[Tlhingan-hol] How many grammarians ?

[Tim Stoffel]

We have had to occasionally correct Paul Frommer's use of Na'vi. And, he
appreciated it.

Tim Stoffel

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-----Original Message-----
From: Rohan Fenwick <qeslagh at hotmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org <tlhingan-hol at kli.org>



Many linguists who study specific languages are like this. It's what
makes the difference between a linguist of a language, and a speaker of
a language. A linguist may specialise in a language's structure, know
everything there is to know about how the verb conjugates, or how many
noun cases there are, or whether the adpositions go before or after the
noun. But being able to speak the language in real time is a very
different set of skills. You need to summon up the words and structures
more or less on demand as you need them, on an almost subconscious level
rather than using conscious recall. It takes a lot of practice and a
different kind of familiarity with the language.

Nonetheless, I've seen Marc interpret occasionally for people on the vow
at qep'a', and participate in conversations (over ghem at Denny's,
mostly...) where he's speaking English and others are speaking Klingon.
His passive skills with the language in real time are still impressive;
not many are capable of interpreting live Klingon.

QeS 'utlh

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