[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nap

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Okay, I'll try.

Hol nap 'oH *toki pona*'e'.
Toki pona is a simple language.

qam Do Duj nap law' toQDuj nap puS.
A bike is simpler than a Bird of Prey.

-QISta'

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-----Original message-----
From: qov at kli.org
To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
Sent: Thu, Mar 3, 2016 19:50:12 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nap

If you're a more casual beginner than qunnoq HoD, and not inclined to
force-feed yourself Klingon as dramatically as he has, you can still benefit
from this practice.  Even if you make one sentence with one word per week,
and even if that sentence is very short, you're still exercising the word
and your grammar.

Say you took today's word and made the sentence:

nap mu'tlheghvam.

In addition to practicing the word of the day, you'd be exercising your
knowledge of correct word order, your knowledge of the word mu'tlhegh--or
your ability to look it up--and your knowledge of the noun suffix -vam.  And
you'd be introducing or reinforcing those things for people who lack the
confidence to make up their own sentences. Yes, you must post the sentence,
because otherwise you can't learn from the mistakes that you will inevitably
make.

So you're a total, total beginner and can't make a single sentence?  
If the word is a verb, put jI- on it. You get, "I <do the verb>. jInap = I
am simple.
If the word is a noun stick it after Daj. You get "<noun> is interesting."
Daj Hol. = Language is interesting.
If you get chuvmey you can almost always get away with putting it in front
of the sentence you made last week.  Or wait until someone else posts a
sentence and riff of it.  No, it's not cheating. Anything that gets you
working in the language is a fair win.

- Qov

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mayql qunenoS [mailto:mihkoun at gmail.com]
> Sent: March 3, 2016 10:14
> To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nap
> 
> Some time ago Qov, mentioned the idea of beginner sentences with the
> word of the day. Naturally, I adopted the idea and from that day till now,
I'm
> writing sentences with the word of the day.
> 
> Assessing the benefits of this practice, I realize - from my limited
personal
> experience - that when a beginner writes sentences with the word of the
> day, he gains mainly two things :
> 
> 1. He shoves down his throat klingon grammar on a daily basis.
> 2. He shoves down his throat klingon vocabulary on a daily basis.
> 
> The emphasis is on the "shoves down his throat". It is a practice which
forces
> you to revise and learn, either you like it or not.
> 
> For these reasons this practice is indispensable.. I regret I hadn't been
doing
> this from the beginning, and if anyone asked me I would definitely
> recommend it as the surest, fastest, and most effective way to learn.
> 
> mayqel mIv Hurgh qunnoq
> in that dark place where there was nothing of myself, I found my reman
> brothers
> 
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 7:48 PM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Qu'lIj DaquvmoH DaneHchugh reH nap 'oH.
> > if you want to honor your duty, it is always simple.
> >
> > napmo' 'oH chab rur.
> > simple as pie.
> >
> > ghojwI' QIp SoH ! napqu' yu'ta'ghachmey ! qatlh bIlujpu' ?
> > you stupid student ! the questions were very easy ! why did you fail ?
> >
> > DujlIj nap vIQaw'meH tupmey vIpoQ neH.
> > in order to destroy your simple ship, I only need minutes.
> >
> > jaghmeyma' DItojmeH Dujmaj wIchoH 'ej Duj napqu' rur 'oH 'e' wIchav.
> > in order to deceive our enemies we changed our ship and we achieved
> > that it resembles a very simple vessel.
> >
> > napchugh qay'pu'ghach vaj DabammeH lo'laHbe' 'oH if a problem is
> > simple, then in order to face it, it is worthless.
> >
> > SuvwI'meyvaD lo'laHbe' may'mey nap.
> > simple battles ar worthless for warriors.
> >
> > bo'Degh DaSurgh DaneHqu'chugh vaj napqu' 'oH.
> > if you really want to skin a bird, then it is very simple.
> >
> > nap chaH pIj 'e' lururlaw' ghojwI'pu', 'ach tugh nImerlaHlaw'..
> > often students may appear that they are simple, however soon they may
> > be able to surprise you..
> >
> > mayqel mIv Hurgh qunnoq
> > you will not experience shakespear
> > unless you read the original klingon
> 
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