[86799] in tlhIngan-Hol
Yet another newbie!
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tlhIngan Hol vIghoj vIneH!
Here is another Swedish newbie. Thing is, there was a program on Swedish
television about a month ago about artificial languages, and in particular
Klingon. Interviews with Marc Okrand, Arika Okrent and notable Swedish
Klingonists. And I got caught.
So I have gotten KLD and downloaded {pojwI'}, which I'm using together
with a flashcard program called Anki (tip to Jacob!) which is nice since
you get to make your own cards and it uses a spaced repetition algorithm
to show them to you suitably often.
I wonder if anyone have good ideas for pronounciation training; I have
used the descriptions, the recorded phrases at the KLI site and the Forvo
site. And of course, I listen to {taH pagh taHbe'} over and over again ;-)
But beyond that?
One thing in particular that puzzles me is how {Duy'a'} and {Duy''a'}
differ in sound, that is, how to say {''}.
Also, I wonder about using locative in a noun phrase, as in {bIQDaq veng},
my attempt at translating "the city on the water" (yes, I know a true
Klingon would not associate his city with water...). Is that ok?
{jIlabta'}
{buSwI'}
aka kff
