[Tlhingan-hol] Hints and tips

[John R. Harness]

Thank you, qunnoQ HoD, for sharing more of your ideas as a beginner!

Definitely I think that making Klingon a part of your every-day life is
absolutely key. I learned how to count by making a commitment to counting
in Klingon every day while I walked to work! First I just did 1-10 over and
over again, and then I just counted as high as I could go!

As far as the verb and noun suffixes, in my humble opinion those are the
absolute most important part of the language for beginners to learn
backwards-and-forwards FIRST. This is both because of what you say -- that
it gives you the skills to express a lot of ideas in Klingon that you might
otherwise have trouble finding a single word for -- and also because it
helps *greatly* in being able to recognize what you are looking at or
hearing and beginning to be able to quickly parse out what part of a
sentence you are encountering, what is the beginning and the end of the
root, boundaries between words, etc. All of which is absolutely essential.

'arHa
Beginner's Grammarian



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>    Another difficulty I've faced so far, is remembering the verb and
> noun suffixes ; Granted,  they are a lot easier to remember than the
> verb prefixes, however the real difficulty isn't so much to actually
> memorize them as a table..
>    The real difficulty is for the right suffix to come to mind when
> someone is actually trying to write. This is a difficulty, which when
> overcome, expressing oneself is actual easier. I have noticed, that
> most of the times, when you want to write a sentence, and you are
> "stuck" in regards to how you will say what you want to say, if the
> right prefix "pops up" in mind, then the problem will be solved.
>
>    So,here is a double problem :
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> 1. remembering the prefixes.
> 2. remembering the right prefix at the right time.
>
>    Luckily, i found that both problems have the same solution.. I
> don't know if this would be of any help to anyone,however here is what
> i did :
>
>    Every day, while I'm making tea and I'm waiting for the water to
> boil (I blame pIqarD HoD for this habit..) I open boQwI' and look at
> the two lists ; the verb suffix and the noun suffix list. Every suffix
> that I see, I ask myself "what does it mean ?" The trick here is to
> continue doing this, even AFTER someone has memorized each prefix's
> meaning. So, that after 20-30 days (at least that's how long it took
> me)
>
> 1. they will have been learned.
> 2. they will be "popping up" in mind,while you're wondering "how could
> I rephrase this
>     english sentence" so that I will be able to express it in klingon ?
>
>    Also, I would like to say, that -according to my opinion- it is
> essential that this "daily revision" takes place during a time which
> comes for you every day, and during which you would not be doing
> anything else ; This is why I wrote that I did it during "tea
> preparation". The trick is to find a way to fit this daily revision,
> in your every day routine, without "feeling" that it becomes an
> additional burden, to your every day obligations (work, family, etc..)
>
>    Anyway, I don't know if this helps any other beginner, however I
> thought it would be good to share. Now it is time for tea earl grey
> hot (damn you piqard !).. hahaha
>
> cpt qunnoQ
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