tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 18 19:19:19 1997
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Re: Learning suggestions
ja' Qov:
>Another technique is to take a Klingon proverb or a phrase from the
>appendix of TKD (e.g. "This helmet suits you") and analyse it. Why
>is each syllable where it is? Why are the words in that order? Is
>there anything unexpected about the sentence? What else can you say
>with the same grammar?
This is generally useful advice, but there's one sentence in the appendix
to watch out for: {jIHtaHbogh naDev vISovbe'}. Its grammar is...odd. I
would encourage people not to use it as an example. :-)
-- ghunchu'wI'