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Re: Basic Vocabulary



At 10:49 97-12-11 -0800, James Coupe wrote:
}as a learner, there are some things you want to know.
}
}When you learn other foreign languages you learn how to identify
}yourself as one of your first things.  Name (v. important and difficult
}for newbies in Klingon), family members (father v. important in Klingon
}but other family members also possibly) things like that.
}
}Obviously not all concepts translate well into Klingon or would be
}expressed by Klingons - knowing that you like crochet might not be top
}on your list of things to say in Klingon.  But there is some stuff
}that's needed.

Simply go through the vocabulary list and make yourself a sublist of
everything that is most useful to you.  You know what you are likely to want
to talk about.

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