tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 30 10:45:57 1997

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RE: KLBC: Beginners Gramarian



At 04:13 97-11-30 -0800, pagh wrote:
}ghItlh Qov:
}> I'm following up your e-mail to the list, 
}> because I know that there are a number 
}> of active list members who started out 
}> with not much more than a misspelled {nuqneH}, 
}> and I don't want you to have to take my word 
}> for the fact that you can learn tlhIngan Hol here. 
}> You will have to study your TKD and work at the 
}> language, but there is no better forum to practice 
}> tlhIngan Hol, be it your first sentence or your 
}> second Shakespeare translation. Tell him, guys ...
}
}bIlughbej, Qov. jabbI'IDghomvam jImuvDI', jItamchu'. qaSDI' jar puS,
}QInwIj wa'DIch vIlI'. Doghbogh Qaghmey law' tu' ghunchu'wI', 'ach
}mutungHa'. QInmey vIlI'taH. DaH ghunchu'wI' cho'ta' SuStel, 'ej SuStel
}cho'ta' Qov, 'ej jIpo' 'e' vIHar.
}bIpo'choHmeH, yIqeqtaH!

I'd better provide a translation, as this message is intended for those who
*can't* read it yet.

pagh says:

You are quite right, Qov.  When I joined this listserver I was completely
quiet.  When a few months went by, I sent my first message.  ghunchu'wI'
(name) found many foolish errors, but he encouraged me.  I keep sending
messages.  Now SuStel has succeeded ghunchu'wI', and Qov has succeeded
SuStel, and I believe that I am skilled. In order to become skilled, keep
practicing!

And one correction, pagh: {jabbI'IDghom vImuvDI'} yIqeqtaH! Also, I would
have said {qaSpu'DI jar puS}, as the months had already occured at the time
you sent the first transmission.

Qov     [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian                 



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