tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 20 11:01:04 1996
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Re: new here
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>Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 07:14:48 -0700
>From: "Kenneth Traft" <[email protected]>
>Ghunchu'wI' writes:
>>I don't have the patience to teach someone correct Klingon grammar from
>scratch; >you'll have to spend some time studying the descriptions and
>examples in The >Klingon Dictionary.
>Other's of us who have some rudementary concepts could offer some advice and
>help to the "super beginner". If we make a mistake, there is no doubt in my
>mind that it will be noticed and corrected. If there is any worry about
>precious "band width", then I'd happily accept EMAIL directly. It would be a
>lot easier than struggling on your own -- especially if your not a "grammer"
>type of person.
I think we on the list have a responsibility to encourage this kind of
study here. Poor ghunchu'wI' can't walk everyone through things, of
course, and perhaps no one of us can. But I encourage this kind of
exploration and teaching. You should read the dictionary, though, and pay
attention to its sections on sentence-construction and grammar. You
*mustn't* rely on simply ordering things the way English does; languages
simply don't work by mechanical word-replacement, and Klingon is no
exception.
~mark
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