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

mayqel qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Sat Aug 26 12:45:49 PDT 2017


Another good idea would be:

tlhIngan Hol vIghojchu' vIneH
I want to learn perfectly the klingon language

qunnoq

On Aug 26, 2017 22:39, "demonchaux.aurelie" <demonchaux.aurelie at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
> Envoyé depuis mon smartphone Samsung Galaxy.
>
> -------- 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 vIneH
> I want to become an expert of the klingon language
>
> tlhIngan Hol vIlo'laHchu' vIneH
> I want to be able to use klingon perfectly
>
> tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhlaHchu' vIneH
> I want to be able to speak klingon perfectly
>
> tlhIngan Hol vIghItlhlaHchu' vIneH
> I 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.
>
> qunnoq
>
> 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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