[QuadList] OT: QuadList member Tim Stoffel on CNN's Next List, Sunday, 1pE/11aP

[C. Park Seward]

Just another example of why Tim is much smarter than I'l ever be!

Best,
Park

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On Apr 7, 2012, at 3:05 PM, Tim Stoffel wrote:

> Ultxa seri oe hu ngenga mì <<Las Vegas>> a lu prrte oeru (It would be a
> pleasure to meet with you in Las Vegas)(Na'vi)
> 
> M'athchomaroon, zhey lakakaan! Hash yer dothrae chek asshekh? (Greetings
> to the warrior. How are you (lit. do you ride well) today?)(Dothraki)
> 
> Na'vi is my primary focus, and I have been working on that language for
> a little over two years now. I can write and speak it tolerably, but
> there is still much to learn.
> 
> I got interested in Dothraki as the Na'vi community has been supporting
> the web resources needed to promote the language, and because one of the
> first hundred or so words released was 'Hrakkar' for 'white lion' (which
> actually goes back to the original books, and is my Dothraki name.) I
> was very fortunate last summer to have spent several days with David
> Peterson when he was in Reno for the Worldcon Science Fiction
> convention. We became friends, and I am one of perhaps 5 or 6 people he
> coaches personally.
> 
> Na'vi and Dothraki are good languages to learn together, as they are
> almost exact opposites of each other. Na'vi is a beautiful, flowing
> language that still has exotic sounds in it, like ejectives. It has a
> relatively straightforward grammar, 'infixes' in the verbs, and
> comparatively free word order. Dothraki is more of a warrior's tongue,
> and is a lot more consonantal than Na'vi (but not as guttural as
> Klingon). Its sounds are simpler to master than Na'vi, but it has a
> fairly challenging grammar, and tables of prefixes/suffixes you simply
> have to memorize to get right.
> 
> kìyevame (good bye, see you again)(Na'vi)
> Fonas chek! (goodbye, lit. 'hunt well!')(Dothraki)
> 
> Tim Stoffel
> A.K.A. 'Eylan Ayfalulukanä on Pandora, Hrakkar on the Dothraki Sea
> 
> --
> 
> On Sat, 2012-04-07 at 11:58 -0700, Ted Langdell wrote:
>> Engineering and languages have a things in common, so it's not too
>> surprising to find QuadList member Tim Stoffel has been learning and
>> helping expand several languages.
>> 
>> 
>> Tim's been learning how to speak and write the Na'vi language from the
>> movie Avatar, and has recently taken up  Dothraki tongue from HBO's
>> Game of Thrones.
>> 
>> 
>> The development and use of these languages is explored tomorrow
>> (Sunday, April 8, 2012) at 1pm Eastern/11am Pacific on CNNs What's
>> Next with Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
>> http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/category/the-next-list/
>> 
>> 
>> Tim is one of the people CNN asked to record themselves saying
>> something in one of the tongues.  His contribution was recorded
>> several weeks ago.
>> 
>> 
>> So, don't be surprised if he tells you his food at our Tuesday lunch
>> is ftxìlor or that after walking the floor ot the Las Vegas Convention
>> Center, he's haqe.  
>> 
>> 
>> He'll tell you that learning the new languages is sometimes hard work,
>> but tì'o'.
>> 
>> 
>> Ted
>> 
>> 
>> Ted Langdell
>> Secretary
>>        Fifth Annual Quad Videotape Group Lunch at NAB
>>                12:30pm, Tuesday, April 17, 2012
>>                Lower South Hall REAR food concession area
>> 
>> 
>> See us at NAB 2012, April 16-19 in Booth SL-9607
>> Use code LV2864 for your free NAB Exhibits Pass
>> 
>> 
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