[tlhIngan Hol] How to say "I want to be good at Klingon" ?

[demonchaux.aurelie]

Thank you for your reply ! Looks like I was looking at the problem from the wrong angle with the whole "being expert at" thing.
tugh mu'tlheghmey Dachupbogh vIlo'bej  :)
Aurélie 
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-------- Message d'origine --------De : mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> Date : 26/08/2017  16:30  (GMT+01:00) À : tlhingan-hol at kli.org Objet : Re: [tlhIngan Hol] How to say "I want to be good at Klingon" ? 
tlhIngan Hol po'wI' vImoj vIneHI want to become an expert of the klingon language
tlhIngan Hol vIlo'laHchu' vIneHI want to be able to use klingon perfectly
tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhlaHchu' vIneHI want to be able to speak klingon perfectly
tlhIngan Hol vIghItlhlaHchu' vIneHI want to be able to write klingon perfectly
tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhlaHchu' vIneH 'ej vIghItlhlaHchu' vIneH je.I want to be able to speak and write klingon perfectly.
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On Aug 26, 2017 17:21, "Aurélie Demonchaux" <demonchaux.aurelie at gmail.com> wrote:
I have been wondering, what is the best way to convey "I want to be good at klingon"?
The most accurate verb seems <po'> (be expert, skilled) but I'm not sure how best to convey the "at" in "expert at klingon", how to make the link between the expertise and the object of said expertise.
Do I just use -vaD ?1/ < tlhIngan HolvaD jIpo’ vIneH >
or is it best to use some kind of construction with < bop > (be about, be concerned with), as in "I want to be expert concerning Klingon"?
​2/ ​< tlhIngan Hol bop​lu’​DI’ jIpo’ vIneH​ >​

​3/ ​< tlhIngan Hol bop​lu’​taHvIS jIpo’ vIneH​ >​

​4/ < ​tlhIngan Hol bop​lu’​chugh jIpo’ vIneH​ >​​5/ ​< tlhIngan Hol bopwI’vaD jIpo’ vIneH​ >​

6/ < tlhIngan Hol bopbogh SovvaD jIpo’ vIneH > 
What do you think makes the most sense out of these options and what is just "chatlh" ? Do you have another solution you'd like to suggest on this ?
Satlho’ ! :)


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