On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 2:39 AM zrajm via tlhIngan-Hol < tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 3:17 PM SuStel via tlhIngan-Hol < tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:
I've been studying Welsh for a while. Welsh has a gazillion ways to say *yes* or *no,* and you have to pick the right one for the right circumstance. If someone asked me *Wyt ti'n hoffi cwrw?* ("Do you like beer?") and I answered *Naddo* ("No" about a past-tense action) instead of *Nac ydw* (literally "I am not"), I would have used the language incorrectly but I daresay I would be understood. I'd just sound like an idiot.
You're right though, I might sound like an idiot. But maybe we all do when we speak Klingon? It's hard to tell what a Real Klingon would think (but It Is interesting to think about).
"Although a good many of the fine points are not covered, the sketch will allow the student of Klingon to figure out what a Klingon is saying and to respond in an intelligible, though somewhat brutish, manner. Most Klingons will never know the difference." — The Klingon Dictionary -- De'vID