tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 15 10:52:15 2007
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Re: mung Hol
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- Subject: Re: mung Hol
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:50:15 -0500
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Klingon native speaker = tlhIngan.
tlhIngan Hol 'oH. Language of a Klingon.
On Jan 15, 2007, at 1:17 PM, De'vID wrote:
> Lieven Litaer wrote:
>> I am not looking for a word of which I know it does not exist, but
>> for a phrase that everyone would understand.
>>
>> In wikipedia, one can show his language level, like beginner,
>> advanced and native speaker. These are all simple, except for the
>> latter.
>>
>> The problem is that in dutch, or german, one says "mother
>> language", or "mother tongue", while in english one could say
>> "native speaker".
>>
>> So how would you describe - in klingon - a native language, and
>> what would you call it using klingon?
>>
>> SoS Hol? - perhaps klingons learn their language from the father??
>> mung Hol? - language of the origin?
>> Hol wa'DIch? - first language sounds very logic...
>>
>> Other suggestions?
>
> How have you rendered {beginner} and {advanced}? For example, you can
> add {-qu'} to whatever your "advanced" adjective is to convey a
> meaning
> similar to "native speaker" in Klingon, i.e., {po'wI'} -> {po'qu'wI'}.
>
> Also, do you need to keep the skill levels as nouns? It seems to me
> that in Klingon, one would use a verb or verbal phrase instead, e.g.,
> {jIpo'be'}, {jIpo'}, {jIpo'qu'}.
>
> --
> De'vID
>
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