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Re: Learning suggestions

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Learning suggestions
• Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 22:18:46 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

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'

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