On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 2:56 AM Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
So - who is here among you or can tell about former Klingonists who may confirm they learned the language in a similarly short period of time?
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. After a month, I felt confident enough to translate poetry. I was wrong, very wrong. Two months after I started, I thought I understood Klingon grammar well enough to explain it to others. I was close. At the end of the third month, I had almost enough vocabulary to be able to pass as fluent...for a couple of sentences. After four months, I was able to follow simple conversations with occasional trips to the dictionary. 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. Then I started using a computerized lookup tool. My progress stalled until I stopped. -- ghunchu'wI'