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Learning to speak and writing a learning guide to Na'Vi
« on: December 23, 2009, 12:57:35 AM »

So yeah, I've decided I am overly nerd-tastic and I really want to learn to speak Na'Vi.  For now I just have what is on the internet, I can't wait for the DVD to come out so that I can listen to it repetitively.

Did you know Na'Vi uses in-fixes to conjugate verbs?  It's quite interesting.

Anyone else interested in learning?

Also, do you know of any human language what uses in-fixes as apposed to suffixes or prefixes?
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Re: Learning to speak and writing a learning guide to Na'Vi
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2010, 07:58:18 AM »
In theory, Swahili uses infixes, though this really depends on your definition of infixes.  Additionally, many languages, Old English and Welsh included, use vowel changes to decline nouns.  This is somewhat similar to infixes.
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Re: Learning to speak and writing a learning guide to Na'Vi
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2010, 05:58:44 PM »
I absobloominlutely love infixes.
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Re: Learning to speak and writing a learning guide to Na'Vi
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2010, 12:11:43 AM »

xD  That's a pretty awesome word you got there Peter.
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Re: Learning to speak and writing a learning guide to Na'Vi
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2010, 08:57:34 PM »
Found something you may be interested in, Miyabi.
http://www.learnnavi.org/
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Re: Learning to speak and writing a learning guide to Na'Vi
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2010, 10:26:22 AM »
I remain mystified as to how Na'Vi is supposedly based on Maori.
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Re: Learning to speak and writing a learning guide to Na'Vi
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2010, 07:53:19 AM »

Na'vi isn't based on any language in particular.  Frommer was going for a language that used a lot of his favorite aspects of languages in a combination that there is nothing like it on earth.
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