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

[mayqel qunenoS]

Aurelie, these are indeed very interesting thoughts/suggestions on {bopwI'}.

I wonder how the rest of the people here view them.

qunnoq

On Aug 27, 2017 11:16, "Aurélie Demonchaux" <demonchaux.aurelie at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A < bopwI’ > would be a topic, the way I see it.
>
> It may be a word that has to be used always with something else, similar
> to "-monger" in English. It means "someone who trades in / who peddles",
> but you never use "monger" on its own, it doesn't make sense because you
> always need to specify what is being peddled, so you get "fishmonger",
> "rumourmonger"...
>
> Similarly with < bopwI' >, it's "something which concerns/is about", so
> you'd always need to specify "what" it is about, by putting a noun before <
> bopwI' >.
>
> thus you'd get < QeD bopwI’ > for "science topic" for instance.
>
> At least that's my theory on how it works, who knows what matlh would
> have to say about this ? :)
>
>
> 2017-08-26 22:30 GMT+02:00 Ed Bailey <bellerophon.modeler at gmail.com>:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Aurélie Demonchaux <
>> demonchaux.aurelie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> ​5/ ​<
>>> tlhIngan Hol bopwI’vaD jIpo’ vIneH
>>> ​ >​
>>>
>>
>> You said something really interesting there, Aurélie. What's a {bopwI'},
>> I wonder? A pertainer? (Definitely not a good English word!)
>> I can't quite wrap my brain around it, but I think it's my own fault, not
>> that {bopwI'} is nonsense. mujangmeH chaq jatlh tlhIngan <bopbogh vay' neH
>> 'oHbej bopwI''e'>
>>
>> ~mIp'av
>>
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