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Re: Grammar Highlight Each Day



I think we should create / write or at least request Mr. Okrand write a
Klingon Grammar Instruction Book that could be used in a classroom setting,
with lessons and exercises to practice the grammar of the chapter.  While
TKD and KGT and TKW are nice, it would be more useful to have the lessons
within in a coherent form, such as a Klingon Textbook with K-E and E-K
glossary in the back, with select phrases useful for each chapter.


T'Lod

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Subject: Grammar Highlight Each Day


> This feature can only improve, now that others are providing input.
Learning
> Klingon can and should come from many sources.  Using Klingon should be
more
> than practicing one word of the day and/or one grammar highlight each day.
> We all can use Marc Okrand's books to our advantage.  For grammar, of
course
> the Klingon Dictionary is clearly helpful.  Meanwhile, even when help
comes
> from people to make sure the Klingon grammar is presented accurately, I
will
> continue the grammar highlights.  I believe these highlights can be tools
for
> beginners.  There has been enough positive feedback, too.
>
> Today's feature is:  There are numerous verb prefixes which indicate who
is
> doing the action of the verb to whom.  The verb pronominal prefix wI-
means
> "we --> him, her, it."  Be aware that the object of the sentence MUST be
> singular.  Do not use wI- when the object of the sentence is plural.
>
> Examples:  paq wIje' = we buy a book.
> paq = book (noun)
> wI- = we --> him, her, it (verb pronominal prefix)
> je' = buys, purchases (verb)
>
> More sentences:  jagh wIlegh = We see the enemy. (jagh = enemy; legh =
sees)
> puq wIghaj = We have a child (puq = child; ghaj = has)
> Suy wItlhej = We accompany a merchant (Suy = merchant; tlhej =
accompanies)
> targh wIqIp = We hit the dog-like animal (targh = dog-like Klingon animal;
> qIp = hits)
> nov wIchopbe' = We do not bite the alien (nov = alien; chop = bites; -be'
=
> does not)
>
> peHruS



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