[Tlhingan-hol] Why Klingon is perfect

[Robyn Stewart]

DIvI' HolvaD wot puS lupoQlu'.  

tlhoS yap do make put get have be go je.

jIghItlhDI, jIHDaq mu' vI*put*. jISopDI' nujwIjDaq Soj vI*put*. quS'a'wIjDaq jI'*be. DIvI' Hol lut vIqontaHvIS wotmeyvetlh vIjun 'e' vInID, qubHa'qu'mo'.

DIvI' Hol jatlhmeH yap chorghvatlh vaghmaH mu' 'e' vIHonbe', 'a DIvI' Hol yajmeH jatlhwI' mu'tay' SovnIS 'IjwI'. 

- Qov 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lojmIttI'wI'nuv [mailto:lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com]
> Sent: January 21, 2016 11:46
> To: tlhingan-hol at stodi.digitalkingdom.org
> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Why Klingon is perfect
> 
> Response below.
> 
> pItlh
> lojmIt tI'wI'nuv
> 
> 
> 
> > On Jan 21, 2016, at 1:45 PM, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > Am 21.01.2016 um 12:02 schrieb mayql qunenoS:
> >> In this mail I will describe, why Klingon is perfect as a conlang.
> >
> > Although I also agree wit most of what you said, there are some things not
> really correct, at least from a Mr-Spock-logical view.
> > ……
> 
> > that someone who wishes to learn, has actually a shot at managing to
> >>
> >> learn the entire vocabulary. If it had a vocabulary of 10.000 words,
> >> who would be able to learn them all ?
> >
> > Of course it's not much to learn, but most natural born languages have
> much more words, and we are also able to learn those.
> >
> > To compare, "basic english" has only 850 words, according to wikipedia,
> German has about 75.000 words in stadard speech, but about. 300.000 words
> one can use.
> >
> 
> chorgh vatlh vaghmaH mu’? bIqID, qar’a’? ‘op mI’mey DachIl’a’?
> bIghItlhHa’’a’?
> 
> paq <<Doch QIjwI’>> lo’ wa’SanID mu’mo’, tlhaQ. mu’ <<SanID>> lo’laHbe’.
> <<wa’maH vatlh>> lo’nIS.
> 
> wa’netlh mu’ poQ “basic English” ‘e’ vIHar. wa’bIp mu’ Sov HochHom
> *English* jatlhwI’pu’.
> 
> If English has a problem, it’s that it has too many words, not too few. I’m 61 a
> native speaker and I still encounter English words I’ve never seen before
> fairly often.
> 
> >
> > No offense, I just wanted to comment. :-) I don't speak (because I don't
> like it) Esperanto, but that one certainly may have even much better reasons.
> >
> > rIn.
> >
> > --
> > Lieven L. Litaer
> > aka Quvar valer 'utlh
> > Grammarian of the KLI
> > http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher
> > http://www.klingonwiki.net
> >
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