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Re: mung Hol

MorphemeAddict ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol taghwI']

In a message dated 1/16/2007 12:55:00 PM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> You all now wikipedia... users can indicate their language level, for 
> instance english
> 0 "This user speaks no english"
> 1 "This user speaks a little english"
> 2 "This user speaks advanced english"
> 3 "This user is a native english speaker"
> 
> So far this is no problem to translate this to klingon, although nobody is a 
> native klingon here, but who cares.
> But in wikipedia, you can click on the word "english" to see an explanation 
> what "english" is. You can also click on "native" to see what a "native 
> language" is.
> 
> Now how you render *THAT* to klingon?
> That's my question.
> (I still prefer the Hol wa'DIch, as long as we have nothing else.)
> 
> 

Something else to consider is that being a native speaker of a language, even 
if it's your only language, doesn't make you an expert on that language.  
The rating system that the U.S. government uses is a scale from 0 (no useful 
ability) to 5 (expert use of the language skill in all contexts).  Most native 
speakers of English are level 3 or 3+ (better than 3, but not a 4).  Each of 
the four skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) gets its own 
evaluation.  
Non-natives can achieve level 5, but it's very rare (partly because most 
people of this ability don't have their skill evaluated this way).

So the highest skill level for a language might be {Hol laH pup} - perfect 
language ability.

lay'tel SIvten

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