tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 12 16:42:02 2004

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Re: koi baat nahin

De'vID jonwI' ([email protected]) 

nov wamwI':
>As I said before, Shama was using pojwI' and mostly telling me what you 
>said, since it was taking me so long to look up the stuff in the 
>dictionary.

As useful as <pojwI'> is as a reference tool, it should not be
relied on heavily, especially by beginners.  I used an earlier
version of <pojwI'> when I was starting out, but instead of
letting it do the analysis, I'd try to break apart the words
myself and just use <pojwI'> to quickly look up the roots.
Eventually I quit that altogether and typed my own word list
from the sources.  Nowadays I don't have to look up very many
words, but when I do, I mostly do so from a printout of my
word list.  Precisely because it's inconvenient, it forces me
to try to remember the word so I don't have to look it up.

nov wamwI':
>Also, I had forgotten how much imperatives are used in tlhIngan Hol and the 
>first part I read was <tlhIngan Hol yIlo'> so I assumed incorrectly that 
>you were upset with us.

Oh, I see.  Unlike many other languages, Klingon is very curt.
Klingons don't say things like "Hi" but just jump right into
the heart of the matter.  And yeah, imperatives are used a lot
more often in Klingon than in English, and what might be
a suggestion in English comes out as a command in Klingon.
To someone unfamiliar with the cultural aspect of the language
that might seem very rude, I suppose.

nov wamwI':
>Most of the stuff that I remember are known phrases and I think she got the 
>idea that I knew a lot more than I do.

You gave me the impression that you were quite skilled at
the language as well.  You probably know it better than you
give yourself credit for, but you just need more practice.

nov wamwI':
>If you are interested, e-mail me and I will give you the URL to the online 
>Urdu translation site. Also, if you ask
>Shama, she can give you URLs to a lot of Indian -Pakistani music sites and 
>poetry sites she visits frequently. That should help you with your Urdu.

Thanks, but I already have enough material I can use to
study Urdu... I just don't have the time to use it. :)

BTW: jIHvaD weQqul *urDu pong Dajatlhmo', DaH tlhIngan
pongDaj vIyaj.  <Shama> 'oSchu' weQqul, qar'a'?

Oh, and regarding your other post: Be careful, <Qoch>
means "disagree", <Qochbe'> means "agree".  This is
backwards of the way it works in English.


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De'vID

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