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Re: Need some suggestions

Alan Anderson ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

ja' qurgh:
>I'm trying to make a little mini tlhIngan Hol Beginners guide for a RPG group
>I'm with and I'm thinking of giving them 20 verbs and 40 nouns to learn to get
>started. I'm a bit stumped on which words to pick though. (They'll get a
>prefix
>and cut down suffix guide too)

Unless they *really* want to study, I think 60 words is a bit much to hit
them with all at once.  I'd cut it down to something they can handle in one
sitting, and make the rest of the words "supplemental" vocabulary.

In preparation for a qep'a' some years ago, there was a quick effort to put
together a beginners' word list.  The idea was to pick six words or affixes
in each of a few categories, expecting them to be usable in conversation.
I don't remember what the "personals" were intended to be; perhaps they
were just my own favorites in addition to the words I thought everyone
should know at first.  Here's what I have in my notes:

	verbs:
neH jaH jatlh yaS QaH Sop
	nouns:
paq pa' nuv Soj Doch vay'
	verb suffixes:
-qa' -laH -chu' -'a' -wI' -be'
	noun suffixes:
-pu' -mey -vam -wIj -lij -Daq
	adverbs:
QIt reH DaH wej not chaq
	prefixes
jI- bI- qa- Da- vI- yI-
	question words:
nuq 'Iv nuqDaq qatlh ghorgh chay'
	exclamations:
ghobe' HIja' majQa' Qu'vatlh Qo' lu'
	personals:
jup jaw bom qon yIt loS
	phrases:
pa'wIjDaq jIjaH
nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'?
jIghung
nuqDaq DaDab?
tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh DaneH'a'?
mu'vam vIyajbe'

-- ghunchu'wI'

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