#navi language

[dragonofpandora]

translates a Frontiers trailer into Na'vi because why not

Txina Tute: Lu oe Na'viyä hapxì. Sawtute Vonvä': Set. SV: Nga lu 'u a sleykamu ngati oel! TT: Fmolong oeti Artieyl, ulte tskxekeng soli fa ayfya'o feyä. Zìsìt avohin fol oeti fyep mìso kìfkey oeyä sì sute oeyä. Ikran Makto: Pey. Ngaru sävll lu. Nga lu hapxì Sarentoä. IM?: Parultsyìpìl komum ke 'u fya'oä ayoeyä. Tsahìk?: Tung futa Kelutral lu zongtseng sìsrawta. TT: Oe zene fwivew suteti a tsun kivar oeru fya'oti Na'viyä, ulte srung si oeru fte tare kìfkeyhu nìmun. Karyu: Nong oeti! TT: Ke pung oel ngati! TT: Kehe! Karyu: Syaw foru! Syaw ikranur ngeyä! Tsahìk?: Nga sngä'i fpivìl nìna'vi! Pa'li Makto: Set, ayoel ngaru kìyar teyngta pefya makto nìteng. TT: Set Eywa'evengti sutel 'eko nìmun. TT: Oel ke tung futa Artieyl fìatxkxeti ska'a! Fìtseng lu kelku oeyä. Kawnomum: Na'vil wayem ngahu wäArtiey. TT: Lu oe Na'viyä hapxì, ulte oel hayawnu Eywa'evengti! Siva ko!

Translation notes:

RDA -> Artiey, a phonetic spelling of it

"the mark" -> "the sign"

Translated "poor child" as "parultsyìp," a term of affection for children - literally "little miracle," which seems fitting for a child that was stolen away and miraculously returned fifteen years later

Translated "burdens" as "pains"

[woomysans]

Apparently TikTok is now in the Na'vi dictionary. /hj

[fruitmilkshake]

Na'vi children :))

[regular-gnome]

Hey, Kai here, i have a question: do you have a headcannon on why the Archivists wear what they wear? And is it standard to all the Archivists? just this particular group and groups that have interacted with them when they first formed? Or does it depend?

I'd say it depends. Some parts of clothing are their what they chose to wear some are group indicators

The cap and cape are something all collecting star children have. Well.. Not counting those who were never found by any of their kind and could look like literally anything. It's what the first ones wore that helped to hide any abnormal features when walking among mortals. If someone forgot in which direction their elbow was supposed to bend or had limbs that were too long, having a cape would prevent scaring people too soon. Later, it became a common trait that signified them being a collector It's also a reference to their somewhat loose, fabric-like form after being created. In canon I think they would have a much less human-like appearance, more like what the Collector looked like when released in King's Tide.

Their color scheme and markings depend on what they were around when first being formed, whether it was a nebula, a dying star, a distant planet or galaxy. The color from that time stays with them, often seen on their cape and clothing. Later, when they become an archivist, they take on the color common to that particular archive. In the case of this group, it’s blue. While the masks are just a work tool, the trinket symbol resembling the mask they wear is an indicator for the group. It is a thing given by one of the siblings to the youngest when they join them. The change was referenced in this drawing

Also, a fun aspect of them adopting a more unified archivist attire is how they somewhat lose parts of their individuality to their work. Over time, their personal markings become hardly visible on their skin, their colors and clothing choices become more uniform. They become more of an archivist than their own person:D and also why as children they look so much more distint from each other

[clove-pinks]

"The Little Midshipman" by Wilson Nesbit, on a 1930s tin of Macfarlane Lane & Co. biscuits.

...I found my captain, and presented my father's letter. He surveyed me from top to toe, and desired the pleasure of my company to dinner at six o'clock. "In the mean time," he said, "as it is now only eleven, you may go a-board, and shew yourself to Mr. Handstone, the first lieutenant, who will cause your name to be entered on the books, and allow you to come back here to dine." I bowed and retired. And on my way to Mutton Cove was saluted by the females, with the appellation of Royal Reefer (midshipman), and a Biscuit Nibbler; but all this I neither understood nor cared for.

— Frederick Marryat, Frank Mildmay (The Naval Officer).

[amiharana]

not to actually be delusional but why does revali have gold shit braided into his hair and why does it lowkey match link's hair color.

[corvid-language-library]

It's funny how I use colour coding differently for different languages. Japanese is an orange-lime-purple language and I the colours denote pitch accent. Norwegian is a red-blue-forest green language and the colour matches gender.

[silvertherogue715]

hello! How are you doing? Feeling any better since you caught that cold? This ask is gonna be about Sunstar mainly so I’m gonna split this up into different parts based on the questions. Knowing that Duo attacked and badly injured him I’m curious as to why? Was it cause of the bad emotions that he gave off and effected the other stardroids? Or just a chance encounter that didn’t go well? And does he just stay at one NEC or does he get the other one?

Emotions and relationship wise: Does the NEC still effect his emotions or are they more apparent then before because he only has one of the NEC he had originally? Does this change his behavior in anyway than what he was like originally? Especially his relationship with Terra and Minx(the last ask with his and Does he have any other relationships with the stardroids or know any Navis?

knowing that he’s the leader of the stardroids what does he do exactly?

with his ability being effected by emotions which sorts of emotions cause a increase in heat? Excitement, love, anger, etc. and just an angsty thought that came up has he ever out of instinct tried to grab someone out of panic or reflex and ended up burning them instead? (I assume he’s very careful but the concept of it happening to anyone(Minx, Terra, stardroid) is just a curiosity)

I hope you’re doing well! Have a good day/night! Thank you

I'm doing much better now, thank you! I don't get sick often, so I was a bit caught off-guard, but it also happened right before break when a bunch of assignments were nearing their deadlines. 

Hopefully I'll be able to dedicate way more time to shoveling out Brainrot AU stuff now.

This is a long one! I'll post my answers below the cut.

Why did Duo attack?

There’s a lot of lore for Duo in my AU, but I'm gonna try to simplify it here.

It’s canon in the MMBN anime that Duo began to see his creators and their civilization as evil, and that he eventually destroyed all life on Earth during that time before leaving on a rocket that mimics the appearance of a comet (which is powered by Negative Energy).

In my AU, he sees all NEC-Navis as inherently ���evil.”

He uses this comet to approach sources of “evil,” and gives any intelligent life he comes across a “test” to determine whether or not they as a whole are evil and should be destroyed. This also means that Sunstar and the Stardroids are always on his radar. They have clashed several times.

Duo is the first and only Viren Navi with 5 GV-Crystals in his body, and Sunstar only absorbed the extra 3 NE crystals in his body to stand a chance against Duo when no other NE-Navi could. Unfortunately, he had no idea the consequences would be so dire, and was too far gone to stop by the time he realized.

Does he just stay at one NEC?

No. Sunstar is reduced to one NEC after Duo’s attack, but he does eventually regain up to 4 out of the 5 total.

The stardroids secure the two that go into his forearms before arriving to Earth.

Terra obtains the fourth, one of his original two that go in his chest, from Ra Moon after the Stardroids arrive on New Earth.

Minx finds the 5th later..but that’s not important right now =) 

Sunstar was never ”woken up” after the attack from Duo until Terra restored his other original NEC from Ra Moon inside his chest. All the Stardroids knew of the possible side effects from either losing or receiving damage to an Energy Crystal: there had been plenty of personal and historical references to use.

Had they activated him with one NEC, Sunstar would have been missing a huge chunk of his memories. In addition to this, he would have felt his emotions with an all-new intensity that he was unfamiliar with. Think of a usually calm and intimidating individual getting reduced to tears on a regular basis or verbally lashing out after an insult that wouldn’t have normally phased him. Positive side effects would be a temporarily clear mind and non-firey hands, but the downsides outweighed them tenfold. 

The change would definitely put a strain on his relationships. It’d be like having to learn about a person all over again.

What are his relationships?

Most Earth Navis Sunstar is familiar with he has met through/with Minx when he was still “Ra Moon.” He couldn’t/wouldn’t make many friends for several reasons, but some notable cases include:

Napalmman: Both love to talk about their respective netops (Nenji/Minx), and their shared love for explosions and anything fire-related. Friend!

Also occasionally talks with some coworker Navis Napalmman is friends with.

Sprout: Carson’s hilariously underwhelming but overpowered normalnavi. Carson is one of Minx’s older brothers, and due to plot reasons, Sprout is the only other Navi Ra Moon would see occasionally when Minx was a child.

Shadowman: Frenemies. He and Miyabi tried kidnapping him several times at one point, and Ra Moon loves to tease/annoy him whenever he gets the chance.

Shademan: Hate. Can and will fight on sight.

Forte/Bass: Sympathetic, but best to avoid. His relationship with Dr. Cossack (manga-based) is semi-mirrored by his relationship with Minx.

As for the other Stardroids…I hate to admit I have not thought of many specific interactions between Sunstar and all of them. This is the perfect opportunity to brainstorm though! Hmm..

Saturn would likely be chilly to Sunstar given his crush on Terra. Sunstar would probably dislike his poor work ethic and pull the occasional prank on him.   

Venus looks up to him, and while Sunstar finds her adorable, he regularly gives her physically harder tasks (like leading training sessions) to satiate her pride.

Sunstar is practically the only one who interacts with Mars–they both have a mutual understanding of the other, as each were deemed “monsters” by the Viren civilization. I wouldn’t describe them as friends, though.

Mercury annoys him to hell and back and Sunstar does his best to station Mercury as far away from himself as possible. 

Jupiter is one of the only Stardroids who will actively seek out Sunstar without going through Terra first. He has a deep respect for Sunstar’s strength, and finds him less intimidating due to his friendship with Uranus.

Uranus is terrified of Sunstar but plays it off with bravado by challenging him to fights. He has yet to win.

Sunstar likes Pluto and Jupiter maybe the most due to their sort-of friendship with Terra. Also, because Sunstar is absolutely a cat person.

I’ll need to think further on some of the other ones.

What does he do?

Sunstar was created to serve as a symbol of protection for Virens, but more importantly for NEC Navis. He shadowed Terra for three major things:

How to lead as a representative for NEC Navi’s

How to observe and deal with hostile rival alien civilizations that may pose a threat to specific Viren settlements 

How to prevent and manage NE-Navi-related disputes while striving for a positive social image

Admittedly, Sunstar shadowed Terra for a majority of his time after being created. He very rarely acted without first consulting or collaborating with Terra first. Terra had both more knowledge and experience than him, but he also commanded more trust and respect from the population and other Viren leaders/council members.

Before Duo mutinied against the Viren civilization on Earth, Sunstar wanted to implement at least two policies/practices:

Raising awareness of and liquidating misinformation surrounding the nature of Negative Energy Crystals and NE-Navis.

The removal of exclusively positive or negative energy crystals.

He had proof it was possible for a hybrid design.

Now, though?

His ship is stranded on Earth with Duo no doubt closing in. The civilization that he was responsible for previously before is dead. The only thing he can do is try to protect the life he has secured on New Earth with friends and family, new and old. 

--

After reawakening with 4 NECs, Sunstar proceeds to lose the 2 in his forearms during a battle on Earth soon after re-arriving. They get shattered in the heat of the battle, and a decent chunk of Arc 2 is spent hunting down the shards before Duo can arrive.

What emotions cause an increase in heat?

Emotions like anger, fear, sadness, or any combination of those that can leave him feeling overwhelmed. Again, Sunstar’s emotions are more muted than regular NE-Navis, given he has two NECs. That means whatever he’s feeling has to be pretty intense for it to affect him so deeply, but he is most prone to anger out of any other ‘provocative’ emotion. 

Also! He kind of hates how his hands can be a “tell” for him. He may have a stoic persona, but there’s only so much you can hide behind an empty stare, or later, a mask, without your furiously flaming hands giving you away.

Has he burned someone accidentally?

Grabbing and shaking you. I love your brain. He absolutely has.

It doesn’t happen often anymore, not like when he was first created, but my god does it devastate him when it does. He knows what happens when he touches things: they burn. He can’t help but ask himself, why does he still slip up? He knows his loved ones know it is never out of malice, that it’s an accident, that they forgive him, but he finds it hard to forgive himself. 

It’s safe to say Sunstar has accidentally burned nearly all of the Stardroids at least once. For specific people, though?

Uranus: weirdly enough he wants to fight Sunstar hand-to-hand. Close combat is his forte, and he wants to prove he’s strong enough to push through and kind of foe–or pain.

Mercury: he is absolutely enough of an annoying bastard for Sunstar to chase him down on several occasions until he either hands over whatever he has stolen from another Stardroid, apologizes to whoever he pissed off, or mans his station.

Terra: multiple times back on Viren Earth. A few scenarios:

Sunstar grabbing Terra by the shoulders to protect him from falling debris

Sunstar accidentally burned Terra when the latter passed him something by hand.

Without thinking, Sunstar tried holding Terra’s hand during a wholesome moment for both.

Minx: (so far) twice.

Minx tried holding his hand, thoughtlessly.

Sunstar grabbed and pulled Minx by the arm to prevent her from wandering into oncoming traffic at night.

He always apologizes profusely, but has a bad habit of isolating himself for hours and sometimes days afterwards.

He was apologizing for months afterwards.

[selfmaderibcageman]

funny to me just how many military units around the world develop shibboleths of this form.

[dedalvs]

Kopikon Presenters: Paul Frommer

Today we continue with introductions to our Kopikon presenters with Paul Frommer!

Paul is a conlanger and professor. He is best known for creating the Na'vi language for Avatar. It was also used in the recent sequel Avatar: The Way of Water. He also created the Barsoomian language for Disney's John Carter, and also maintains a blog about Na'vi called Na'viTeri. In 2017 Paul worked together with me, Marc Okrand, David Salo, and others to put together the documentary Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues.

Paul will be presenting at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom in Copley Formal Lounge at Georgetown University, September 23rd, 2023. To register, go here. The full schedule is listed below:

10:00 a.m. Opening remarks by David & Jessie

10:15 a.m. Sally Caves

10:45 a.m. Carl Buck

11:15 a.m. Break (20 minutes)

11:35 a.m. Sylvia Sotomayor

12:00 p.m. David Peterson

12:30 p.m. Lunch (90 minutes)

2:00 p.m. Paul Frommer

2:30 p.m. John Quijada

3:15 p.m. Break (30 minutes)

3:45 p.m. Music (Jillian & Andrew Aversa)

4:15 p.m. Jessie Sams

4:45 p.m. Break (15 minutes)

5:00 p.m. Biblaridion

5:45 p.m. Marc Okrand

6:30 p.m. Closing remarks by David & Jessie

[zvaigzdelasas]

Saying dialects are malformed versions of a certain language: not funny

Saying the "main" (ie historically used to conduct power) language is a malformed version of the dialects: funny?

[fubbytime]

new friend!

All things considered, they arrived in better condition than i thought and faster (Canada to U.S.A. shipping)(why did they go from one side of canada to the other to the side of the us farthest from me. to me. was there nothing closer?) So far just some battery box corrosion, also i nicknamed them "mr grumpy and stinky fub senior" due to having an issue with one side of their mouth not closing, having a birthday of Jan 4th, 1999 (almost 25!), and coming with a peculiar smell I'm pretty sure is coming from the motor. Currently this little guy is getting a nice, long bath (the 3rd bath)(VERY stinky n still dirty) and I'm working on getting the corrosion out (so far my isopropyl alcohol isn't helping much). Very excited to do the naming and gender reveal ritual once I fix the battery box! I almost hesitated to share them so early since they need to be in their best condition for the ritual and i KNOW i can get them working. Also doing a push start just in case so I'll know for a fact what's wrong when the batteries go in. Wanna be on the safe side and troubleshoot to prevent. SO excited cannot wait to see what I can do for them.

[fruitmilkshake]

Na'vi bow ideas :))

[nav-i-nav]

Me posting a writing piece only to notice the constant use of the same words in the same sentence/paragraph is going to be my thirteenth reason.

[king-k-ripple]

Let’s change the terms of these animals and foods to have the correct colors of what they’re describing:

[epicdogymoment]

[remembers that poll post that said "im going with the strict definition of different languages + really similar ones only count for one] woah! i dont think you noticed but you just made a pretty politically charged statement there while also not even clarifying the bounds of what youd consider separate languages anyway! nice