January 2017 - tlhIngan-Hol

Klingon Word of the Day: wabDo
by qurgh＠wizage.net 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, January 06, 2017 Klingon word: wabDo Part of speech: noun Definition: Mach Source: qepHom 2016 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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bahuvrihi (was Re: Interesting time stamp; etc)
by Alan Anderson 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:01 AM, Anthony Appleyard < a.appleyard(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > Does Klingon language allow bahuvrihi compounds? > I don't see why that sort of metaphor would be forbidden in general. The Klingon Christmas Carol play opens with a passage including the phrase "dead as a {HIp Doq}", (it's translated as "red shirt"), which is exactly the kind of usage you're talking about. But I also don't see how {paq'batlh} fits the idea. The in-universe explanation of the anomalous apostrophe is that it's a remnant of the older pronunciation/spelling seen in the first part of the book. Decoding that "ancient" text gives a lot of insight into the "ancient" word order and affixes. -- ghunchu'wI'

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Interesting time stamp
by Brian Cote 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

No big question here, but I came across this time stamp in the paq'batlh and found it very interesting. paq'raD 14:19-21 may' lunungbogh repmey'e' qeylISvaD mu'meyvam ja'ta' molor qotar je QImSIr

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Klingon Word of the Day: boD
by qurgh＠wizage.net 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 05, 2017 Klingon word: boD Part of speech: noun Definition: forehead (regional) Source: KGT This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Quick learner problem
by Lieven 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

After thinking about the latest heated discussions, here some thoughts or advice for any other beginners. I believe that mayqel is struggling with some kind of a "data overflow" in a computer: In an incredibly short time, he acquired mostly all of the grammar and I'm sure he also knows a big amount of vocabulary, but his brain cannot combine it properly. What he is lacking, is experience. Only experience teaches the brain to use the learned material. Language is not a code, don't just talk Klingon, you must think like a klingon. I use to tell my students: If you encounter a problem, an idea you cannot express, then put it aside. Get used to the language, and soon you will find out that your problem was not a real problem. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net

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Quvar, QISmaS cake Davutta''a'
by mayqel qunenoS 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

Quvar, qaghel; qaStaHvIS jaj law' vIneH.. QISmaS cake Davutta''a'. DoyIchlanDaq QISmaS cake luvut Hoch, reH 'e' vIHar. qunnoH jan puqloD ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

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Klingon Word of the Day: SIrlIy
by qurgh＠wizage.net 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 04, 2017 Klingon word: SIrlIy Part of speech: noun Definition: silver Source: qepHom 2015 p.13 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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jav mu'mey
by De'vID 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

This is a game that started on Facebook, but I thought some of you who are not there might want to play too. paq DamaSqu'bogh yIDel. pongDaj yIja'Qo'. jav mu'mey neH tIlo'. (Without telling us what it is, describe your favourite book using six Klingon words only.) Here's mine (ngeDqu' 'e' vISov): {bortaS Suq voDleH puqloD. Hegh Hoch.} -- De'vID

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Klingon dictionary for Amazon Alexa (Echo/Echo Dot)
by qurgh lungqIj 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

Last week I created an Alexa Skill for looking up Klingon words, proverbs, and the word of the day. Today it was approved and is now available for everyone to use. You can enable it through Alexa, or by going to https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NCQOLNS/ Unfortunately the skill does not accept tlhIngan Hol input, as Alexa can't understand it, so for now it can only do English->Klingon look up. I want to give a big thank you to David Yonge-Mallo for creating his android TTS engine. Without it, this skill wouldn't be possible. Qapla'! qurgh

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Klingon Word of the Day: rem
by qurgh＠wizage.net 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, January 02, 2017 Klingon word: rem Part of speech: verb Definition: suck Source: qepHom 2016 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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