tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 25 11:50:36 1994
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Re: Hello
- From: "...Paul" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Hello
- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 14:50:30 -0500
Well, Scott, that's a tough question. From what I've found, it's different
for everyone.
I found that if I make up a phrase or two that I would use in "normal"
conversation, (hopefully one that other people won't mind not being in
English), and sit down and work it out completely, making triple-sure I
have it right, and then memorize it, it helped me remember words, grammar,
and suffixes/prefixes.
For example, one of my longer ones was:
jIvum vIneHbe'mo' qajatlh
It means, "Because I don't want to work, I'm talking to you." There are three
verbs: vum, neH, and jatlh (work, want, and speak). There are three prefixes,
jI-, vI-, and qa- (I-nothing, I-it/he/she, and I-you). There are two suffixes,
-be' and -mo' (not, and because).
That helped me a lot. I also managed to integrate the grammar rules pretty
well, so I only need to look up words to fill in the blanks.
But this isn't necessarily the best way, and I know other people prefer to
work from the vocabulary to the grammar...
...Paul
PS> Welcome to the group!