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@gmail.com>
Date : 26/08/2017 16:30 (GMT+01:00)
À : tlhingan-hol@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@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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