#angilan

(-Stoooooop.)

“Kìlsaniru sì Olangiru lu ftxozä frazìsìt. Ayuvan sì aysäwäsultsyìp sì wem len, ulte awnga wäsul olo'fpi awngeyä. Fìtxon len ayutan a fa’li. Olangi yora' fayutan stum frakrr, slä aymaktoyul ayoeyä foru ngäzìka tìyora'it tolìng. ...Sìnti hangham ulte poleng pol fmawnta oeti ke txung fula tse'a tìyora' Angilanä. Po ke lu keyawr.”

(-We leave the meeting and celebration today. Olangi (clan) will stay near Kìlsani's borders until the end of the season, but we need to return home. -Angilan and I said goodbye the morning before we left. The conversation didn't feel uncomfortable, but I still feel bad about what happened. -I think Cindy still thinks I'm an idiot because I won't tell Angilan how I feel. -Maybe she's right. Maybe I'm being foolish. -Too late, I guess.)

(-(Sound effect: WHISTLE) -Paltxi! -Fly well! Favorable winds! -Thank you, friend! Wishing the rival good luck? -Who, me? Nah. You don’t need good luck. -...Thank you, Angilan. I appreciate those words. -Oof - Tompìva! (lit. “Raindrop!”) -That sound is the horn. I’m still going to* kick Olangi tail! -I’m sure (positive).) *Error in Na’vi; see below notes.

Translator’s notes:

- There’s a mistake in that last panel; it should be “Oel kxetseti Olangiyä mi pxìsyek!” but I forgot the tense infix and by the time I saw it in the photo I’d already put the paper away and didn’t want to dig it out again. - For those of you who don’t already know, “irayo” is “thank you” usually in the sense of “thank you (for doing that)”, while “ke pxan” (lit. “not worthy”) is equivalent to English’s “thank you (for the compliment)”. - Angilan adding the <ei> infix into “I’m sure (you’ll kick our asses)” is intended to be both funny and cute/sweet; he’s not-so-subtly saying “you’re going to kick our asses and I’m happy about it and don’t even mind losing to you”

(-An unrideable animal doesn't exist. Even Toruk can be tamed. -Oh sure, I can see it now. Angilan of Tahan, son of Peval, Toruk Makto. -Not me! ...Not Toruk. -I know. You're a land-lover. Let me fly in the sky. -Keep laughing when I ride in on a titanothere. -In your dreams, maybe!)

(-We ride out to Olangi clan territory today. -The Olangi are friends of the clan. We meet to give things in exchange for other things, and to hear and tell stories. -...And I look for my friend. -Easy, Tsanìl. It's only ikran. -Angilan! -Paltxi! -Your crush, you mean. -He is not! -...Sure.)

(-Are you well? -Yes! And you? -I am! It's good to see you. -How do the pa'li run? -Well! Kefyan had twin foals. Is the prey plentiful? -Yes!)