<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 2:56 AM Lieven L. Litaer <<a href="mailto:levinius@gmx.de">levinius@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">So - who is here among you or can tell about former Klingonists who may <br>
confirm they learned the language in a similarly short period of time?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I first obtained a copy of The Klingon Dictionary in December 1994. I didn't start treating the language as something to learn until I discovered the tlhIngan-Hol mailing list in January. That's what I count as the beginning of my study of Klingon.</div><div>After a month, I felt confident enough to translate poetry. I was wrong, very wrong.<br>Two months after I started, I thought I understood Klingon grammar well enough to explain it to others. I was close.<br>At the end of the third month, I had almost enough vocabulary to be able to pass as fluent...for a couple of sentences.<br>After four months, I was able to follow simple conversations with occasional trips to the dictionary.<br>Six months into my study, I knew enough words to participate in simple conversations without resort to the dictionary. I still made plenty of silly grammatical errors though.<br><br>Then I started using a computerized lookup tool. My progress stalled until I stopped.<br><br>-- ghunchu'wI'</div></div></div>