[Tlhingan-hol] Na'vi' piece

[Robyn Stewart]

On 2013-10-17, at 12:16, Alan Anderson <qunchuy at alcaco.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Robyn Stewart <robyn at flyingstart.ca> wrote:
>> I was interviewed for this piece in Nautilus magazine.
>> http://nautil.us/issue/6/secret-codes/cracking-avatars-language-codes
> 
> De' nejlu'meH SoH DaSamlu'. meq DaSov'a'? qatlh ponglIj Sov yu'wI'?

vIqawbe'. chaq TwitterDaq vISamlu'. 

>> I don't appear in the piece: perhaps I was background or just cut for lack
>> of interest.
> 
> chaq ngoDqoqmey lupIHlu'bogh Daj law' ngoDmey Da'olbogh Daj puS.

rut jIDaj. 

>> I find it interesting that Na'vi' enthusiasts were at first
>> working only from the subtitles with no grammar to guide them. That's
>> another layer we Klingonists don't have.
> 
> We do seem to be getting more hints and examples without explicit
> definitions lately. Things like {ngIq} and {'aplo'} and {vey} are
> reasonably well understood to various extents, though we don't have
> "official" prescriptive meanings direct from Marc Okrand.
> 
> Until we get a good explanation of {yI'}, however, I think that one is
> going to remain an interesting mystery.

chIch ta'choH Marc 'e' boqel'a'. 

> 
> -- ghunchu'wI'
> 
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