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nattikay · 1 year

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In your experience, how hard is to learn Na'vi?

It very much depends on the person. For myself...well, I wouldn't say it's easy per se--learning any new language is a challenge--but it's really not that bad. Compared to natural languages which are of course much more complex, Na'vi is fairly straightforward.

One advantage I have personally is having studied a bit of Japanese in the past. One thing that some monolingual folks don't always realize is that translating isn't as simple as taking a dictionary and substituting each word one by one--different languages have fundamentally different grammar structures.

Na'vi has a few grammar structures that are very foreign to English but familiar to Japanese. For example, limited free word order and marking parts of speech. English relies on word order to make who's doing what in a sentence. Hence, "I eat pizza" makes sense, but "pizza eat I" doesn't.

In both Japanese and Na'vi, however, there are grammatical bits that explicitly mark the role each noun plays in a sentence, and therefore frees up your word order. Japanese does this with particles while Na'vi does it with case endings. Watashi wa piza o taberu Oel pitsati yom

(Japanese it actually a little stricter with word order than Na'vi as the verb in Japanese is always expected to go at the end whereas in Na'vi it can go anywhere, but it's the same general idea.)

Similarly, Na'vi adpositions can behave similarly to some Japanese particles:

I walk to the forest Watashi wa mori ni aruku Oe na'rìngne tìran

Though again, Na'vi is a little more flexible in that the adposition can go before or after its relative noun ("ne na'rìng" and "na'rìngne" are equally acceptable).

Na'vi can also utilize a topic-comment structure; it doesn't do so nearly as often as Japanese does but it does exist and can be little weird for English-only speakers to wrap their heads around at first.

Of course, all that rambling aside Na'vi grammar as a whole is still very different from Japanese grammar as a whole and the two languages have plenty of stuff that set them apart--I just want to illustrate how studying Japanese in the past made it easier for me personally to grasp some of the less-Englishy aspects of Na'vi than it would've been otherwise.

And that's true of languages in general tbh; the more of them you learn the easier it becomes to pick up new ones.

That said, while having prior language experience is certainly helpful in learning Na'vi (or any language), don't let not having any stop you from giving it a go if you want! As I mentioned at the beginning, compared to natural languages it's really not so bad even without prior experience; we've got lots of learners who do well even if it's their first new language :)

#lì'fya lena'vi #hoohoohoooooo boy my japanese is rustyyyyyyy o_o;#was never anywhere close to fluent to begin with; just took some classes in college and that was a fair few years ago now #i am definitely more confident in na'vi than I ever was in japanese ^^;#but oh well w/e gets the point across i guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#sorry for the rambly ramble

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Request! How would the RFA react to an MC that looks delicate innocent and all that, but then shES A TOTAL MEMESTER *dabs* AND SWEARS LIKE A SAILOR 24/7

lololol this is so me except I’m neither delicate nor innocent looking I’m just abnormally quiet but I will swear just to put emphasis on other swear words ok

also pretend that in the chats, MC acts ‘normally’ I guess, since she wanted to make a good impression. But now that she’s gotten more comfortable with the RFA, it’s time to let loose.

also also sorry not sorry for my cringey memeing

also also also (really, actually sorry) I think swearing like a sailor and knowing good insults are part of the same package so…tah

YOOᔕᑌᑎG:

AW BABY

at first, he thinks you’re an actual angel

you’re sweet, and pure, and so incredibly precious, you’re probably the most gent-

“Ay it’s my bitch- I mean boy, Yoosung!”

Did she…did she just call me her bitch?

not that he really minds though whoops

This boy is s hOOK

When he grew up, he was the kid that thought “heck” was a terrible word

and now the love of his life just said the big ‘b’ word/?//???

MC the boy will cry actually he’s kinda scared that his mom is going to jump out from beneath a table holding a bible

Without realizing it, he’ll cover your mouth with his hand to ‘prevent’ you from saying any other bad words

then he realizes what he’s done and just sort of goes ah I hate myself

proceeds to curl up into a ball of solid misery

you: ಠ_ಠ

telling him memes just freaks him the fuck out because who is this person????

Yoosung hates surprises tbh

He calms down a bit once you revert to your chat room self, but this is only to lessen the blow, and you’ll gradually release your own beast all in due time

he’s fine with memes, not fine with swearing

but seriously when you guys live together he has a heart attack every time you stub your toe because you just yell profanities at the top of your lungs

“HOLY JESUS SWEET MOTHERFUCKER ”

“o h f O R THE LOVE OF SATAN’S FIERY BALLSACK” 10/10 for creativity

your neighbors are like uhm is she ok I don’t think she’s ok

meanwhile Yoosung is sobbing on the floor

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ᘔEᑎ:

Actually with Zen, it’s a little while before you openly started to swear and meme-out in front of him, since you are a bit afraid of his fans’ reactions

But at some point, Zen is acting with a really shitty excuse of a human being

This guy has some sort of god-complex (also he wears khaki pants and keeps screaming about death and ruling the world) which just makes you want him in his pretty face

As they wrap up a scene, he begins to complain about everything that went ‘wrong’, and proceeds to storm away after his tantrum

He shoves people out of the way, and Zen tugs you to the side before the shit kid can touch you

But you can’t keep your cool, and just-

“Woah excUSE me, fucking douche canoe coming through.”

You feel Zen’s fingers just freeze around your arm

Did those words really come out of your sweet little mouth?

Starts to wonder how else your mouth can amaze him *wink wonk* jfc this kinky piece of shit is too much for me

Basically after that incident, you don’t hold back anymore

Although Zen doesn’t get used to it for a while after-all your words and appearance are so completely different, he secretly loves it when you swear

Especially when you mention body parts

Specifically when you mention his body parts

He thinks he could handle any other surprise you throw at him

You prove him wrong during an RFA get-together one day, where you all go to visit Jaehee’s cafe together since she just began to sell new things I like to believe they have their happy endings no matter what route you choose see sometimes I can be optimistic

You buy one of the fresh baguettes, eye it for a moment, then your tongue darts out and-

“Babe, just what are you doing?” you hear Zen’s concerned voice

Everyone is looking at you

Meekly, you reply “I lik the bred.”

Seven doubles up in laughter, since he’s basically the only one who gets it this nerd

Zen thinks you’re ill

You have to explain to him that it’s from a meme, and horror dawns on his face

“I’m dating a female version of Seven.”

But it’s fine, he loves you anyways, and insists you teach him about the world of memes so he can try to understand your references

Though it’s like teaching the average mom how to use a computer

No matter how many times you explain, he just doesn’t get it

ᒍᗩEᕼEE:

Ok first off lemme just say rip Baehee

When she sees you for the first time, she is glad to see how sweet you look; your tender smile and innocent eyes wash away her stress and fatigue

That is, until you promptly grab her hand and say, “Damn, I’ve really hooked myself one bitchin’ fine-ass lady.”

Excuse me w h a t???????

Jaehee is physically unable to process what you just said

MC is that really you?!?!?!

“Jumin can really be a such dickhead sometimes. I’ve always wanted to say that to you,” you continue, scratching your head.

good job MC you just done gone and b r o k e the bae

How can someone so innocent-looking have such a foul vocabulary?

She thought the swearing was shocking enough

But boy was she not prepared for the memes

As soon as you two spot Seven, you just proceed to dab the fuck out and narrowly miss hitting Jaehee square in the face with your hand

oh no, she thinks

Seven reaches into his pocket and pulls out a few HB chips

seems like Dat Boi stashed a bag in big suit

“Bröther may i have some öats?” you say

on nO, she thinks again

“Sorry bröther, I’ve already begun eating the öats.”

“I have very few öats bröther, I must procure yours.”

Oh NO JUST WHAT DID I SIGN UP FOR??

Jaehee promptly collapses from the shock and let’s just say that it takes a while for her to recover

She has you limit your swearing to when you’re alone together, if at all possible

But she cannot hold back your occasional meme streams while working at the coffee shop

ᒍᑌᗰIᑎ:

When Jumin first hears you swearing, a puzzled look flashes across his face, but there’s no grand reaction

He just accepts it as part of who you are, and thinks it’s an interesting part of ‘commoner language’

There’s a business meeting with some dudes whom you despise, mostly because of their lewd comments directed towards you, which Jumin merely brushes away

You walk up to your babe during a break

“That guy is an absolute fucking asshole, it’s a pity that you have to do business with such an obnoxious smelly ballsack.”

“Um princess he’s still here.”

said obnoxious smelly ballsack is fuming, starts cussing right back at you

You summon up all your hate for him and hiss “Cash me outside, howbow dah?”

Everyone in the room: ?????????

“MC what language was that just now?”

“The language of memes.”

*asks Seven what this language is*

"Can you please teach me how to speak it?”

Jumin’s very first meme, hear me out, is not about his gayness

It’s the heavy breathing cat

and oh my god does he spam it

So much that Zen just basically stops taking part in any chat that involves Jumin

The Memeing Ways Part 2: How to Keep a Meme Relevant by Saeyoung Choi

and actually, surprisingly enough, Jumin also becomes a memer

also becomes a meme himself

ᔕᗩEYOᑌᑎG:

Apart from the mutual memeing in the chats, Seven considered you to be more of a demure, down-to-fuck earth kind of girl, and this idea was only strengthened when he saw your sweet looking face

As soon as you spot the tomato in the crowd at the RFA party, you dart over to his side and say

“Well just fucking bend me over sideways and fuck me twice there are so many people?!”

Seven blinks at you

A slow grin spreads across his face as he realizes o h he’s been deceived

*pretends to be shot in the chest*

“Hmmmmmm watcha saayyy,” you sing, slowly backing away

Seven is gonna die he loves you so much???? like what she’s also into memes????

Adores your cussing, and y’all nerds start to make up your own insults, even if they really don’t make any sense to other people

His personal favorites are “white crayola” and “factory edition Vanderwood″

You guys order your very own none pizza with left beef, but it tastes to bad

#firstworldproblems

You start making memes of each other

MEMES ALL DAY EVERY DAY

NEED I REALLY SAY MORE? ? ???

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