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Re: wa'Dich mail



On Sat, 20 Dec 1997 09:00:12 -0800 (PST) Matias Chiodi 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> nuqneH
> jiH Matias. wIjjuppu' mupong Matu. jIpo'be' a' ghoj jIneH.
> jItul 'e' vay' jIghojlaH.
> wIjSoQ: [email protected]
> please, HIghItlh !
 
Welcome! You should be pleased with yourself. You did rather 
well for a first attempt. Please note for the future that when 
you have a beginning post and you want to be more assured that 
it will get the attention of the Beginners' Grammarian (BG), you 
should start your subject line with {KLBC}. That stands for 
"Klingon Langauge Beginners' Conference/Club... We've actually 
forgotten what the "C" stands for. 

I was the BG a few years back and am standing in for Qov, the 
current BG until she gets back the day after my birthday... My 
task is to help you along and inspire your continued study of 
this wonderfully strange language. So, back to your post:

> nuqneH

majQa'!

> jiH Matias. 

Remember to make all your "i"s uppercase. When you get used to 
the language, the sight of a lowercase "i" really throws you.

> wIjjuppu' mupong Matu. 

You have all the right syllables. You just have them a bit 
confused. First, remember that the word order is 
Object-Verb-Subject. Next, remember that the root of a noun 
comes before all of its suffixes. You might want to look up the 
suffixes you want to use on {jup} again to make sure you get the 
order right. Try again and I'll let you know if you got it.

> jIpo'be' a' ghoj jIneH.

Two minor errors smudge an otherwise perfect sentence. Look at 
your spelling for {a'} again, remembering that in Klingon, an 
apostrophe is a letter of the alphabet, just like "p" or "S".

Next, look at the prefix on {jIneH} remembering that there is 
something that you want. You don't just want, you want an object.

> jItul 'e' vay' jIghojlaH.

I can understand what you are trying to say, but your word order 
is really confused and your prefixes are again missing the 
reference to the objects. Instead of giving this back to you as 
an assignment, I'll show you the way it is done so you can study 
it. It might be a bit advanced for you just yet (though you can 
prove otherwise later if you wish):

vay' vIghoj 'e' vItul.

> wIjSoQ: [email protected]

Are you trying to say, "My speech: [email protected]"?

> please, HIghItlh !

A good Klingon never says "please".

charghwI', ru' taghwI' pabpo'
Temporary Beginner's Grammarian, December 20-30




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