tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 01 21:59:57 2000
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Re: Klingon Grammar Instruction Book
On Wed, 01 Nov 2000, you wrote:
> 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.
I am starting a quick reference card to remember pefixes and suffixes. But I
think TKD is great in the way of a grammar book. I've taken foreign languages,
and I hate how the books always try to convey as quickly as possible a
rudimentary conversational ability. I prefer TKD in that it's categorized into
nouns, verbs, syntax, etc. I already know how to synthesize words into
sentences and create original ideas -- I just need the skinny on how to do that
with Klingon. I would rather read a chapter on all the noun inflections than a
chapter on "The Weather" or "Going Shopping." It seems that in a classroom
setting we could make each chapter a lesson and assign homework that helps
assimilate the vocab.
Does anyone agree? Or did you have a different idea for the book.
Too bad universities won't accept Klingon for the language requirement in
degrees. :-)
-- valwI'na'