tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 06 11:16:08 1998
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RE: how do you learn voc?
> Greetings.
>
> chay' tlhIngan Hol mu'mey boghoj tlhIH?
> How do You learn Klingon words?
> tlhIngan mu'tay' ghojmeH chay' Suruch?
> To learn the Klingon vocabulary, how do You proceed?
> tlhIngan mu'mey ghojmeH nuq mIw bolo'?
> To learn Klingon words, what procedure do You use?
> pab vISovbej 'ach mu'mey law' vISovbe'
> I (almost) know the grammar, but I don't know many words.
>
> Just looking to find a good way to learn Klingon...
Well, I started by building a comprehensive word list. Typed it in by hand
from all known sources (and then of course I had to keep it up-to-date as
new sources came out!). I have also made little paper flashcards for
myself, which I carry around and practice with whenever I can (not the whole
set, just a hundred or so at a time). I have vocabulary sheets that I run
down every now and then; it's a little like going through TKD one page at a
time, but it's more comprehensive than TKD is. And then, sometimes I use
the flashcard utility that's built into /pojwI'/, which is nice because it
pulls words out at random (I'm not quite willing to completely randomize my
flashcards!). I also have the word list in my PDA, which I almost always
have with me, which I can practice with if I find myself waiting somewhere
for something.
Of course, nothing beats using the language on a daily basis. I read, I
write, I think, I speak Klingon each and every day. (For those of you who
will be at the /qep'a'/, there's "Klingon Story Telling" scheduled for one
afternoon. That event features me reading a chapter from a story I've been
working on for some time. jabbI'IDghomvaD QInmey vIngeHbe'taHvIS, lutwIj
vIqonlI'. lutwIj vIlaDpu'DI' lupollaH jeSwI'pu'.)
> muHwI'
--Holtej