[86816] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Yet another newbie!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (d'Armond Speers)
Wed Nov 11 15:53:17 2009
From: d'Armond Speers <speersd@georgetown.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20091111201840.248490@gmx.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:50:02 -0700
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
The correct URL for the FAQ is:
http://www.speers.nu/Holtej/klingon/faq.htm
--Holtej
On Nov 11, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Lieven Litaer wrote:
> Gee, two newbies at the same time :-)
>
> Hello buSwI', hello Chris, welcome to the list. Apparently, we do
> not have a BG at this moment, so take action as a former BG to
> welcome you.
>
> The BG had been introduced to lead the beginners and newbies through
> the list and the first steps in learning Klingon. His duty was also
> to avoid hundreds of answers to the same question. But there are not
> so many people here anymore, so that won't be a real problem.
>
> If you have a real Beginners question, start you subject line with
> "KLBC" to catch the BG's attention. So you might be sure to get an
> answer.
>
> About this list, read the FAQ:
> http://higbee.cots.net/Holtej//klingon/faq.htm
>
> If you want to hear really a lot of pronunciation, you defnitely
> need to get a copy of "Conversational Klingon". It's a tape also
> available on CD which contains the original voice of Marc Okrand
> explaining and speaking Klingon.
>
> A second tape is called "Power Klingon". It contains more
> vocabulary, but less grammer. It's for the advanced speaker.
>
> {pojwI'} is surely a good software, and making your own flashcards
> is also a good practice to remember the words.
>
> And don't forget the movies, they contain the "original" Klingon,
> even though it's sometimes hard to understand.
>
> Qapla'
> batlh tlhIngan Hol yIghojtaH.
> Quvar, 'utlh.
> (= retired BG)
>
> PS: anyone close to europe should consider coming to the qepHom next
> week (www.qepHom.de) if you want to hear some klingon.
>
> PPS: anyone from sweden should contact klingonska akademien, maybe
> all of you from sweden want to visit the qepHom together :-)
> --
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>
>
d'Armond Speers, Ph.D.
speersd@georgetown.edu
