Q&A for How to Learn Avatar's Na'vi Language

The Na'vi normally don't like being thanked, so they respond by saying "kea tìkin," which means "no need," i.e., "no need to thank."

Kaltxì, ma 'eylan - Kaltxì is 'hello', ma is a particle of address, like the English 'O', 'eylan is 'friend'. Note the leading apostrophe on 'eylan - that is a glottal stop.

"Oe tse'a nga." That is how you say "I see you" in na'vi.

No. Na'vi's grammar is too complex for the current level of sophistication for translators, so translation requires someone capable of manually translating.

The Na'vi say either "kelku" for either "home" or "house". It can be used interchangeably.

There isn't a direct concise translation of this, but we can still get this sentiment across in a slightly different way. There is also more than one way to say it, as with many other things. Txankrr ke tse'a oeng fìtsap. (We haven't seen each other for a long time.) Txankrr ke tse'a oel ngati. (I haven't seen you for a long time.) Txankrr ultxa ke si oeng. (We haven't met up in a long time.)

The Na'vi word for Pandora is Eywa'eveng. It has a shorter colloquial form as well, which is Eyweveng.

The Na'vi word for want is new. You can use it one of two ways: 1) to say you want a thing. 2) to say you want to do some sort of action. An example of 1 might be "Oel new syuveti." (I want food. An example of 2 might be "Oe new nivume." (I want to learn.) Note that the verb nume means learn, and the -iv- (subjunctive) infix is added inside.

The Na'vi usually ask a question more similar to "Do you have wellbeing/peace". This would be "Ngaru lu fpom srak?" Another way to ask this sort of thing is "Ngafkeyk fyape?" (What is the "you-status"?)

Siva ko! There is also a version of this without the space: sivako. The version with the space appears to be more popular at the moment in the Na'vi community.