On 6 January 2017 at 03:52, Juliana Bukoski <jfbukoski@gmail.com> wrote:
What with it being the new year, I am rededicating myself to studying Klingon, and I thought it might be a good idea to ask for advice from the experts. Last semester I was mostly just memorizing vocab and writing sentences (until complex analysis got hard and Klingon fell by the wayside).
Do'Ha', we don't have the Klingon vocabulary to talk about advanced math. But a good way to learn (YMMV) is to write about a topic that interests you, or which you're studying, in Klingon. Many years ago, I used to keep a journal in Klingon while I was studying physics. We had a lot less physics vocabulary than we do now, although it was surprisingly not that difficult to write about relativity. (We have terminology for black holes, photons, gravity, and escape velocity, and one can make do with the terminology of warp fields when writing about the warping of spacetime.)
Anyway, my plan is to go back to vocab and sentences, keep listening to the audio books (the Klingon Way and the one for tourists), and maybe read the Klingon Christmas Carol and Hamlet, which I just got for Christmas. Is there any other good way to study that I am missing?
Yes: conversation. Many people who are trying to learn a language make the mistake of studying by "input only" (reading and listening), when true skill in a language is better measured by "output" (i.e., your ability to compose, either in writing or in speech, sentences that other speakers understand).
In particular, is there anywhere I can search for answers to grammar questions that may have been previously discussed on this email list or some other list? I don't really like asking questions here because I feel like you've probably answered them a million times already.
We don't mind answering the same questions. If anything, beginners on this mailing list may be scared away by the fact that whenever someone asks a question, five or six people will provide answers, some in too much detail. Ask away. -- De'vID