tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 14 20:32:50 2001
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Re: language-less in San Diego
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: language-less in San Diego
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:29:49 -0800
I sympathise with your solitary plight. There are very few Klingon
speakers who did not start that way, and many speakers, myself included,
started out believing that they were the only people in the world, let
alone their city, who were interested in learning Klingon. Don't be
discouraged, work from the book, talk to yourself, and ask lots of questions.
> They sing some Klingon songs phonetically
You can work with this.
If one knows the meaning of the words of the song, one can sing it with
more feeling, or make appropriate actions. You could pick out a few words
or phrases from the songs that could be used in other contexts. Perhaps
ma'ov! in a battle of the ships, for example.
> and one member has learned just about every Klingon curse there is,
This guy is your ticket. He can say QI'yaH! and yIntagh! but can he say
"you belong in a black hole in the underworld!" or "my targ has more brains
than all your ancestors put together!" Those are phrases from the
tapes. We don't know much about Klingon curse warfare, but we're sure it
requires more skill with the languages than memorizing the swear
words. The prefix bI- plus a few choice verbs would open up a whole new
class of cursing for him.
Hab SoSlI' Quch! would be a good starter.
> but none of them have any desire to
> seriously learn tlhIngan Hol.
Seriously learning a language is something that you have to want to do, and
not everyone does. You could probably get your crewmates to learn some
basic commands and taunts, and to respect you as ship's linguist, and as it
sounds like the group is fun for you anyway, I'd be happy with that potential.
It's KAG that you're involved with? There is a smattering of
tlhIngan-Hol-interested people in KAG and the other Klingon service
organizations. Contact the editor of your regional or national newsletter
-- your captain should have back issues you can borrow, and s/he may be
able to put you in touch with other speakers.
Feel free to use the entire group as a study partner. Tell us what the
latest thing you've discovered in TKD is, and what confuses you. We want
to meet you at qep'a' someday and I promise it is possible to learn on your
own, with only e-mail support and maybe one or two phone calls and then to
turn up at qep'a' and be able to speak to everyone. The feeling is fantastic.
Qov 'utlh