nìNa'vi lì'fya

little vocabulary practice!

kaltxì (intj.)

‘hello’ - a common Na’vi greeting

kxì (intj.)

‘hello’ - a more casual form of the Na’vi greeting

trr (n.)

day

lefpom (adj.)

happy, peaceful, joyous, pleasant

etymology: le- having to do with , and -fpom wellbeing

oe (pn.)

I, me

nga (pn.)

you

kame (vtr.)

see, see into, understand, know (spiritual sense)

Oel ngati kameie. (phr.)

A common greeting for Na’vi, meaning, “I See you.” Note here that ‘See’ is capitalized, as kame is used in a spiritual context.

fko (pn.)

one, they (unspecified agent)

pefya (inter.)

how

etymology: pe- what , and -fya path

syaw (vin.)

call

Ngaru fko syaw pefya? (phr.)

how are you called?

literally: one calls you how?

A phrase used to ask someone their name.

lu (vcp.)

to be

used in three ways:

• to indicate something has a property (‘A is B’); in this case the predicate can be a noun or an adjective

• (2) to indicate existence (‘there is, there exists’)

• (3) to indicate possession, with the possessor in the dative (‘to A is B’ → ‘A has B’)

fpom (n.)

wellbeing, peace, happiness

srak (part.)

the marker for yes-or-no questions, the end of sentence form.

Note: The form srake (yes/no marker) is used at the beginning of the sentence, while srak (yes/no marker) is used at the end.

Ngaru lu fpom srak? (phr.)

Are you well? (literally: is there well-being to you?).

A common greeting the Na’vi use.

srane (part.)

yes

kehe (part.)

no

tut (part.)

"…what about ...?" (continuation marker)

Try the example dialogue:

Ngaru lu fpom srak? Are you well?

Srane. Ngaru tut? Yes. And you?/How about you?

ma (part.)

a vocative marker, used to indicate whom the speaker is addressing; used with a name or can be used with a noun.

rutxe (intj.)

please

irayo (n.)/(intj.)

thank you, thanks

hayalovay (intj.)

until next time

etymology: hayalo- next time , -vay up to

tse’a (vtr.)

see (physical sense)

tok (vtr.)

be at, occupy a space

fwew (vtr.)

look for, seek, search

yom (vtr.)

eat

stawm (vtr.)

hear

nìn (vtr.)

look at

nong (vtr.)

follow, proceed after

za’u (vin.)

come

hum (vin.)

leave, depart

hahaw (vin.)

sleep

syuve (n.)

food; collective, cannot be pluralized.

mauti (n.)

fruit

po (pn.)

he, she

The third-person pronoun, used for people and animate objects (for example animals, but not bugs). Na'vi uses gender-neutral pronouns by default; specific male and female variants do exist (poan he and poe she), but are used only in cases where they avoid ambiguity.

tute (n.)

person

‘ewll (n.)

plant

ioang (n.)

animal, beast

frapo (pn.)

everyone

numtseng (n.)

school

na’rìng (n.)

forest

kelku (n.)

home, house

‘efu (vtr.)

feel, sense, perceive

Used whenever you want to say that you feel a certain way. For example, if you want to say that you are tired, you don't use lu to be, but 'efu.

Can be used transitively (with a noun expressing the feeling) or like a copula with an adjective describing an inner feeling.

fkeytok (vin.)

exist

etymology: kifkey world , and tok be at

ngeyn (adj.)

tired

ohakx (adj.)

hungry

väng (adj.)

thirsty

wew (adj.)

cold

som (adj.)

hot

nitram (adj.)

happy (of people)

etymology: the English name "Martin" backwards.

taronyu (n.)

hunter

etymology: taron hunt , and -yu -er, personification marker

taron (vtr.)

hunt

karyu (n.)

teacher

etymology: kar teach , and -yu -er, personification marker

kar (vtr.)

teach

numeyu (n.)

student, learner

etymology: nume learn , and -yu -er, personification marker

nume (vin.)

acquire knowledge or understanding

Note that this verb is intransitive, so it cannot be used with -t (patientive case: direct object of transitive verb). The subject learned can instead be indicated with -ri (topical case).

tìng (vtr.)

give

set (adv.)

now

new (vtr.)

want

run (vtr.)

find, discover

nìteng (adv.)

too, also, as well, likewise

Note the difference between nìteng and kop;

nìteng: “I do that too. / I do that same thing, as well.”

kop: “I do this different thing also.”

kop (adv.)

too, also, additionally

Note the difference between nìteng and kop;

kop: “I do this different thing also.”

nìteng: “I do that too. / I do that same thing, as well.”

taluna (conj.)

because

etymology: ta from , lun reason , a that

sì (part.)

and (noun conjunction)

Connects noun groups or verbs, but not entire clauses.

ulte (conj.)

and (clausal conjunction)

Connects clauses, not nouns.

slä (conj.)

but