lu (verb, intransitiv)
lì'upam (IPA): lu
'ìnglìsì: | be (used with the dative to form the verb have) |
tsim: | ASG |
hemlì'uviyä sìkenong
l·am·u | PST | simple past |
l·ìm·u | PST | close past (just {verb}ed) |
l·ìy·u | FUT | close future (will {verb} soon) |
l·ay·u | FUT | future |
l·ol·u | PFV | perfective (finished) |
l·er·u | IPFV | imperfective (unfinished) |
l·iv·u | SJV | subjunctive (possibility mode) |
l·ei·u | LAUD | amelioration (favorable connotation) |
l·äng·u | PEJ | pejorative (negative connotation) |
sìkenong
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tsawke lu rim
The sun is yellow -
saw lu ean
The skies are blue -
swirä txe'lan·hu a·fkew sìltsan lu
The creature with the mighty heart is good -
ma Eytukan, lu oe·ru ay·lì'u fra·po·r
Eytukan, I have something to say, to everyone -
eo ay·oeng lu txan·a tì·kawng
A great evil is upon us -
ke lu kawtu a nuln·iv·ew oe po·hu tireap·iv·ängkxo äo utral ay·mokri·yä
There's nobody I'd rather commune with under the Tree of Voices -
po to oe lu koak
She is older than I am -
ke lu po·ru kea smuke
He doesn't have any sisters -
Na'vi·ru set lu nawm·a eyktan a·mip a l·arm·u tawtute
the Na'vi now have a new, great leader who has been a Sky People -
nga lu Sorewn, kefyak?
You are Sorewn, right? -
l·äng·u tìkangkem feyä luke tìno
Unfortunately there is no attention to detail in their work