[tlhIngan Hol] I've had it with the finger verbs !

[mayqel qunenoS]

QeS:
> Perhaps it might help if you mentally connect labels to people in your own family

that's a nice idea ! I'll definitely try it !

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 7:35 PM, Rhona Fenwick <qeslagh at hotmail.com> wrote:
> jIjatlhpu' jIH:
>
>> and given the importance in Klingon society of the House, which is more
>> like a
>
>> clan or small tribe than a family as we would think of it, we shouldn't be
>> surprised
>
>> that there is such a complex array of kinship terms.
>
>
> mujang mayqel, jatlh:
>
>> This is a strong argument and I accept it. Thank you for taking the
>
>> time to explain all this.
>
>
> qay'be'qu'!
>
>
> (poD vay')
>
>
> taH:
>
>> Unfortunately, I can't learn them, because my greek mind just isn't
>
>> wired to think that way ; it sounds strange, I know..
>
>
> Not at all strange. You were raised in a certain culture with a certain
> conception of family structure (as are we all). It's only natural that you'd
> struggle with the Klingon terms precisely because they're quite different
> from what one sees in Greek and English society. Kinship is just one of
> those areas of language that we tend to think of as a fundamental system but
> is actually very arbitrary in some ways, like colours and also counting.
>
>
> It'll fall into place for you eventually :) Perhaps it might help if you
> mentally connect labels to people in your own family, if you have them?
> Who's the ghubDaQ of your family, who are your tey'pu', and so forth. I'm
> lucky to have at least one each of the eight types of aunts and uncles, for
> instance, and it helps me work the relationships out once I remember that
> Donna is my 'e'mamnal, Brett is my 'IrneH, and so forth.
>
>
> QeS 'utlh
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>
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