tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 11 03:02:34 2009
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Re: Yet another newbie!
HIja! "TKD" vIpongHa'. "TKD" vIghItlh 'e' vIHech.
/buSwI'
Steven Lytle wrote:
> nuq 'oHtaH "KLD"'e'? rap'a' "TKD" "KLD" je?
> lay'tel SIvten
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>>tlhIngan Hol vIghoj vIneH!
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>>Here is another Swedish newbie. Thing is, there was a program on Swedish
>>television about a month ago about artificial languages, and in particular
>>Klingon. Interviews with Marc Okrand, Arika Okrent and notable Swedish
>>Klingonists. And I got caught.
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>>So I have gotten KLD and downloaded {pojwI'}, which I'm using together
>>with a flashcard program called Anki (tip to Jacob!) which is nice since
>>you get to make your own cards and it uses a spaced repetition algorithm
>>to show them to you suitably often.
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>>I wonder if anyone have good ideas for pronounciation training; I have
>>used the descriptions, the recorded phrases at the KLI site and the Forvo
>>site. And of course, I listen to {taH pagh taHbe'} over and over again ;-)
>>But beyond that?
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>>One thing in particular that puzzles me is how {Duy'a'} and {Duy''a'}
>>differ in sound, that is, how to say {''}.
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>>Also, I wonder about using locative in a noun phrase, as in {bIQDaq veng},
>>my attempt at translating "the city on the water" (yes, I know a true
>>Klingon would not associate his city with water...). Is that ok?
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>>{jIlabta'}
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>> {buSwI'}
>> aka kff
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