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Scott Willis ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

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From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 11:11 AM
Subject: message

Wow! Two in one day...

> Shama:
> i am very new at this, but i am a fast learner.

Welcome to the list, Shama!
My name is ngabwI', and I am the current Beginners' Grammarian. My job here
is to help out newcomers and beginners in learning Klingon, which means the
people who did it before me have decided you can trust me to evaluate your
work. When you include the letters "KLBC" in the subject line of a message,
it marks it as a beginner-level topic. This may be a question for me, or
just conversation with other beginners in general. KLBC is not limited to
participation by beginners, however. Anyone may contribute. The rule here is
that the first person allowed to discuss the grammar of a KLBC post is the
BG (that's me). Once I've gone through it, anyone can post any corrections
or additions. This keeps the beginner's confusion down to a minimum. If
possible, you should also include what you were trying to say, in English.
This will make it easier for me to make sure you are indeed saying what you
are trying to say.

The three most important web sites to be aware of, if you're not already:

The Klingon Language Institute:
http://www.kli.org

This list's FAQ:
http://www.bigfoot.com/~dspeers/klingon/faq.htm

The recently set up Klingon WikiWikiWeb:
/wiki/

The FAQ will certainly answer many of your first questions, and it provides
information about learning Klingon, using this mailing list, and KLBC.

I also strongly recommend purchasing at least The Klingon Dictionary (ISBN
0-671-74559-X)
If you can't get it locally to you, you can purchase it from the KLI on our
Merchant page:

http://kli.org/stuff/Merchant.html

Maybe you can introduce yourself  (in English or Klingon) or show us how
much Klingon you know so far.

What language resources do you have already?

Feel free to ask questions, analyze other people's messages, and attempt
your own.

You have been officially welcomed! }}: )

> Shama:
> I have learned a few
> languages, but nothing like this.

Difficulty in learning languages is often connected to biases that the
learner carries with him/her.
If you've learned a few languages, you've probably worked out most of those
biases, so I don't see Klingon giving you many problems. The grammar is
minimal, there are no articles, there are no irregular verbs, and case is
indicated by word order and suffixes.

> Shama:
> If anyone wants to help me out, please email me.

Why would you want to limit yourself like that when you have a large group
of Klingon speakers, right here on this list? Some of the best in the world
post here! And everybody is more than happy to help with questions,
suggestions, vocabulary, etc. This list is a tremendous resource, one that I
strongly urge you to take advantage of. }}: )

> Shama:
> I hope this posts, since i have no idea what i am doing. :)

Works fine at this end. }}: )

--ngabwI'
Beginners' Grammarian,
Klingon Language Institute
http://kli.org/
HovpoH 700983.0

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