[Tlhingan-hol] Hints and tips : Verb prefixes

[Karen Alessio]

Thanks!
This has been sooo hard to memorize for me.
On Dec 27, 2015 8:46 AM, "mayql qunenoS" <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would like to share with any other beginner, who may be here, the
> way I managed to overcome some of the difficulties I've encountered so
> far in Klingon.
>
> The first difficulty I faced was how to memorize the verb prefix table
> ; The problem mainly being, that there are a lot of verb prefixes, and
> that they all look alike.
>
> So,here is what solved the problem :
>
> Day 1 : memorize "as a poem" the first column (jI,bI,ma,Su,yI,pe)
> Day 2 : now the second column (cho,mu,tu,mu,HI,HI)
> Day 3 : the third column (qa,Du,pI,nI)
> Day 4 : the fourth column (vI,Da,wI,bo,lu,yI,yI)
>
> each of these days,just say in your mind several times a day each
> column, as if you were reciting a poem.
>
> Day 5 : repeat/revise the first 4 columns.
>
> then..
>
> Day 6 : the fifth column (ju,nu,che,nu,gho,gho)
> Day 7 : the sixth column. (Sa,lI,re,lI)
> Day 8 : the seventh column. (vI,Da,DI,bo,tI,tI)
>
> and then..
>
> Day 9   : repeat/revise the fourth,fifth and sixth column.
> Day 10 : repeat/revise all of them.
>
> The next step is one time each day, to sit down and write all of the
> columns. Now, pay attention to where you need the zero prefix, and
> where there isn't a prefix at all. After several days, chances are
> that :
>
> a. you will be fed up by the very idea of a verb prefix
> b. ..but you will have learned the entire table.
>
> Of course,this doesn't mean that you'll have learned them *forever*..
> As time goes by,you're bound to begin forgetting them. For this
> reason, once you have learned them, you'll need every 2-3 days to
> recite them in your mind revising them again. It will take less than a
> minute (literally) but it's definitely worth it.
>
> I don't know if this helps anyone, however it certainly did work for me.
>
> cpt qunnoQ
>
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