I am not sure if they will be teaching cursing/cussing on Duolingo. LOL! I am going to say: probably not.
There is one thing Duolingo is helping me with...is sentence structure.
Everything is about reading, right now...since there is no audio, yet.
Though I am slow with vocabulary (I need constant repetition of words) and until audio get added to the Klingon course, I am not going to "get" how these words sound. If I decide to stick with the Klingon course, I should go ahead and buy "The Klingon Dictionary"....but it may be a waste.
As I may switch over to Spanish, because it would be more used and it is shocking how quickly I seem to be learning a language using Duolingo. Why waste time on a constructed language?
"Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
I am not sure if they will be teaching cursing/cussing on Duolingo. LOL! I am going to say: probably not.
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As I may switch over to Spanish, because it would be more used and it is shocking how quickly I seem to be learning a language using Duolingo. Why waste time on a constructed language?
If Duolingo doesn't have it, you will be able to find many sources that do.
Constructed languages give you a lot more nerd cred.
OH COOL! Thanks for the link...I had not found that web page at all. I will bookmark it.
I use the Klingon Assault Group's Language Academy web site resources, a lot.
Strangely, I can not post the group's web site on the forums.
And search for Klingon on You Tube because at least there is sound there.
I doubt I need any nerd cred. At my age, that sort of stuff does not matter any more. LOL!
"Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
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I would use: munumta' jay', semiliterally "they promoted me WTF?" (jay' is an "intensifier")
What is the verb prefix "me-"? num = promote -ta' = action completed
I can't seem to find me- listed as a verb prefix. I may have not reached that part of my lessons on DuoLingo. But it is not translating well, either.
Which translator are you using?
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
I agree, that the Klingon would not use so many words to get ideas across....so shortening it to "They promoted me? WTF" sounds more Klingonese.
Missing the -'a' in there somewhere.
This verb suffix makes anything an inquiry...I already learned that one in one of my lessons.
munumta''a' jay'
Note: in Klingonese ' is a letter. So -ta' next to 'a' is not a quotation marks, it is 2 of the letter ' next to each other.
Or if the original be changed even more: numta''a' jIH jay'
Which is closer to: "I am promoted? WTF!"
(I just learned that jIH wonder if that is correct usage?)
https://www.duolingo.com/skill/kl/Pronouns/tips-and-notes
I am not sure if they will be teaching cursing/cussing on Duolingo. LOL! I am going to say: probably not.
There is one thing Duolingo is helping me with...is sentence structure.
Everything is about reading, right now...since there is no audio, yet.
Though I am slow with vocabulary (I need constant repetition of words) and until audio get added to the Klingon course, I am not going to "get" how these words sound. If I decide to stick with the Klingon course, I should go ahead and buy "The Klingon Dictionary"....but it may be a waste.
As I may switch over to Spanish, because it would be more used and it is shocking how quickly I seem to be learning a language using Duolingo. Why waste time on a constructed language?
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
If Duolingo doesn't have it, you will be able to find many sources that do.
I find this useful: http://klingonska.org
Constructed languages give you a lot more nerd cred.
OH COOL! Thanks for the link...I had not found that web page at all. I will bookmark it.
I use the Klingon Assault Group's Language Academy web site resources, a lot.
Strangely, I can not post the group's web site on the forums.
And search for Klingon on You Tube because at least there is sound there.
I doubt I need any nerd cred. At my age, that sort of stuff does not matter any more. LOL!
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin