___ _E_ “First I went shopping, _____ then I had to go to work!”
19. Can (be able) ___ _S_ ___ ___ “_______ we do this? Absolutely, I think we ______!”
20. Fire ___ _X_ ___ ___ “Don't play with _______. I told you, ________ is bad!”
21. Save ___ ___ ___ _G_ “______ your pennies for a cool Avatar halloween costume.”
22. Ask ___ ___ _W_ ___ “_______ me what? _______ me out? Like on a date?”
23. Other ___ _A_ ___ ___ “Not that one, the ______ one. No, the ______ one please.”
WORD BANK
2. “Gaia” equivalent _E_ ___ ___ ___ “______ is the 'Mother Nature' of Pandora.”
3. This (“this thing”) ___ ___ _'_ ___ “What is ________ you left on MY chair?!!”
4. This one (person or thing) _F_ ___ ___ ___ “Not him, ________ right here. HE did it!”
5. Attack ___ ___ ___ _O_ “When I shout '______' we all _____, srak?”
6. Think ___ ___ ___ _L_ “Use your brain! _______! Don't just 'do'!”
7. Send ___ __ ___ _'_ “I'll ______ you an email about it.”
8. We (exclusive) ___ _Y_ ___ ___ “_______ are are seeing Avatar—NOT you.”
9. Kid ___ _V_ ___ ___ “You can bring your _______ to the picnic.”
10. Rhythm _K_ ___ ___ ___ “I like this _______. I can dance to it.”
11. Feel ___ ___ ___ _U_ “Oh, I _______ your pain. I really do.”
12. Nothing ___ ___ _'_ ___ “_________.” That's what I got! ________!”
13. Large ___ ___ _X_ ___ “________?! You think I wear a ________?”
14. Unfold, or blossom ___ ___ ___ _G_ “Watch this rose _______ before your eyes.”
15. See (understand/know) _K_ ___ ___ ___ “You don't really ________ me at all.”
16. Small ___ ___ _'_ ___ “______? You got me a ______ soda? Ugh!”
17. What (what thing) ___ _U_ ___ ___ “________ dog? I don't see any dog!”
18. Study ___ _T_ ___ ___ “Okay, playtime's over. Time to _______.”
19. Mighty ___ _K_ ___ ___ “________ Morphin Power Rangers!*
20. Daughter ___ _I_ ___ ___ “My ______ just had her 11th birthday.”
21. Hold off (suspend action) ___ ___ ___ _K_ “You should _______ on that for a while.”
22. Seven (the number 7) ___ ___ ___ _Ä_ “_______ days in a week. _______ no more.”
23. Peace, well-being ___ _P_ ___ ___ “Being in tune with Eywa brings _______.”
Puzzle 1
JCGSKU QNLQKQC
(Father) (Sky Person)
CMLN QHIKF
(Gaia/World Spirit) (Last Shadow)
EINMH QJGKFNT
(Thank You) (Brother)
EFINA QJNGJEMK
(Mountain Banshee) (Warrior)
HC QJCH
(“I” or “me”) (Art)
QNIHTMK FII
(Hunter) (Time)
Puzzle 2
ATN GKR'YNA
(You) (Heart)
GFNJXR ANAGNAT
(Sun) (Viperwolf)
ZRANE V F N'AB X
(Pair of Eyes) (Mother)
GHGR GKBA
(Person) (Night)
RLJ N AT N U H BZNGVXNLN
(Polite Good Bye) (Blue Flute Clan)
XNYGKP GFNUNLYH
(Hello) (Bond, or Neural connection)
Period, exclamation mark, question mark, or srak?
Na’vi adds an interesting twist to conversation by allowing you to specifically
indicate to your audience that you are asking a “yes” or “no” question, and that
you would like a response. English does not currently have such a literary
device. Simply tack on the word srak to tell whoever is listening to you that you
are asking a “yes/no” question and that you would like a response.
?
For each question below, please put a question mark at the end of each sentence below, or write srak, as you feel best.
2. Are you enjoying the time and effort you are investing in Learning the Na’vi language ________
4. What else would you like to learn about the Na’vi ________
5. Where do you think Toruk flew off to at the end of the movie ________
8. How you do something is more important than how fast it is done ________
10. Would you be intrested in a second volume of this series that deals with grammar _________
12. Did you finish the giant crossword puzzle yet _________
16. What are your ideas to make learning Na'vi easier _________
18. This can't go on any longer, as there is no more room on the page, is there ________
Wait, wait!! — “Who?” “What?” Where?”
In English we have the 5 classic question words: "who, what, when, where, and how."
Well, once you get to know it, it actually is! You see, once you know the root word for "what" you can
figure out (what) to attach it to, depending on (what) you want to ask.
What--time ("When"): krrpe "Exactly when/krrpe did I give your permission to yom my donut?"
What--place ("Where"): tsengpe "Where/tsengpe did you get that donut mister?"
What--reason ("Why"): lumpe "Why/lumpe did you think you could yom my donut?"
What--way, manner, or method ("How"): fyape "How/fyape did you plan on getting away with this
criminal act?"
That is the commonality, the root, to look for. It can appear at the beginning or the end of the word (fyape
or pefya), but I prefer the pe coming at the end of the word, so you can see what the prefix (first part of the
word is). Examples:
Tseng(e) is defined as "place" in the dictionary. tsengepe is "what place?" or "where?". See? It all fits
together.
Fya is defined in the dictionary as "direction or path" but I see it more as "way" because "How" (fyape) is
"what _____?". "What path does not exactly match up with "how," but "what way" does match up with
"how," and it ALSO matches up with path or direction. But that is off topic. The point is that pe is your
commonality for the whole who, what, when, where, why, and how thing (in Na'vi).
Try thinking of Na'vi as a modular language (like a modular house--where pieces are pre-formed and you can mix
and match pre-made windows and walls and roofs to design your custom house). You have a ready made word
and you can alter it. The Chinese language has a word for everything, but no plurals I am led to believe. But
that is a LOT of words to learn. The English language changes some words (run becomes ran in the past tense)
but it also has completely different words (eat becomes ate--not very modular). Na'vi gives you a lot of base
words you can add prefixes or suffixes to, or even infixes (as in: "inside the word" -fixes). This is a generality
and not an authoritative diatribe on everything Na'vi. But thinking about it this way will help you a LOT in
learning new words, and understaning how the whole gramar thing works.
Na'vi Connectors, Conjunctions, and other Common Words
(Note, you will use some of the words in the “word bank” more than once)
1. And (connects words) ___ _Ì__ This ____ that. Up ____ down. Left ____ right.
2. And (connects clauses) ___ ___ _T_ ___ “I saw you, ______ I also went to get ice cream.”
4. Or _F_ ___ “Red, _____ blue? Oh! _____ pink! Which one?”
9. Am* ___ _U_ “I _____ not late, _____ I? I _____ right here. See?”
10. Be* ___ _U_ “To ____, or not to ____. Wait, ____ I really asking that?”
11. Can (be able) ___ ___ _U_ ___ “______ you make it to the game? “I ______ be there at 8.”
12. Is not (two word phrase) ___ _E_ ___ _U_ “______ ______!” (“Is too!”) “______ ______!”
14. Outside _W_ ___ ___ ___ ___ “It's cold ____________. Take a jacket, okay?”
15. Not ___ _E_ “_____ in a box, _____ with a fox, _____ in a car...”
16. To ___ _E_ “Do you want ____? I want ____. But I want you ____.”
17. From _T_ ___ “How do you get there ______ here?”
18. By ___ _L_ ___ “______ the way, Joe stopped ______ to see you earlier.”
19. Do _T_ ___ ___ “______ you ______ this for a living? I ______.”
20. Go _K_ ___ “______ on! ______ get the candy, and then come back.”
WORD BANK
FU, HA, ÌLÄ, KÄ, KE,
LU, MÌ, NA, NE, SÌ, SLÄ,
TA,TAM, TSUN, TXO,
ULTE, WRRPA
Beginners sometimes ask: "What are the most important words to learn?"
We now have a "Na'vi Only" forum section, in which experienced Na'vi learners have been
holding lengthy conversations exclusively in Na'vi. By analyzing the text of those
conversations, we can see which words are used most frequently in "everyday Na'vi". By
learning those most common words first, beginners will be better prepared to join in the
conversations.
The following words account for approximately two-thirds of the Na'vi text from the Na'vi
Only forums. They are listed roughly in order of frequency, but they have been grouped
together by function to make it easier to learn them. Only the uninflected root forms are
listed here, i.e. "oe" but not "oel", "oeti", "oeru", etc. Likewise "lu" but not "layu", "lolu",
"livu", etc.
Just memorizing this word list won't be enough to understand or participate in the Na'vi Only
conversations. You'll need to learn the basics of Na'vi grammar, such as how to inflect words
like "oe" and "lu" for case and tense, and you'll need to expand your vocabulary beyond just
the most common words. But if you start by learning these words so that you don't have to
keep looking them up in the dictionary, you'll have a strong foundation for the rest of your
Na'vi studies.
- Eri
2. “We two” (you and I) ___ ___ ___ _G_ “_______ are going to do this together.”
4. Proper, fair, or right _M_ ___ ___ ___ “It's only ______, you know.”
5. Learn ___ ___ _M_ ___ “We help you _______ Na'vi easily!”
6. Know, or understand ___ ___ ___ _M_ “I _______! I _______! I get it!”
8. Burn (consume by fire) ___ ___ ___ _X_ Hey! Don't _______ the toast!”
9. Like (“as”) ___ _X_ ___ ___ “They look ______ they don't want to go.”
10. Arm _P_ ___ ___ ___ “And then he punched me in the _______!”
11. Other (“other person”) ___ ___ ___ _O_ “Wasn't me, was some ________.”
12. Weak ___ ___ _Y_ ___ “Your arm is too _____ for that bow.”
14. Who ___ ___ ___ _U_ “________ is another way of saying 'Who'”
15. Middle or midpoint _K_ ___ ___ ___ “Cut it here, right in the _______.”
16. Word ___ ___ _'_ ___ “The Na'vi ________ for Tree is . . .”
17. Great (Noble) ___ ___ _W_ ___ “Toruk Makto is a __________ title.”
18. Create ___ _G_ ___ ___ “I like to ________ art when I have time.”
19. Away (distant direction) ___ _E_ ___ ___ “They came from far ____________.”
20. Let go, release ___ _O_ ___ ___ “________! You are hurting my arm!”
21. Away (distant position) ___ ___ _S_ ___ “He is _________ somewhere.”
22. Two ___ ___ _N_ ___ March! Hut, _____, 3, 4! Hut, _____, 3, 4!
23. Thread ___ _Ì_ ___ ___ “I have a needle, but where is the ______?”
WORD BANK
Easy!
Not as easy
1. ' ___ M ___ I (Touch) 6. ___ I F Y ___ (This way, “Like this”)
2. 1 A ___ V ___ (First) 7. H ___ ___ E Y (Done, Finished)
3. F ___ H ___ U (Smell) 8. ___ ___ ___ ___ O (Ride)
4. ___ T ___ N G! (Stop!) 9. L ___ T ___ M (Change)
5. H ___ F W ___ (Wind) 10. K E ___ P ___ (What <action>)
Hard!
4. Dream _U_ ___ ___ ___ I had the strangest _____ last night.”
5. “That (object)” ___ ___ _A_ ___ “Yes, _______ thing. What is it?”
8. Who ___ ___ _P_ ___ “_______ ate all of the Cheetos?”
10. War ___ _S_ ___ ___ “Humans like _______ too much.”
11. Believe ___ _P_ ___ ___ “Do you even _______ in Eywa?”
12. Body ___ ___ _K_ ___ “________, mind, and spirit”
13. Person ___ ___ _T_ ___ TIME mag's “______ of the Year”
14. Yes/no question indicator ___ ___ ___ _K_ “Are you ready _________?”
16. Track ___ ___ _T_ ___ “You _______ the humans; I eat!”
17. Moment ___ ___ ___ _W_ “Don't nag me! Gimme a ______!”
18. Move (shift, change position) ___ ___ ___ _X_ “Don't you dare make a _______!”
19. Best ___ _W_ ___ ___ “Yerik sandwich is the _______!”
20. Almost ___ ___ _U_ ___ “I ________ fell off my ikran!”
22. Full ___ ___ _Y_ ___ “Your cup is already _______.”
23. Pattern ___ _E_ ___ ___ “I'm sensing a _________ here.”
WORD BANK
WORD LIST:
2. Hear ___ _T_ ___ ___ _M_ “Can you _______ me now?Can you _______ me now?”
3. Agree _M_ __ ___ ___ _E_ “Oh, I _______! I most certainly _______!”
4. Hunt _T_ ___ ___ ___ ___ “Today we _______ yerik. Tomorrow we _______ talioang.”
5. Ride ___ ___ _K_ ___ ___ “You can _______ pa'li, but cn you _______ ikran?”
6. Smell _F_ ___ _H_ ___ ___ What is that _______? Can you _______ that?
7. Strike (hit) ___ ___ _K_ ___ _K_ “_______! _______ now! _______ him again!”
8. Walk _T_ __ ___ ___ _N_ “Let's go for a _______. We need to _______ more often.”
9. Capture _S_ ___ _E_ ___ ___ “Okay, I will _______ him and you _______ her. Ready srak?”
10. Change ___ _A_ ___ ___ _M_ “I'm in the mood for a _______.” How about a _______?”
11. Stop _F_ ___ _A_ ___ ___ “_______ right there. I said _______. Don't move.”
12. Duck (dive) _T_ _A_ ___ ___ ___ “I had to _______ or I would have been hit by the branch.”
13. Please ___ ___ _T_ _X_ ___ “_______? Prettty _______? _______ let me go see Shrek 8!”
14. Destroy ___ ___ _A_ ___ _A_ “I will _______ you. Then, after I _______ you I will dance.”
15. Cut _M_ ___ _N_ ___ ___ “_______ yourself, huh? I said you would _____ yourself.”
16. See (physically) ___ ___ _E_ ___ _A_ “_______ that?There, in the tree. Can you _______ that?”
17. Abandon _T_ _X_ ___ ___ ___ “You tried to _______ me when those RDA idiots showed up.”
18. Choose ___ ___ _X_ ___ _Y_ “_______, but _______ wisely, Indiana Jones.”
19. Understand ___ _S_ _L_ ___ ___ “Do you_______? I omum you think you_______, but do you?”
20. Decide ___ ___ _'_ ___ _N_ “_______ already. Don't make me ftxey for you. ______, now.”
21. Protect _H_ ___ _W_ ___ ___ “Eywa will _______ us. She will shelter, or _______ her own.”
22. Take/bring _M_ ___ ___ _G_ ___ “_______ that picther, fill it with water, and _______ it to me.”
23. 'ampi _'_ ___ _M_ ___ ___ “_______ it? Sure you can _______ it. Just be careful.”
WORD BANK
'EYNG, FAHEW, FTANG, FTXEY, HAWNU, LATEM, MAKTO,
MLLTE, MUN'I, MUNGE, PE'UN, RUTXE, SKA'A, SPE'E, STAWM,
TAKUK, TARON, TAWNG, TÌRAN, TSE'A, TSLAM, TXÌNG, 'AMPI
Where do I belong?
This exercise is so easy you will complain that we didn’t make it harder. simply choose words from the
“word bank” (at the bottom of the next page) and write it in the group you think it belongs in. The goal
here is to get you to be able to spot-categorize words, and get practice writing them. Please note that these
ar all root-words, without tense or grammatical enhancements. Ready srak? Let’s go then!
World
Body/Mind/Spirit
Word Bank
Choose any of the words here. Ignore any you don’t feel like using. If you are having trouble with
a specific word, try looking it up in the dictionary in the back of the book.
Here’s a hint though: The puzzle tells you how many letters are in the Na’vi word you are looking for.
We have filled in one answer to help get you started. Good luck!
ACROSS
14. ______, you are actually learning Na’vi. Stay with it!
(Yes)
DOWN
1. The way she is swinging that tukru (spear) around, you’d better __________ or you will get hit.
(duck)
2. There will be no more free rides on my pa’li (direhorse) for you until you learn to ________ nicely.
(ask)
3. Get yourself something to _______ before we head out.
(eat)
4. You must learn to __________________ so you can help out at the loom.
(weave)
7. You must honor your __________________ or you will lose respect and may even become outcast.
(promise--to someone)
11. You say that you have captured a nantang (viperwolf), ______ me to it, so I can see for myself.
(lead)
12. You should learn how to __________. Your aysmukte ([clan] sisters) will be impressed by that.
(dance)
WORD BANK:
eyk, fpxäkìm, niä, nume, pänutìng, pawm, srane, sreu, täftxu, taron, tawng, tìng, tul, yom, yur
Diametrical opposites
Below are words lined up in two columns. Simply draw a line from one word to its most
appropriate opposite on the other side of the page. Given that we are working with a language
that is still in development, these words may or may not be exact opposites, so choose the most
appropriate word in your opinion. Don’t forget to write in the English translations! Good luck!
2. Worst ___ _E_ ___ ___ _L_ “Oh, his food is the _______. Better to eat at Joe's.”
3. Young _'_ __ ___ ___ _N_ “I am too _______ to hunt, and too _______ to fish too?”
4. Done _H_ ___ _S_ ___ ___ “Okay, I'm _______. When you are _______, let me know.”
5. Funny/strange _H_ ___ ___ ___ _K_ “You are _______. Very _______, but somehow entertaining.”
6. Bad, or evil ___ ___ ___ _N_ _G_ “_______ ikran! No biting! You are like _______ vrrtep!”
7. Forbidden _K_ _X_ ___ ___ ___ “RDA scum is _______ around here. Absolutely _______.”
8. Calm _M_ ___ _W_ ___ ___ “Okay, let's all just _______ down. _______ and relaxed.”
9. Only ___ ___ _'_ _A_ ___ “I'm not _______a hunter, I'm also the _______hunter who...”
10. Pretty ___ ___ _V_ ___ _N_ “She's _______. But my pa'li is _______ too, you know.”
11. Big/tall/large _T_ ___ _A_ ___ ___ “Whoa! H'es a _______ one! Just how _______ is he?”
12. Brave ___ ___ _T_ ___ _U_ “You ride with us, you must be _______. _______ and strong.”
13. Outside _W_ _R_ ___ ___ ___ “Go _______. I am cleaning. _______ I say.”
14. When ___ ___ _R_ ___ _E_ “_______ I say the job's done is _______ the job is done.”
15. Perhaps/maybe ___ _X_ _A_ ___ ___ “_______ you can come next time. No guarantees. _______.”
16. Why _L_ ___ _M_ ___ ___ “_______? _______? Because I said so. That's _______.”
17. Again _N_ ___ ___ _U_ ___ “_______. Yes; _______, and _______. Repetition is the key.”
18. Enough ___ ___ _T_ ___ _M_ “Had _______? Well, I haven't have _______. So let's go.”
19. Continually ___ _Ì_ _T_ ___ ___ “Tired of _______missing the fun on Pandora? Join the RDA!”
20. Fast ___ ___ _W_ ___ _N_ “_______ is not so _______ after all when you make mistakes.”
21. Lest _F_ ___ _E_ ___ ___ “_______ we have to do this again—eltu si!”
22. How _F_ ___ ___ _P_ ___ “_______ about that? We finished another page! _______ ?”
WORD BANK
'AWVE, 'E'AL, 'EWAN, FTEKE, FYAPE, HASEY, HIYÌK, KAWNG,
KRRPE, KXANÌ, KXAWM, LUMPE, MAWEY, NÌ'AW, NÌMUN,
NÌTAM, NÌTUT, NÌWIN, SEVIN, TSAWL, TSTEU, WRRPA
Na’vi Mystery Word Puzzles
These are really easy, once you get the hang of them. The mystery word is missing. In its place
we have put the exact number of boxes as it has letters. For example, if the Na’vi mystery word
were Irayo (Thank you), there would be 5 boxes (I R A Y O). To figure out the mystery word,
simply fill in the missing letter from each “clue word” below, and write it in the appropriate
box. In the puzzle below, the word in clue #1 (“___ S E O”) is missing its first letter. So, you
simply write in the missing letter and then in box #1 (which corresponds to “clue #1”) you write
that same letter. For clue #2, you would put the missing letter in box #2, and so on. Hint: Start
with the words you know. Be sure to fill in the missing letter both in the clue, and in the
mystery word box. You may end up solving the mystery word before you solve all of the clues.
If that happens, simply go back to the clue words you are having trouble with, and write in the
missing letter, using the letter from the mystery word.
Puzzle 1 – Easy!
Na’vi word:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Puzzle 2 – Easy!
Na’vi word:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Puzzle 4 – Easy!
Na’vi word:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Puzzle 7 – Hard
Na’vi word:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
NOTE: Now you get to fill in the English word equivalents in the spaces above! Isn’t this fun?
Puzzle 8 – EVIL!! (RDA Corporate approved)
Na’vi word:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Na’vi word:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1. ___ P X A F A W 7. P X ___ N T I L
2. L O ___ A T A Y A 8. ___ E L
3. F Ì T S E N ___ 9. A T ___ K X E
4. K U R ___ K X 10. N E ___
5. N G O ___ 11. ___ A M
6. P A M T ___ E O 12. ___ I ’ O N A
Na'vi word substitution (slightly advanced)
In this exercise we have secretly replaced common English words with their na'vi equivalent. As the
stories and rhymes are in English, with Na'vi word substitutions, we will be following English
grammar rules, so we are using the Na'vi root words. Simply replace the Na'vi word below with the
English equivalent word. Try not o look it up in the dictionary. If you take a moment to look at the
sentence, you should be able to figure out most the words easily. (But just in case, we put the original
translation at the end).
Four score sì seven years ago our aysempul brought forth on this continent a new nation,
___________ ____________________
conceived mì Liberty, sì dedicated ne the proposition that n`ıwotx aytutan are created equal.
_________ ___________ _______ ____________ ____________
Now ayoeng are engaged mì a great civil tsam, testing whether that nation, fu any nation, so
___________ __________ __________, ______
conceived sì so dedicated, tsun long endure. Ayoeng are met on a txan battle-field of that tsam.
________ _________ ________ ________.
Ayoeng have za'u to dedicate a portion of tsa’u field, as a final resting place for those who here
_______ _____________ ______________
tolìng (t<ol>ìng) their lives that that nation might rey.
___________ ____________.
ayoeng tsun ke hallow fìtseng ground. The tsteu aysmukan, living sì kerusey,
________ ________ ________ _____________ ______________ __________ _________ ______________,
tupe struggled fìtseng, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
___________ ________________
The world will little note, nor yol remember 'upe ayoeng say fìtseng, slä it can never forget
___________ _____________ _________ _____________ , _________
kempe they did fìtseng. It is for us the r<er>ey, rather, to be dedicated fìtseng
___________ _____________ _____________________ _______________
to the unfinished work a ayfo tupe fought fìtseng have thus far so nobly advanced.
___________ _____________ ___________ ___________
that ta these honored dead ayoeng munge increased devotion ne that cause
___________ ________________ _________ _______________ ________
for a ayfo gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these
____________ ______________
dead shall ke have died mì vain—that fì’u nation, under God, shall have a new birth of
___________ _________ _______________
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in
Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and
so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to
dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that
nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate...we can not consecrate...we can not hallow this ground.
The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to
add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget
what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they
who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great
task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for
which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall
not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that
government: of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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Na'vLibs
Okay, so when I was a kid, we had something call “Mad Libs.” After checking on Google, it seems they
still exist. Here's how they work. You choose a bunch of words based on their status and position in
language (verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, and so on). Then those get filled into a preexisting story
where those words have previously been removed.
Okay, so we are going to try something like that. In our version, the tale is right before you. Your job is
to read the story and pick a (noun, verb, adjective, and so on) whether it “fits” or if you think it is funny.
You are not limited to the words we will supply in the word bank. Simply grab a word in Na'vi that is
the type of word each space calls for, and write it in to complete the story.
Scenario 1: Oh no! The dog ate our only copy of Hamlet's lines, and we are in the middle of the world
premiere of Na'vlet! (just go with it) We managed to cobble together most of the dialogue, but the Na'vi
words are all in a pile on the next page. Our expert linguist is nowhere to be found! Please grab some
words and jam them into the script in time for the big scene! Ready srak? Kä!
Na'vi nouns:
Na'vi body parts: ELTU (brain), NOSE (ontu), NARI (eye),TXÌM (butt)
Na'vi plural weapons: AYTSKO (bows), AYYUKRU (spears), AYTSKE (stones), AYSWIZAW (arrows), AYTXUM
(poisons)
Na'vi adjectives: 'E'AL (worst), KAWNG (bad, or evil) FKEU (mighty), LEHRRAP (dangerous), LAW (clear or
certain)
Na'vi plural nouns: AYRAWKE (alarm cries), AYIOANG (beasts), ATOKIRINA' (pure spirits—seeds of the great
tree), AYVRRTEP (demons), AYTAWTUTE (sky-people), AYUNILTÌRONTOKX (avatars), AYTSKO SWIZAW
(many bow and arrows),
Na'vi verbs ending in “ing”: None exist, but follow this rule for now: <er> refers to an incomplete/continuous
action, such as “I am eating” (right now). YEROM (eating), HERUM (leaving), HERAHAW (sleeping), TERERKUP
(dying), PERLLTXE (speaking), REROL (singing), TERXÌNG (abandoning—basically running away)
Na'vi “large numbers”: VOFU (sixteen), TSÌVOL (32, or Four “sets” in Na'vi), PXAY (many—here meaning
anything over 16 in “ancient Na'vi”)
Na'vi occupations or status: TARONYU (hunter), TSAMSIYU (warrior), SEMPUL (father), SA'NOK (mother),
TAWTUTE (sky-person), VRRTEP (demon), TSAHÌK (matriarch), TÄFTXUYU (weaver)
So here are the Na'vi past tense verbs for this exercise: SOLREU (danced), HOLASEY (finished/completed),
KOLURAKX (driven off, chased away, cast out), SKÌMA'A (recently destroyed), MÌMUN'I (recently cut)
For those who have a ftxavang (passionate) desire to know what Hamlet originally said, here are his own words:
To be, or not to be—that is the question: That flesh is heir to—'tis a consummation
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep—
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub,
And, by opposing end them. To die, to sleep— For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
No more—and by a sleep to say we end Must give us pause.
The heartache and the thousand natural shocks
Giant Na'vi Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS DOWN
1. Rhythmic beat 2. Preceding, before
4. Feathery plant 3. Noble, or great in stature
8. Meaning 4. Cranial organ
10. Together 5. Omen
12. Too proliferate something 6. First
13: The act of doing 7. Enter
14: Deferential I 9. Request
15: Vision 10. Child
18: Completely 11. Many people together
19: Along time ago, in a galaxy ________ 16. A sacred site
21. To possess knowledge 17. Seeds of Vitraya Ramunong
25. Physical body 20. (Human) associate, co-worker
26. Neytiri’s mount 22. Us two—but NOT you
28. Everything 23. Best to use this before you speak
30. Basic blunt handheld weapon 24. Opposite of night
32. Ocular device (single) 27. “Similar to us”
33. Noun meaning “speed” 29. Sky-demon language
35.To bequeath, bestow, or dispense a thing 30. Terran aircraft (to the Na’vi)
36. With 31. Holy day (originally)
37. Who? 34. “_______ already! (“No more!”)
38. Unquote 40. The boss
39. Message 41. “_______, but choose wisely.”
42. To bind something 44. Fire will do this to your tree.
43. Pleasant or appealing; good 45. “_______ is this thing?”
46. Service 46. Rotate rapidly
48. No longer alive 47. Uno, Ein, or Ichi: in Na’vi
49. Percussion instrument of animal skin 48. Opposite of stop
50. Center point
51. Song
’aw, ’awsiteng, 'awve, ’ekong, ’eveng, ’upxare, äie, atokirina’, ätxäle, alìm, au, aungia, eltu, eo, eyaye, eyktan, fa,
fpxäkìm, fra’u, ftxey, ftxozä, ikran, ìnglìsì, ka, kerusey, kìm, kìm, kìte’e, kxam, lertu, mikyun, moe, nìayoeng, nìwotx,
nari, nawm, nekx, nìtam, ohe, omum, peu, pongu, ral, si, sìltsan, swotu, tawsìp, tìng, to, tokx, trr, tupe, txewk, virä,
way, wìn, yìm
Na'vi reverse crossword.
We have filled in all of the Na'vi words for you (aren't we nice?). Now all YOU have to do is
simply write in its English translation in the spaces below. Just guess as many words as you can,
crossing them out as you go. Ready srak? Ka!
English Words:
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Oh no! He's at it again
My evil twin just couldn't keep away from the Sharpie. Someone (me) wrote all over Hans Christian
Anderson's classic tale of some girl and her attempts to not smush tiny round vegetable while
reclining on a pile of mattresses so tall and heavy that they would crush an elephant. This is like
drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa! Ah—but did I make any mistakes? Well, if you have been
studying your Na'vi, you should be able to figure out most of these words easily. So grab your own
Sharpie (any pen will do, really), and retranslate the Na'vi words back into ìnglìsì.
ONCE upon a krr there lolu a olo' eyktan! who wanted to marry a som sevin tute; but poe
would have to lu a real Na'vi (ke uniltarontokx! Ke, ke, ke!). Poan nolin nìwotx
Pandora to find awpoe, slä (kepeseng?/Pesenge-ke?) could poan get 'upe poan
wanted. There lolu tute (som som!) txan enough, slä it was difficult to find out whether ayoe
were real Na'vi tute! There lolu always something about them a was kehe as it should lu! (Oeri
ta ayoengyä fahew akewong ontu teya längu!!) So poan came kelku nìmun
ulte lolu, for poan would have liked nìtxan* txan** to have a real Na'vi tute sevin!
(and who wouldn't?)
(* adverb. ** adjective.)
'aw txon a kawng storm came on; there lolu thunder sì lightning, ulte the tompa poured
down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking lolu soltawm at the kelutral, and the old olo'
eyktan went to open it.
It lolu a tute standing wrrpa in front of the gate. Slä, siltsan gracious! 'upe a sight the
tompa sì hufwe lolu soli poeru look. The pay(?) ran down from poeyë hair sì clothes;
it tolul down into the toes of poeyë shoes ulte out again at the heels. Ulte yet poe said that poe
ay- Eywa ksey nivibrista on top of the aynivi! (Fyape tìkawng lu a?!!)
On fì'u the tute Na'vi! had to lie nìwotx txon. In the morning poe was polawm fyape
poe had holahaw.
"Oh, nìtxan badly!" said poe. "I have scarcely closed my menari nìwotx txon. Eywa
nìaw omum 'upe lolu mì the nivi, slä oel lolu lying on something hard, so that oeru
lu black sì ean nìwotx oeyä tokx! It's kawng txan!!
Set ayoeng omerum that poe lolu a real (high-maintenance ) Na'vi tute sevin
because poe soli felt the utu mauti right through the pxay aynivi ulte the pxay eider-
This idea sprung to life from “The Grammar Tree,” which follows on the next page. The idea was to
show how root words (I, me) can interact with other root words (you), to become tirciary root words (us,
we, etc.). This visual approach helps some students who are not wired to learning via extended text-
based rules and authoritarian diatribes. This generic example can be used to show the interaction
between many root words, and even how gramar affects disparate words to create interesting
sentences. Or you can morph the idea into a different set of visuals. The point is: someone out there
needs to pick up the ball and start teaching Na'vi visually.
Okay, so on to the next half-baked idea I am putting forth for someone to run with:
This is the basic concept that can be used for so many different words, and as it incorporates “trees”
into the learning tool, I think it is rather funny. It would not work at RDA corporate (for obvious
reasons—perhapsa robotized plasma tank might work for them). Some people have said this image
contains mistakes. Well if you notice any mistakes, I would take that as a personal sign from Eyway to
fix it, upload it, and claim it as your own. Can you improve this tree? Can you add to it? I think you
can. Help other people learn Na'vi like YOU know Na'vi.
Pass on some value to the world. Leave something behind, other than footprints. If you make an
example book of “Grammar Tree” lessons, I will help you get the word out to students of Na'vi. Let's
show the world how EASY it is to master this beautiful language. Srak?
Starter Na'vi Song book
One easy way to help learn common words and phrases in a new language is to sing short, fun songs
that get stuck in your head. This is one of the ways children learn grammar and vocabulary all over
the world. Once they learn a song they like, it stays with them for the rest of their life. So in that vein, I
have composed a few songs to help get your started. I hope these will create an interest in you to write
better songs. Take any melody you know and simply replace the words to your liking. With just a little
practicem you might become the Na'vi "Weird Al Yankovic."
This first one you may not know by name, but the melody is simple and familiar. In this case, please
imagine Na'vi children making up a song about the bad sky-people. The horror they endured,
especially in the Omticaya clan (death of Hometree and the Tree of Voices), but also any clan whose
mommies and daddies had to fight (and most die) fighting the sky-people does not easily go away. So
you make fun of it. This is the basis for many of the old children's songs throughout history, where
children would sing about death and the plague. So, without further adieu, here is the first
installment: The "I hate Bosco" song. (I will try to find audio if I can)
A long, long time ago, there were popular children's songs. This was one of them:
I hate Bosco
It's not the drink for me (alternatively: It's full of TNT [or DDT])
My mommy put it in my milk
To try to poison me
One day I fooled Mommy
I put some in her tea
And now I have no mommy
To try to poison me!
Oe Tawtute! (I Tawtute!)
Oel plltxe ’ìnglìsì (I speak English)
Oel tamswon ftu alìm (I fly from far away)
ulte Oel skola’a ayutral! (and I [chop down*] lots of trees!) [actual word used means "destroy]
*The actual word means insanity, but this works as an example of what a little creativity can accomplish, even with a severly
limited (Na'vi) vocabulary.
And a special song generouly provided by LN member Kiliyä . Remember to give him some karma
love for helping people learn Na'vi the fun way. After all, none of us are getting paid for this :-)
“Just wanted to add my own funny song... it's Way a Kawkrr Hasey!
Ke omusum a lamu
not know-PART which (it) be-PAST
not knowing what it was
Na'vi edition by Kaltxì Palulukan with a generous grammatical correction and overall “tightening up”
by LearnNavi.org moderator Prrton. (If you see him on the LearnNavi.org forums, please give him a
karma cookie!)
*This is a totally made-up word. It is tongue-in-cheek and not meant to be taken as canon. Additionally, I offer
no guarantees on grammatical correctness, as there is—at this printing—only one Tawtute alive who can tell us
exactly what is and what is not “Na'vi correctus summae.”
Okay, so notes: The point of these songs is to illustrate how easily words and phrases can be taken
from Na'vi and applied to universally -known melodies—even with the severely limited number of
words we now possess. We don;t need more words. We need more creativity! This is just another way
of learning and memorizing Na'vi words and phrases. I do not mean to imply that friendly little Na'vi
ayevi sit around making fun of their (previous) Tawvrrtep colonialist oppressors—but that is
admittedly where the idea for “Na'vi children songs” (ayway 'evengru Na'vi?) originated.
IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A SONG, by all means write it. Write it, sing it, record it, give it away.
Sing it at parties, sing it at conventions. Help others learn this beautiful language by sharing your
passion and creativity. Get ready for A2 by knowing your Na'vi. If these rather banal examples have
inspired you to create something better, something to share with the world, then our job is done here.
Backmatter
This is a work of absolute genius. Eight invested a LOT of time and efforts creating a dictionary of
Na'vi words based on how they END. Sure, you can easily figure out that no known Na'vi word
begins with “g,” but do you know how Na'vi words end? This is crucial to knowing, not merely
memorizing Na'vi. I placed this dictionary immediately following my crappy Na'vi songbook to inspire
you to write better songs, and better poetry. Did you know that you (yes, you!) can create Na'vi
birthday cards for your friends, a Na'vi Mother's Day card, Christmas cards? Go ahead and try it. You
are getting pretty good at Na'vi by now, and this will make Na'vi more fun for you. Do me a personal
favor. The next time you are on the LearnNavi.org forums, find Eight and bump him up a karma point
or two. He really came through with this effort.
Yes, our main mod Skxawng, that master of grammar has allowed me to reprint HIS grammar
worksheets here, to help you learn. The guy is a wizard with Na'vi instruction, and I “know” you are
handing both he and Taronyu some karma brownies for doing all this, as a way of saying thank you
that doesn't involve having to buy them a beer. These grammar sheets ROCK! If you have done them
before (but not in the last 5 minutes), do them again. (I would say that in Na'vi, but my grammar
sucks). Spend some time working through these. They will help you omum (really get) Na'vi.
—'NUFF SAID.
The Sub Na’vi Rhyming Dictionary
(First Edition)
eight@subnavi.org.uk
January 25, 2010
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Introduction
I would very much like to thank Taronyu and all the people over at LearnNavi.org for the
dedication, enthusiasm, and affection that they have shown for the Na’vi language. This rhyming
dictionary is derived from version 7.34 of the Na’vi dictionary compiled by Taronyu - so without
him (and everyone who has contributed to that project), this exalted work you have before your
menari right now, would not have been possible.
Nouns and selected proper nouns (where the reference is so crucial to Na’vi culture that excluding
them from the dictionary would be negligent) are listed uninflected for case and plurality. You do
not need the help of this dictionary to discover, for example, that adding the accusative suffix -it
will make any noun rhyme with words ending in that sound.
Conversely, adpositional affixes and derivational affixes have not been included as they bond
to the front of the noun and would not affect the rhyming.
Verbs are listed without infixes for tense, mood and aspect. It has not been necessary at this
point to include those.
To find a rhyme, look up your reference word in the index. This will tell you the IPA symbols for
the ending, and you can now find the relevant group in the Rhymes By IPA section. For example,
if I would like to find a rhyme for the Na’vi word ketuwong, the index entry says ”see -oN”. I
would then look for the -oN group in the main rhymes section and will find numerous entries such
as ’ekong, wong, and zong.
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Rhymes By IPA Ending
-a -ap
a, apxa, aungia, aynga, eywa, eywa fngap, hrrap, penghrrap
ksey nivibrista, fa, fı̀fya, ftia, futa, fya,
ha, iknimaya, ka, kali’weya, lenay’ga,
lı̀’fya, lonataya, meuia, meresh’ti cau’pla,
-aR
muntxa, na, nga, ngenga, pefya, pxoenga,
ska’a, snumı̀na, su’shiri t’acto sa, ta, kar
tengfya, teya, tirea, tompa, t’riti so jahmka,
tsa, tse’a, txoa, ultxa, wrrpa, za
-at
-æ
ftu sat, kllkulat
’angtsı̀kä, flä, ftxozä, ı̀lä, kä, kinä, muiä,
niä, rä’ä, slä, swirä, virä, zekwä
-aw
-aj
’aw, fpxafaw, hahaw, law, nı̀’aw, spaw,
kangay, nı̀ngay, ngay, nguway, pay, pxay,
steftxaw, swaw, swizaw, syaw, taw, tsko
tı̀ngay, vay, way
swizaw, txokefyaw
-ak
fpak, pak, srak -awk’
’awkx
-ak’
kurakx
-awl
-al tsawl, tsawl
’e’al, kelutral, ral, tautral, tawtsngal,
tsngal, tsyal, utral
-awm
-am kxawm, nawm, pawm, stawm
kinam, kxam, lam, nı̀tam, pam,
spxam, tam, torukspxam, tsam, tslam,
txantslusam -awn
’ı̀’awn, fmawn, tı̀yawn
-an
’ewan, ’eylan, ’itan, atan, ean, eyktan,
faketuan, fı̀txan, ikran, kilvan, nı̀ltsan, -awN
nı̀txan, olo’eyktan, palulukan, poan, pxan,
ran, san, sı̀ltsan, tı̀ran, tutean, tsmukan, eltungawng, kawng, nı̀hawng, ngawng,
txan, txe’lan pxtxawng, skxawng, tawng, tı̀kawng,
zawng
-aN
ftang, ftxavang, ioang, kxangangang, nang, -aP
nantang, nı̀ftxavang, talioang, tı̀ftang,
tireaioang, tspang, yomhı̀’ang, yomioang atokirina’, pxorna’, rina’
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-E -En
’awve, ’ite, ’upe, ’upxare, äie, ätxäle, i’en, koren, tsranten, txen
atxkxe, ayoe, ayskxe, eyaye, fte, fteke,
ftue, fyape, hufwe, kame, ke, kehe, kempe,
kı̀te’e, kı̀yevame, kllte, krrpe, kxetse, lahe,
-EN
lumpe, mllte, moe, mune, munge, na’hla ’awsiteng, ’engeng, ’eveng, ayoeng,
buk’ne, ne, ne kllte, nı̀’awve, nı̀ftue, nume, eywa’eveng, fı̀tseng, kxamtseng, nı̀ayoeng,
oe, ohe, plltxe, poe, pxoe, rawke, rutxe, nı̀teng, oeng, peng, peseng, pxoeng,
sänume, seze, spe’e, srane, tawtute, tupe, ralpeng, sngeltseng, tsatseng, tseng,
tute, tsap’alute, tsawke, tsawke, tsengpe, tskxekeng, tsleng, tslolam, zongtseng
tskxe, tsmuke, txele, ulte, yawne, zamunge,
zene
-Ep
-Eh fayvrrtep, tskalep, txep, vrrtep
sumin’sey hulleh
-ER
-Ej kxener, ler
-Ejk -Ew
eyk fahew, new
-EjN -Ewk
’eyng, tı̀’eyng txewk
-Ejp -EP
meyp fpe’, prrte’
-Ek -i
tangek ’ampi, ’evi, atoki, awaiei, eltu si, fmi, fpi,
hı̀’i, kelku si, k’sey nivi, menari, mokri,
-Ek’ mun’i, na’vi, nari, nari si, nivi, pa’li, pxi,
riti, seyri, si, sngä’i, tei, tewti, tı̀ng nari,
krrnekx, nekx u’imi, ulu’tah inib’sey mulsi, utral utu
mauti, utu mauti
-El
-ı
pxel, shah-tell, sngel, tel
’ı̀nglı̀sı̀, alaksı̀, hapxı̀, kaltxı̀, kxanı̀, mı̀,
pätsı̀, sı̀, tanhı̀, tsnı̀
-Em
em, fı̀kem, kem, kllkxem, latem, pähem, -ik
pehem, ronsem, sı̀lronsem, ta’em, telem,
tı̀kangkem, tsakem, waytelem ik, pxasik, yerik
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-ık -l
"
hiyı̀k, sı̀k, tsahı̀k fngapsutxwll, kll, kxll, pamtseowll, paywll,
tsyorina’wll, txumpaywll, txumtsä’wll, wll
-ik’
-o
rikx
’awpo, ’eko, ayfo, chan’tu gor’ek nuuto,
-il eo, fı̀po, fko, fo, fpeio, frapo, fya’o, irayo,
kämakto, kato, lapo, makto, mefo, mı̀so,
kinamtil, pxuntil, til, unil mreki u’lito, neto, pamtseo, pängkxo, po,
pxefo, tireafya’o, to, tseo, tsko, tsyo, txo,
-ıl ulivi mari’tsey mak’dini’to, wutso, zoplo
fpı̀l
-ok
-im ’ok, fmetok, lok, lrrtok, sa’nok, swok,
tı̀fmetok, tok
ngim, rim
-ok’
-ım
tokx, uniltı̀rantokx
alı̀m, fpxäkı̀m, kı̀m, ne’ı̀m, txı̀m, yı̀m
-oks
-in
malmoks
kin, nı̀win, sevin, tı̀kin, win
-ol
-ın
rol, tı̀rol, tsı̀vol, yol
mı̀n, nı̀n, ye’rı̀n
-om
-ıN
fpom, som, yom
kı̀ng, na’rı̀ng, pänutı̀ng, teswotı̀ng, tı̀ng,
tsı̀ng, txı̀ng, yomtı̀ng
-on
-ip taron, tswon, txon
kip -oN
-ıp ’ekong, ’ong, kenong, ketuwong, kewong,
kı̀’ong, tı̀kenong, vitraya ramunong, wong,
kunsı̀p, sı̀p, tawsı̀p, za’ärı̀p zong
-ir -op
iveh knivi sdir ngop
-it -oR
’it, ’it, nı̀’it lor, somtı̀lor, tilor, toktor
-ıt -ot’
zı̀sı̀t nı̀wotx
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-oP -un
kllfrivo’, olo’ lun, mikyun, nı̀mun, pe’un, pelun, pxun,
tı̀ng mikyun, tsun
-r
"
kawkrr, krr, krr, letrr, lrr, nulkrr, pehrr, -uN
sngä’ikrr, tengkrr, trr, tsawlapxangrr,
keye’ung, srung, tung
tsawlapxangrr
-u -up
’efu, ’ı̀heyu, ’u, au, eltu, emza’u, fı̀’u, terkup
fkeu, fnu, fra’u, ftu, fu, fyawı̀ntxu, hawnu,
karyu, kawtu, ke’u, kelku, kllpxı̀ltu, lertu,
lı̀’u, lonu, loreyu, lu, m’resh’tuyu, nı̀’awtu, -uR
ontu, pänu, pesu, peu, pizayu, pongu, renu, tı̀txur, txur, yur
sa’nu, saleu, sempu, slu, spe’etu, sreu,
swotu, swotulu, täftxu, täftxuyu, taronyu,
teng’u, teylu, tı̀fyawı̀ntxu, tı̀hawnu, tukru, -ut
tsa’u, tsahaylu, tsampongu, tsamsiyu,
tsatu, tsatu, tsmuktu, tsteu, txll’u, txopu, fkarut, nı̀tut, pxiut, rumut, ut
uniltı̀ranyu, vofu, wı̀ntxu, za’u
-ut’
-uk
sutx
takuk, tı̀takuk, toruk, tsmuk
-uy
-ul
sumin jiit’luy
nı̀’ul, pxasul, sempul, tul, vul
-um -uPk
hum, omum, rum, stum, txum feru m’predu’k
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Index
’ı̀’awn, see -awn ean, see -an
’ı̀heyu, see -u eltu, see -u
’ı̀nglı̀sı̀, see -ı eltu si, see -i
’ampi, see -i eltungawng, see -awN
’angtsı̀kä, see -æ em, see -Em
’aw, see -aw emza’u, see -u
’awkx, see -awk’ eo, see -o
’awpo, see -o eyaye, see -E
’awsiteng, see -EN eyk, see -Ejk
’awve, see -E eyktan, see -an
’e’al, see -al eywa, see -a
’efu, see -u eywa ksey nivibrista, see -a
’eko, see -o eywa’eveng, see -EN
’ekong, see -oN
’engeng, see -EN fı̀’u, see -u
’eveng, see -EN fı̀fya, see -a
’evi, see -i fı̀kem, see -Em
’ewan, see -an fı̀po, see -o
’eylan, see -an fı̀tseng, see -EN
’eyng, see -EjN fı̀txan, see -an
’it, see -it fa, see -a
’itan, see -an fahew, see -Ew
’ite, see -E faketuan, see -an
’ok, see -ok fayvrrtep, see -Ep
’ong, see -oN feru m’predu’k, see -uPk
’u, see -u fkarut, see -ut
’upe, see -E fkeu, see -u
’upxare, see -E fko, see -o
äie, see -E flä, see -æ
ätxäle, see -E fmawn, see -awn
ı̀lä, see -æ fmetok, see -ok
fmi, see -i
a, see -a fngap, see -ap
alı̀m, see -ım fngapsutxwll, see -l
alaksı̀, see -ı fnu, see -u "
apxa, see -a fo, see -o
atan, see -an fpı̀l, see -ıl
atoki, see -i fpak, see -ak
atokirina’, see -aP fpe’, see -EP
atxkxe, see -E fpeio, see -o
au, see -u fpi, see -i
aungia, see -a fpom, see -om
awaiei, see -i fpxäkı̀m, see -ım
ayfo, see -o fpxafaw, see -aw
aynga, see -a fra’u, see -u
ayoe, see -E frapo, see -o
ayoeng, see -EN ftang, see -aN
ayskxe, see -E fte, see -E
fteke, see -E
chan’tu gor’ek nuuto, see -o ftia, see -a
chey, see -Ej ftu, see -u
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ftu sat, see -at kelku si, see -i
ftue, see -E kelutral, see -al
ftxavang, see -aN kem, see -Em
ftxey, see -Ej kempe, see -E
ftxozä, see -æ kenong, see -oN
fu, see -u kerusey, see -Ej
futa, see -a ketuwong, see -oN
fya, see -a kewong, see -oN
fya’o, see -o keye’ung, see -uN
fyape, see -E kifkey, see -Ej
fyawı̀ntxu, see -u kilvan, see -an
kin, see -in
hı̀’i, see -i kinä, see -æ
ha, see -a kinam, see -am
hahaw, see -aw kinamtil, see -il
hapxı̀, see -ı kip, see -ip
hasey, see -Ej kll, see -l
hawnu, see -u kllfrivo’, "see -oP
hiyı̀k, see -ık kllkulat, see -at
hrrap, see -ap kllkxem, see -Em
hufwe, see -E kllpxı̀ltu, see -u
hum, see -um kllte, see -E
koren, see -En
i’en, see -En krr, see -r
ik, see -ik krrnekx, see " -Ek’
iknimaya, see -a krrpe, see -E
ikran, see -an kunsı̀p, see -ıp
ioang, see -aN kurakx, see -ak’
irayo, see -o kxam, see -am
iveh knivi sdir, see -ir kxamtseng, see -EN
kxanı̀, see -ı
k’sey nivi, see -i
kxangangang, see -aN
kä, see -æ
kxawm, see -awm
kämakto, see -o
kxener, see -ER
kı̀’ong, see -oN
kxetse, see -E
kı̀m, see -ım
kxll, see -l
kı̀ng, see -ıN "
kı̀te’e, see -E lı̀’fya, see -a
kı̀yevame, see -E lı̀’u, see -u
ka, see -a lahe, see -E
kali’weya, see -a lam, see -am
kaltxı̀, see -ı lapo, see -o
kame, see -E latem, see -Em
kangay, see -aj law, see -aw
kar, see -aR lenay’ga, see -a
karyu, see -u ler, see -ER
kato, see -o lertu, see -u
kawkrr, see -r letrr, see -r
"
kawng, see -awN lok, see -ok"
kawtu, see -u lonataya, see -a
ke, see -E lonu, see -u
ke’u, see -u lor, see -oR
kehe, see -E loreyu, see -u
kelku, see -u lrr, see -r
"
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lrrtok, see -ok nari si, see -i
lu, see -u nawm, see -awm
lumpe, see -E ne, see -E
lun, see -un ne kllte, see -E
ne’ı̀m, see -ım
m’resh’tuyu, see -u nekx, see -Ek’
mı̀, see -ı neto, see -o
mı̀n, see -ın new, see -Ew
mı̀so, see -o nga, see -a
makto, see -o ngawng, see -awN
malmoks, see -oks ngay, see -aj
mawey, see -Ej ngenga, see -a
mefo, see -o ngim, see -im
menari, see -i ngop, see -op
meresh’ti cau’pla, see -a nguway, see -aj
meuia, see -a niä, see -æ
meyp, see -Ejp nikt’chey, see -Ej
mikyun, see -un nivi, see -i
mllte, see -E nulkrr, see -r
moe, see -E nume, see -E"
mokri, see -i
mreki u’lito, see -o oe, see -E
muiä, see -æ oeng, see -EN
mun’i, see -i ohe, see -E
mune, see -E olo’, see -oP
munge, see -E olo’eyktan, see -an
muntxa, see -a omum, see -um
ontu, see -u
nı̀’aw, see -aw
nı̀’awtu, see -u p’ah s’ivil chey, see -Ej
nı̀’awve, see -E pähem, see -Em
nı̀’it, see -it pängkxo, see -o
nı̀’ul, see -ul pänu, see -u
nı̀ayoeng, see -EN pänutı̀ng, see -ıN
nı̀ftue, see -E pätsı̀, see -ı
nı̀ftxavang, see -aN pa’li, see -i
nı̀hawng, see -awN pak, see -ak
nı̀ltsan, see -an palulukan, see -an
nı̀mun, see -un pam, see -am
nı̀n, see -ın pamtseo, see -o
nı̀ngay, see -aj pamtseowll, see -l
nı̀tam, see -am pawm, see -awm "
nı̀teng, see -EN pay, see -aj
nı̀tut, see -ut paywll, see -l
nı̀txan, see -an pe’un, see -un "
nı̀win, see -in pefya, see -a
nı̀wotx, see -ot’ pehem, see -Em
na, see -a pehrr, see -r
na’hla buk’ne, see -E pelun, see -un "
na’rı̀ng, see -ıN peng, see -EN
na’vi, see -i penghrrap, see -ap
nang, see -aN peseng, see -EN
nantang, see -aN pesu, see -u
nari, see -i peu, see -u
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pey, see -Ej set, see -Et
pizayu, see -u sevin, see -in
plltxe, see -E seyri, see -i
po, see -o seze, see -E
poan, see -an shah-tell, see -El
poe, see -E si, see -i
pongu, see -u ska’a, see -a
prrte’, see -EP skxawng, see -awN
pxan, see -an slä, see -æ
pxasik, see -ik slu, see -u
pxasul, see -ul sngä’i, see -i
pxay, see -aj sngä’ikrr, see -r
pxefo, see -o sngel, see -El "
pxel, see -El sngeltseng, see -EN
pxi, see -i snumı̀na, see -a
pxiut, see -ut som, see -om
pxoe, see -E somtı̀lor, see -oR
pxoeng, see -EN spaw, see -aw
pxoenga, see -a spe’e, see -E
pxorna’, see -aP spe’etu, see -u
pxtxawng, see -awN spxam, see -am
pxun, see -un srak, see -ak
pxuntil, see -il srane, see -E
sreu, see -u
rä’ä, see -æ srung, see -uN
ral, see -al stawm, see -awm
ralpeng, see -EN steftxaw, see -aw
ran, see -an stum, see -um
rawke, see -E su’shiri t’acto sa, see -a
renu, see -u sumin jiit’luy, see -uy
rey, see -Ej sumin’sey hulleh, see -Eh
rikx, see -ik’ sutx, see -ut’
rim, see -im swaw, see -aw
rina’, see -aP swey, see -Ej
riti, see -i swirä, see -æ
rol, see -ol swizaw, see -aw
ronsem, see -Em swok, see -ok
rum, see -um swotu, see -u
rumut, see -ut swotulu, see -u
rutxe, see -E syaw, see -aw
sänume, see -E t’riti so jahmka, see -a
sı̀, see -ı täftxu, see -u
sı̀k, see -ık täftxuyu, see -u
sı̀lronsem, see -Em tı̀’eyng, see -EjN
sı̀ltsan, see -an tı̀fmetok, see -ok
sı̀p, see -ıp tı̀ftang, see -aN
sı̀pey, see -Ej tı̀fyawı̀ntxu, see -u
sa’nok, see -ok tı̀hawnu, see -u
sa’nu, see -u tı̀kangkem, see -Em
saleu, see -u tı̀kawng, see -awN
san, see -an tı̀kenong, see -oN
sempu, see -u tı̀kin, see -in
sempul, see -ul tı̀ng, see -ıN
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tı̀ng mikyun, see -un tsahaylu, see -u
tı̀ng nari, see -i tsakem, see -Em
tı̀ngay, see -aj tsam, see -am
tı̀ran, see -an tsampongu, see -u
tı̀rey, see -Ej tsamsiyu, see -u
tı̀rol, see -ol tsap’alute, see -E
tı̀takuk, see -uk tsatseng, see -EN
tı̀txur, see -uR tsatu, see -u
tı̀yawn, see -awn tsawke, see -E
ta, see -a tsawl, see -awl
ta’em, see -Em tsawlapxangrr, see -r
takuk, see -uk tse’a, see -a "
talioang, see -aN tseng, see -EN
tam, see -am tsengpe, see -E
tangek, see -Ek tseo, see -o
tanhı̀, see -ı tskalep, see -Ep
taron, see -on tsko, see -o
taronyu, see -u tsko swizaw, see -aw
tautral, see -al tskxe, see -E
taw, see -aw tskxekeng, see -EN
tawng, see -awN tslam, see -am
tawsı̀p, see -ıp tsleng, see -EN
tawtsngal, see -al tslolam, see -EN
tawtute, see -E tsmuk, see -uk
tei, see -i tsmukan, see -an
tel, see -El tsmuke, see -E
telem, see -Em tsmuktu, see -u
teng’u, see -u tsnı̀, see -ı
tengfya, see -a tsngal, see -al
tengkrr, see -r tspang, see -aN
terkup, see -up " tsranten, see -En
teswotı̀ng, see -ıN tsteu, see -u
tewti, see -i tsun, see -un
teya, see -a tswon, see -on
teylu, see -u tsyal, see -al
til, see -il tsyo, see -o
tilor, see -oR tsyorina’wll, see -l
tirea, see -a tukru, see -u "
tireafya’o, see -o tul, see -ul
tireaioang, see -aN tung, see -uN
tmi nat’sey, see -Ej tupe, see -E
to, see -o tute, see -E
tok, see -ok tutean, see -an
toktor, see -oR txı̀m, see -ım
tokx, see -ok’ txı̀ng, see -ıN
tompa, see -a txan, see -an
toruk, see -uk txantslusam, see -am
torukspxam, see -am txe’lan, see -an
trr, see -r txele, see -E
tsı̀ng, see" -ıN txen, see -En
tsı̀vol, see -ol txep, see -Ep
tsa, see -a txewk, see -Ewk
tsa’u, see -u txey, see -Ej
tsahı̀k, see -ık txll’u, see -u
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txo, see -o zamunge, see -E
txoa, see -a zawng, see -awN
txokefyaw, see -aw zekwä, see -æ
txon, see -on zene, see -E
txopu, see -u zong, see -oN
txum, see -um zongtseng, see -EN
txumpaywll, see -l zoplo, see -o
txumtsä’wll, see -l"
txur, see -uR "
u’imi, see -i
ulivi mari’tsey mak’dini’to, see -o
ulte, see -E
ultxa, see -a
ulu’tah inib’sey mulsi, see -i
unil, see -il
uniltı̀rantokx, see -ok’
uniltı̀ranyu, see -u
ut, see -ut
utral, see -al
utral utu mauti, see -i
utu mauti, see -i
wı̀ntxu, see -u
way, see -aj
waytelem, see -Em
win, see -in
wll, see -l
wong, see" -oN
wrrpa, see -a
wutso, see -o
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Na'vi Affixes 1.1 - Plurality and Pronouns
Plurality
Plurality is assigned to nouns through the use of 2 prefixes:
with one suffix, which is used to indicate whether the pronoun is inclusive, and not exclusive
It is important to note that the indication + after a prefix indicates that it is a leniting prefix, so when
placed in front of the lenitive letters, the letter changes. For example:
Ay+tsamsiyu
.. but this would be incorrect. Ts would lenit to s, and you'd (correctly) end up with:
Aysamsiyu
Additionally, whenever two identical vowels are next to one another via inflection:
pxe+eveng
... the two vowels contract into one.:
pxeveng
Basic Pronouns
I ---------------------- Oe
You ------------------- Nga
He --------------------- Poan
She -------------------- Poe
We(inclusive) --------- oeng
Fill in the Blanks with the appropriate pronoun and/or plural prefix
1.)______-ri lu ke_____-taronyu
You four are not hunters.
(2 pts)
6.) me+ikran-ri eanru
the two mountain banshees are blue
Words used:
lu - to be
ke - not
taron - hunt (taronyu = hunter)
nìwotx - all
'eveng - children
fyawìntxu - guide
tsmukan - brother
txur - strong
ikran - mountain banshee
ean - blue
nari - eye
tsmuke - sister
tspang - kill
pxay - many
tukru - spear
vrrtep - demon
-e Female
-an Male
If you can remember those two suffixes, its pretty straightforward. Just add it to the end of a noun!
po + -e = poe
it + female gender = she
taronyu + -an = taronyuan
hunter + male gender = male hunter
'it + -e = 'ite
child + female gender = daughter
Laudative/Pejorative
Basically, these two words and their subsequent infix determine the mood or positive/negative effect of the
modified word. In Na'vi, verbs are the ones that are inflected for Laudative/ Pejorative.
The Laudative infix is: <ei> ... and it means that the subject of the verb is happy about doing that verb, or
happy about someone else doing the verb.
The Pejorative infix is: <äng> ... and it means that the subject of the verb is unhappy about doing that verb, or
uhappy about someone else doing the verb.
examples of use:
Laudative:
Oe-l Nga-ti Kam<ei>e
I'm happy to see you! or I see you and I'm happy about it!
Pejorative:
Poan T<irm>ar<äng>on lu
He was just hunting, and he didn't like it
Important note: the laudative and pejorative infixes are not normally placed where most infixes are placed (before
the penultimate, or 2nd to last syllable) Instead, they come just after the penultimate syllable, or right before the
last syllable.
Fill in the Blanks with the appropriate Gender and Mood
1.)Po____ri lefpoma taronyu lu
She is a happy hunter
(1 pt)
Oeri po-____-ti tswìrmon hu oeyä tsmuk-____. Po-____-yä ikranìl yol-____-om oeyä memikyunit. Oeyä
ikranìl lìmu yivom po-____-yä tsmuk-____-it. Po-____ plltxe kehe! Oel siti ke eltu, po-____-yä ikranìl
yìmom oeyä memikyun. Tsakrr torukìl oeyä tsmuk-____-ti yìm-____-om. Oeri tswolon ne kelkuti.
I went flying with my sister. Unfortunately Her banshee ate my ears. My banshee was going to eat her brother.
She said no! I didn't listen, her banshee had just eat my ears. Then leonopteryx ate my sister, thankfully. I fl ew
home. (10pts)
Answers:
1.)Po-e taronyu lu
She is a hunter
4.) Tsa'pa'li-e lu
That direhorse is female
Oeri po-e-ti tswìrmon hu oeyä tsmuk-e. Po-e-yä ikranìl yol<äng>om oeyä memikyunit. Oeyä ikranìl lìmu yivom
po-e-yä tsmuk-an-it. Po-e plltxe kehe! Oel siti ke eltu, po-e-yä ikranìl yìmom oeyä memikyun. Tsakrr torukìl oeyä
tsmuk-e-ti yìm<ei>om. Oeri tswolon ne kelkuti.
I went flying with my sister. Unfortunately Her banshee ate my ears. My banshee was going to eat her brother.
She said no! I didn't listen, her banshee had my ears. Then leonopteryx ate my sister, thankfully. I fl ew home.
Words used:
lu - to be ke - not
taron - Hunt (taronyu = hunter) tsam - war
'it - child tsmuk - sibling
Ikran - Mountain Banshee ean - Blue
pa'li - direhorse tspang - Kill
yom - eat tswayon - fly
tukru - spear ftang - stop
mikyun -ears plltxe - speak
toruk -Leonopteryx kelku - home
example:
Oe-yä ontu
I [gen] nose
"My nose"
Topical Suffix?
A topical suffix is used to introduce the topic of the clause, and is somewhat equivalent to the English "as for." The
above example might then be directly translated as "As for me, the nose is mine." Also important to note, is if a
possessive pronoun is the topic, the possessive suffix -yä is replaced by the topical suffix -ri. This does not mean
that -ri is a substitute for the posessive case. It is used to gather focus from a larger clause to a single entity.
Tukru lu lehrrap
"spear is dangerous"
Important Note: The topical suffix does not need to be used in every sentence. It is only really necessary when the
topic of a larger paragraph is changed, or when there are multiple nouns acting on one another, and the topic of the
clause needs to be indicated.
Important Note 2: The topical suffix changes when following a consonant. Instead of -ri, the suffix is -ìri.
For example, in the word 'tsmukan' the last letter is a consonant and thus uses the -ìri suffix to become:
tsmukanìri
What does Genitive Mean?
Basically it indicates the possessive case of a noun or pronoun. The noun becomes the possessor, not the possessed.
In English, the equivalent is basically 's. "Fred's car" So to indicate that something is possessed or owned by
another, the suffix -yä is added:
Poan-yä
he-[pos]
"His"
It is also important to note: If the last letter in the word that is being inflected is NOT a vowel, the y in th e
suffix is dropped, and -ä is used instead:
Ikran-ä
Banshee-[pos]
"The banshee's"
Important note: as with other suffixes, if the word ends in a consoanant, the suffix -ru becomes -ur instead.
Additionally, the suffix -ru can be contracted to -r.
All together now
d so lets put it all together real quick, as it can be pretty confusing until you get used to it. (special thanks to
Taronyuakawng from the forums for this part)
So lets say we watn to say "I will give my bow to mother" - lets start with the basic forms, uninflected.
To whom is the bow given? To mother. So 'mother' must be DATIVE (because it answers the question 'to whom?')
Thefore, 'sa'nok' recieves the dative marker. Since the last letter in the word is a consonant, we use -ur instead of -
ru. We will also mark the bow with the accusative suffix -ti (to mark what is given, what is the object of an action.
the spear is given, so the spear is an object of the action 'to give') Additionally, the verb tìng will be inflected for
future tense with the infix <am> to change it from 'to give" to "will give"
We're almost there. The question remains though, "whose bow?" is it just 'a bow?' or 'the bow?' No. it is my bow,
and that should be indicated, with the Genitave suffix, yä.
there we go! Well ... not quite. With what we have, the translation would end up being "Will give my bow to
mother" ... which would work were it not for the fact that we're wondering who is doing the giving. We can
indicate who is doing the giving in two ways. My first reaction was to add another 'oe' to the sentence, adding the
ergative marker to it so we know that the accusative on the bow goes with it:
And it would seem to work, but now we're wondering if oeyä is posessing the bow or the mother. Is it "I give my
bow to mother" or is it "I give bow to my mother?" Instead of adding another word, we will instead add the topical
marker to oeyä, because we want to say that I am doing that action. Since the topical overrides the genitive, we're
left with ...
Fin!
Excersizes:
Words used:
Ikran ------- Mountain Banshee, or just Banshee tsawl ----- big (in stature)
tìng --------- give Sa'nok
--- Mother
Tukru ------- Spear Taronyu
- Hunter
Sempul ----- Father tsmuke -- sister
hu ---------- with tsmukan
- brother
menari ----- eyes srak? ---- yes/no question indicator
ke ------------ not
tspang -- kill
na ------------ like pa'li
--- Direhorse
'itan --------- son Toruk
--- Leonopteryx
tsamsiyu --- warrior Makto --- Ride
lu ------------- to be ean ----- Blue
skxawng ---- moron txur ---- strong
swizaw ------ arrow
Cases
Na’vi uses what is called an ergative case system, found in only a few of Earth’s
languages (like Basque). In this system, nouns are changed differently depending
on the nature of the verb (this change is known as inflection). An intransitive
verb, such as ‘be’, Na’vi ‘lu’, has no direct object: nothing is happening to anyone
because of the verb. A transitive verb has a direct object, such as ‘see’, Na’vi
‘kame’. In Na’vi, this inflection means adding a suffix, depending on the nature of
the verb and the nature of the noun in relation to the verb. A single verb can be
transitive or intransitive, in certain settings. “I love” would be intransitive,
because no one is loved: “I love you” is transitive, because you are loved.
Transitivity depends on whether an object of the verb, a noun to which the verb
is happening, is included in the sentance: this is called the direct object, which is
in the accusative case.
The subject is inflected using nominative case endings. For intransitive verbs, the
subject of the verb is not inflected: in transitive verbs, the subject (called the
agent in linguistic jargon, but only for transitive verbs) is inflected. Nouns and
adjectives are not inflected,1 when the subject is equated to another word using
an intransitive verb, such as in “The tree is yellow”, or words governed by a
preposition, like “in Na’vi”. Because of these cases, word order is not fixed, and
can be entirely variable. However, remember that the direct object, in the
accusative case, has to be in the sentence for the verb to be transitive. Some
examples:
Oe - ∅ taronyu lu.
I (subj.) hunter (pred.) be (intr.)
I am a hunter.
Oe – l nga – ti kameie.
I (agent) you (d.o.) see (trans.)
I see you.
The subject does not receive the ergative case marker –l, when there is no direct
object. The direct object always gets the accusative case marker –ti, when it
exists. Ditransitive verbs, such as ‘give’, Na’vi ‘tìng’, which may have an indirect
object in the dative case (think of the thing which is given), do not change the
nature of the subject/agent marker, such that:
1
This is certainly the case for adjectives: I assume it is the case for nouns. -Taronyu
There is one final marker to concern yourself with: the topic marker, -ri. This is
used to introduce a topic of conversation. The first mention of a topic in a
paragraph would use the topic marker, and this would replace the blank or –l
subject marker. Think of it as if you were talking to a friend about Avatar: the
first time you mention Avatar, you would add a –ri ending to it, to make sure
that the friend understand that the next few sentences are going to be talking
about Avatar, and not, say, Jake Sully, or how awesome Frommer is. The next
few times you say Avatar, you don’t need to add the –ri ending. The topic doesn’t
have to just replace the subject – it can go on the end of any noun in the
sentence. Thus:
You can see that the second occurrence of ‘oe’ does not take the topic marker.
Case markers:
You’ll notice that three of these have two possibilities. These are known as
allomorphs of each other: they occur at different times, depending on their
context. If a noun ends in a vowel, it will take the suffix that begins with a
consonant. If a noun ends in a consonant, it will take the suffix that begins with a
vowel. Thus:
And
And that’s pretty much all there is to it. Some terms we defined:
Ignore the topic marker, -ri, as these examples are self-contained. Leaving a
blank may be the correct decision. Plurals will be covered later.
Narrative:
I hunt the leonopteryx. I go to the ikran, and he sees me. He flies to me. I give
the ikran a fruit. He does not eat the fruit. We make the bond. We fly to the
Thundering Mountains. I sing a song. The song is good. We do not see a
leonopteryx. He is not in the Thundering Mountains. The ikran and I will not
leave. I hunt leonopteryx, and I am a good hunter.
(25 pts)
Answers:
Narrative:
Oeri (or –l) tarokit taron. Oe-∅ ne ikran-∅ kä, sì pol oeti kame. Poan-∅
tswon ne oe-∅. Oel ikranru kì’ongit tìng. Poanìl kì’ongit ke yom. Ayoe-∅
tsahaylu-∅ si. Ayoe-∅ tswon ne Iknimaya-∅. Oel tìrolit rol. Tìrol-∅
asìltsan lu. Ayoel tarokit ke kame. Poan-∅ mì Iknimaya-∅ ke tok. Oe-∅ sì
ikran-∅ txayängìng. Oel tarokit taron, sì oe-∅ taronyu-∅ asìltsan lu.
Words Used:
Worksheet by Taronyu.
Na'vi Infixes – Fill-in-the-blanks
This worksheet will explain verbal tenses.
The Infixes
Verbs inflect for tense depending on when a sentence is supposed to occur. There
are five tenses in Na’vi. Two are past tense: one for immediate past, <ìm> –
think of “just happened”- and the other for distant past, <am>. There are also
two future tenses: again, one for imminent future <ìy> and one for further off in
the future, <ay>. These are easy to remember: the ones father away have /a/,
the ones closer to the present, which is unmarked, have /ì/.
These inflections occur in certain places within a verb – in the case of tense, the
place is the penultimate syllable. That means the second to last one – which, in
most cases, will be the first. If the verb only has one syllable, then it is marked in
that one syllable. The infix, as the tense inflection is called, because it is fixed in
the verb, goes between the first consonant, or consonant cluster, of a syllable
and the vowel. This may seem a bit complicated, but it’s easier in practice. Some
examples of position:
Note how the infix did not go between k and the syllabic ll because there were
three syllables, and it always goes on the second to last. Don’t worry about the
definitions of the second infixes yet.
Now, there are some more infixes that one must worry about because they do
come up. These are the perfective <ol> and the imperfective <er>.1 These go in
the same position as the tense infixes. The perfective aspect doesn’t seem to
have a problem because we’ve only attested it alone: it denotes a task which was
completed in the past. T<am>aron could be I hunted, but that hunt might still
be going on: T<ol>aron means I have hunted, and now that act is over. <er> is
a bit trickier: it denotes continuing action, like teraron, I am hunting. In the
present tense, it is just <er>. In the past tense, it is an infix within the other
infix: So, <ìm> becomes <ì<r>m>, and <am> becomes <a<r>m>. Luckily
those are the only attested forms, and they are easy to remember.
Finally, there is <ei> and <äng>. If you’ve come this far, you should know that
the first means the speaker is happy about the verb (linguistic term laudative),
and the latter means that the speaker is not happy (pejorative). These go in the
final syllable, between the initial consonant and the vowel, just as before. Thus
Oe-l nga-ti kam<ei>e, I see you. Or, Oe-l ke n<äng>ew tsahaylu si
nantang-hu, I do not want to make tsahaylu with a viperwolf. This sentence also
reminds us not to ignore dipthongs: new is not dysllabic, like the old form for the
word, ne.u, is. Indifference to the verb is not marked.
Words like infinitives, “to stay”, or gerunds, tìtaron “the hunt”, do not inflect.
1
There are others: one of them, the subjunctive <iv>, is mentioned here. However, we
cannot be sure of any of the others yet, not until we get more data, so don’t worry
about them. I also won’t tell you about <us> in this worksheet (or any).
And so, once more:
Tense:
<ay> Future (FUT)
<ìy> Near Future (N.FUT)
<-> Present (unmarked)
<ìm> Near Past (N.PAST)
<am> Past (PAST)
Aspect:
<ol> Perfective Past (PERF.)
<er> Imperfective Present (IMPF.)
<ì<r>m> Imp. Near Past (IMPF.N.PAST)
<a<r>m> Imp. Past (IMP.PAST)
9.) Pol ______ nìftue fa tukru yerikti, ulte poyä nìfmetokil ‘awti Na’viyä
____. (4 pts)
She recently killed a hexapede (LAUD) with a spear easily, and her test will soon
make (LAUD) her one of the people. Use tspang, si.
Narrative: (Have fun. 20 pts)
In the time when the great singing of the first songs was beginning (PAST IMPF:
use sngä’i), my father rode (PAST PERF LAUD: use makto) a tarok. He flew
(PAST: use tswon) with the wings of Eywa, from the ikran Na’vi to the
Thundering mountains, and all listened (PERF LAUD: use tìng) to his wisdom. As
for me, I just ate (NEAR PAST: use yom) a fruit, and was (NEAR PAST PEJ: use
lu) a moron near the Tsahìk. But the news (PRES IMPF LAUD: use peng) tells of
a dreamwalker, and soon I’ll go (NEAR FUT LAUD: use kä) that way. When my
time will come (NEAR FUT: use za’u), I will learn (FUT LAUD: use nume) the
alien’s words. It will be (FUT LAUD) a pleasure to be able to speak with him in
English!
Answers:
NARRATIVE:
px ------> p
tx ------> t
kx ------> k
p ------> f
t ------> s
ts ------> s
k ------> h
' ------> Ø
remember, ' is the glottal stop, or basically the closing of your glottis, like the hyphen in 'uh-oh'.
Ø indicates nothing ... so the glottal stop becomes nothing. Also important to remember that the
letters lenit only once. so Px, once it changes to P, does not then change to F. Only the unlenited
P changes to F.
*-In linguistics there are three variants of adpositions; prepositions, postpositions and circumpositions. but the one that
is most relevant to us in learning na'vi as far as lenition goes is the preposition, as lenition is triggered when something
comes before the leniting consonant.
A Prefix is an addition to the beginning (hence "pre") a word to modify or inflect its meaning.
Not all prefixes are lenitive prefixes. In grammatical notation for the Na'vi language, most prefixes
are indicated with a hyphen after the prefix, such as in tì-rey (life.) Prefixes that are lenitave, are
indicated by the + symbol instead of a hyphen, like ay+nga (you inclusive).
Example:
Supposing I want to make Taryonyu (hunter) plural, I'd need to use ay+.
ay+taronyu
Since the T in taronyu is a lenitiave consonant, the t would change:
ay+saronyu
which would be correct. With ay+ in particular, you don't need to include the ay+ after lenition
happens, So equally correct would be just simply:
saronyu
If however you want to make Taronyu (hunter) dual, I'd then use Me+
me+taronyu
As with ay+, me+ is lenitave (as can be seen by the + symbol) so the t would change:
me+saronyu
but one could NOT drop the me+ because otherwise it would then be indistinguishable from ay+
Ay+ (plurality)
Me+ (dual)
Pxe+(Trial)
Pe+ (what)
Mì+ "in"
the adposition Mì does not attach to the beginning of the word it modifies, only after as it is an
adposition and not a prefix.
*- there might be more lenitive prefixes, but as of 02/01/2010, only those four are for sure.
Combine the following words and prefixes correctly.
Try not to look back on the list!
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Answers:
1.)Ay+Tsamsiyu --> aysamsiyu, or samsiyu
warriors
2.)Me+Nari --> Menari
two eyes
3.)Pe+utral --> Peutral
What Tree?
4.) Me+Taronyu --> Mesaronyu
Two Hunters
5.) Ay+tsmukan --> Aysmukan, or Smukan
Brothers
6.) Mì-hrrap --> Mìhrrap
with danger
7.)Ay+pa'li --> ayfa'li or fa'li
direhorses
8.) mì+txopu --> mì topu
in fear
9.) ay+pxun --> aypun, or pun
Arms
10.) ay+karyu --> ayharyu, or haryu
teachers
11.) ay+tsap'alute --> aysap'alute or sap'alute
apologies
12.) me+kxetse --> meketse
two tails
Worksheet by Skxawng v3
Final Exam
This is an easy crossword puzzle. We even filled it in for you. Then some jerk in accounting
thought that was far too simple, and he pasted white circles over various letters so that you
would have to fill in each missing letter to solve this puzzle. Feel free to use the Na’vi word list
or dictionary if you get stuck (this is an open book test), but try filling in the letters of the words
you recognize first. You might be surprised how much you know.