November 2016 - tlhIngan-Hol

new words qepHom 2016 (go flight app)
by Lieven 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

At this year's qepHom, we received lots of new words. Some of them were wishes by qepHom attendees and others. Others were used in Andrew Miller's Art presentation in a Museum of Pittsburgh, which happened on the same weekend. Marc Okrand gave me the list in english alphabetical order, so for reading convenience I re-arranged them in a somehow logical order. Terms from the GoFlight App: ---begin quote--- tur carry out, conduct (a mission), perform (duties) (v.) vItlh high, great (in quantity, size, intensity) (v.) chIq cross, transverse (v.) wabDo Mach (n.) As a spelling convention, {wab Do} "speed of sound" is written as two words. When used as a measurement term ("Mach"), it's written as one word (wabDo). The pronunciation (and, for that matter, meaning) is the same. ---end quote--- [note: Klingon words were written in bold face. I've added brackets for format-free emails] -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net

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new words qepHom 2016 (wishlist)
by Lieven 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

At this year's qepHom, we received lots of new words. Some of them were wishes by qepHom attendees and others. Others were used in Andrew Miller's Art presentation in a Museum of Pittsburgh, which happened on the same weekend. Marc Okrand gave me the list in english alphabetical order, so for reading convenience I re-arranged them in a somehow logical order. Few words had more explanations, here they are: These were wishes from the students. ---begin quote--- For "effect" (as in Doppler Effect), use the name for the effect followed by {wanI'} ("phenomenon"). So the Maltz Effect would be {matlh wanI'}. (Maltz said there's no such thing as the "Maltz Effect." He just made that up to use as an example. I suspect, though, that people at the qepHom might have ideas about what the {matlh wanI'} might be.) Diseases are named in a similar fashion. If there is such an ailment as "Maltz Disease" (or Maltz's Disease), it would be {matlh rop}. The regular word for "teacher" is {ghojmoHwI'}. A teacher held in high esteem, of higher rank than other teachers in the same institution, could be {ghojmoHwI' quv} or {ghojmoHwI' Han} (v. "be learned, scholarly, erudite"). Probably the highest standing of all is a {'a'ghen}, which can be translated as "master teacher" or "professor." "Voyage cancellation insurance" was an odd concept for Maltz. But he said that {leng chach mab} ("voyage emergency contract") might cover it. {leng chach mab} is not a term or phrase he had heard before, but he said Klingons would understand it meant an agreement about who's respon-sible for what if something goes wrong during a journey. zombie {yInbogh lom} vampire {'Iw remwI'} made using the verb "suck" (e.g. through straw) {rem} ---end quote--- [note: Klingon words were written in bold face. I've added brackets for format-free emails] -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net

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Klingon Word of the Day: bIQSIp 'ugh
by qurgh＠wizage.net 06 Nov '16

06 Nov '16

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, November 06, 2016 Klingon word: bIQSIp 'ugh Part of speech: noun Definition: deuterium isotope Source: BOP This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Does porgh refer only to a human body ?
by mayqel qunenoS 06 Nov '16

06 Nov '16

Out of curiosity mostly.. Is {porgh} able to describe the body of an animal too, or is it only to be used for human/humanoid species ? qunnoH ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

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chay' HI''a' puqloDpu' moj Zeus puqloDpu'
by mayqel qunenoS 06 Nov '16

06 Nov '16

SaD law' ben, chavmey Doj lIngta' 'elaDya'ngan; qo' HochvaD potlhbogh chavmey. naDev, boghpu' democracy, olympic games, philosophy je. 'ej chavvam DIlIngmeH, nupIlmoH Qunpu'ma'.. 'ach tera' DIS pagh, boghpu' HI''a'. lalDanDaj chenmoHta' 'ej Do'Ha' 'elaDya'Daq paw lalDanvetlh. naDev, pawta'DI' HI''a'vam, ghaHmo' 'arghchoH Hoch. chIrgh tIq Qumran potlh je Qaw'ta' nuvpu'Daj 'ej ghaHmo' SabchoH yInmaj. HI''a' ghaHmo', reH latlhpu' qIchrup. Sunga'chuqchugh vaj ghe''orDaq DungeH; tlhoy SuSopchugh, vaj ghe''orDaq DungeHqa'.. chIrghDajDaq DajaHbe'chugh vaj bIHeghDI' DumeQ. reH, reH, reH DubuQtaH.. 'ej DaH jISIv.. chay' HI''a'vam DIlaj ? chay' nepwI'vam DIHar ? qatlh Qunvetlh lo'laHbe' laj Zeus puqloDpu' ? wa' Doch neH qotlh HI''a'vam: qaywI'. qaStaHvIS DIS law', HI''a' Qunvetlh vIHar. 'ach tagha', Do', DaH jIvempu'. HI''a' mary je puqloD jIHbe'; Zeus Hera je puqloD jIH. qunnoH ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

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Klingon Word of the Day: raS'IS
by qurgh＠wizage.net 05 Nov '16

05 Nov '16

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, November 05, 2016 Klingon word: raS'IS Part of speech: noun Definition: seed Source: qep'a' 23 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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'o'roy
by David Holt 05 Nov '16

05 Nov '16

If this isn't yet relevant, then I've stumbled across secret information and it will be very relevant very soon. O. Roy Chalk had a varied life and you can look him up to find out more about him, but I'm thinking the most relevant part of his life is within the following paragraph. He purchased the Washington, D.C.<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.> transit system on August 15, 1956, for $13.5 million, renaming it DC Transit<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Transit>. Chalk owned the Georgetown Car Barn in Washington, D.C., adjacent to the famous steps where the part of "The Exorcist"<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist_(film)> was filmed. The building was a streetcar shop erected in 1895 that supported the Capital Transit Company<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Transit_Company> system, which circulated through the District of Columbia. By Public Law 389, enacted by the United States Congress, Chalk was directed to replace all streetcar operations with buses, which was completed on January 28, 1962. On January 14, 1973 WMATA condemned DC Transit and its sister company, the Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Company and acquired their assets for $38.2 million. He retained ownership of the Georgetown Car Barn, however, which had been converted into office space between 1957 and 1960. Chalk owned the building until 1992.

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Big Bang (Spoiler Alert)
by qurgh lungqIj 05 Nov '16

05 Nov '16

Spoiler Alert! On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 8:17 PM, DloraH <seruq(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > Anybody else watching Big Bang Theory right now? > > They /attempted/ to speak several sentences of Klingon. > Certainly not done well, but closer than usual. > > - DloraH > > Yup. The lines they said were: Qu'vatlh (twice) ----- jIyajbe' DaH nep'a' Penny? jISovbe' Dayaj'a'? ghobe' Qu'vatlh And Howard's line that was cut off was juH qachHom .... (the rest was going to be Dotlh Sov 'Iv?) I helped them with the translation. They definitely did much better with their pronunciation this time than in previous attempts. qurgh

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The nightmare is over
by mayqel qunenoS 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

qaSchoH ram, reH jIqaw.. Qel po' vImojmeH jIqeqtaHvIS, 'ej qaSchoH ram Qu' poH, jIjatlh'egh: jIDoy'qu', 'ach ram Hoch jIvumnIS.. chay' jISIQlaH ? 'ej ngugh, ropyaH qach chach pa'Daq vIjaHmeH jImej.. Do', rIn ghe''orvetlh, 'ej DaH -tagha'- qaStaHvIS ram jIQonglaH. qunnoH jan puqloD

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A quick thought on time
by mayqel qunenoS 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

While I was reading klingonska, I came across the various ways of asking/telling time. And my favourite one by far, was the "how many times have heard it" method; it sounds exotic and the very fact that we don't know for sure "what is actually being heard" adds an even more "alien" punch to the experience of telling time in klingon. It is a pity that by using this method, one can only express time, if it is for example one 'o clock, two 'o clock etc.. Unfortunately we can't express - by the use this method - a time like 10.20, 11.40 etc. qunnoH jan puqloD

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