<div dir="auto">tlhIngan Hol po'wI' vImoj vIneH<div dir="auto">I want to become an expert of the klingon language</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">tlhIngan Hol vIlo'laHchu' vIneH</div><div dir="auto">I want to be able to use klingon perfectly</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhlaHchu' vIneH</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">I want to be able to speak klingon perfectly</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><div dir="auto">tlhIngan Hol vIghItlhlaHchu' vIneH</div><div dir="auto">I want to be able to write klingon perfectly</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhlaHchu' vIneH 'ej vIghItlhlaHchu' vIneH je.</div><div dir="auto">I want to be able to speak and write klingon perfectly.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">qunnoq</div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 26, 2017 17:21, "Aurélie Demonchaux" <<a href="mailto:demonchaux.aurelie@gmail.com">demonchaux.aurelie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I have been wondering, what is the best way to convey "I want to be good at klingon"?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The most accurate verb seems <po'> (be expert, skilled) but I'm not sure how best to convey the "at" in "expert <b>at </b>klingon", how to make the link between the expertise and the object of said expertise.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Do I just use -vaD ?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1/</font><font face="times new roman, serif"> < tlhIngan HolvaD jIpo’ vIneH ></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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"?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif"></font></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><font face="times new roman, serif">2/ < </font></div><font face="times new roman, serif">tlhIngan Hol bop<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">lu’</div>DI’ jIpo’ vIneH<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"> ></div><span></span></font><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif"></font></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><font face="times new roman, serif">3/ < </font></div><font face="times new roman, serif">tlhIngan Hol bop<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">lu’</div>taHvIS jIpo’ vIneH<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"> ></div><span></span></font><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif"></font></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><font face="times new roman, serif">4/ < </font></div><font face="times new roman, serif">tlhIngan Hol bop<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">lu’</div>chugh jIpo’ vIneH<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"> ></div></font><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="times new roman, serif"></font></p><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><font face="times new roman, serif">5/ < </font></div><font face="times new roman, serif">tlhIngan Hol bopwI’vaD jIpo’ vIneH<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"> ></div></font><p></p>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="times new roman, serif">6/ < tlhIngan Hol bopbogh SovvaD jIpo’ vIneH > </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">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 ?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Satlho’ ! :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div>
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