October 2018 - tlhIngan-Hol

Klingon Word of the Day: pargh
by Klingon Word of the Day 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, April 07, 2018 Klingon word: pargh Part of speech: verb Definition: be synthetic, artificial Source: qepHom 2017 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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“bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD” vImugh 'e' vInIDqa'
by Daniel Dadap 18 Nov '19

18 Nov '19

(muboQqu'mo' SuStel vItlho'qu'!) mungwIj vengHom Dab loD qan, bIQ'a' lengchu'pu' ghaH net Sov. maHvaD yInDaj lut nuja', bIQ qoD Dujmey DaqDaq qaS Hoch. vaj bIQ'a'Daq jul wIghoS, bIQ SuD wISampu'DI' mamevpu' 'ej yu'egh bIngDaq maHtaH, bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'. bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'taH maH, bIQ'a'Daq majaH, DujmajDaq maHtaH. bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'taH maH, bIQ'a'Daq majaH, DujmajDaq maHtaH. matay' maH, juppu'ma' je, jIlpu'na'ma' chaH latlh law''e'. 'ej vogh QoQ muchchoHlu'pu'… [ QoQ muchlu'taH ] bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'taH maH, bIQ'a'Daq majaH, DujmajDaq maHtaH. bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'taH maH, bIQ'a'Daq majaH, DujmajDaq maHtaH. [ tujqu'choH QuQ. ] [ nughoS jagh. ] [ chay' jura? ] [ Qu'vatlh! ] [ batlh maHegh! ] [ cha yIghuS! ] [ So'wI' yIchu'Ha'! ] [ baH! ] 'ej ngeDtaH- [ mayIntaHvIS ] -vIS yInmeymaj [ ngeDbej Hoch ], 'utbogh Dochmey, bIH [ naDev SaHbej ] Hoch DIghaj [ 'utbogh Doch ]. SuD bIQ'a' [ SuD bIQ'a' ], 'ej SuD chal je [ SuD chal je ], bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD- [ Dujmaj SuDDaq ] -Daq maHegh… [ maHeghbej! Ha'! pebomqa'! ] bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'taH maH, bIQ'a'Daq majaH, DujmajDaq maHtaH. bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'taH maH, bIQ'a'Daq majaH, DujmajDaq maHtaH. [ chaq 'o'megh luHutlhlaH tera' bommey, 'ach tlhIngan bommo' 'oH bomvam'e', 'o'meghqoq wIcherghQo'. vaj, rIn bomvam. pItlh. ] Notes about text in square brackets if anybody wants to record this (I might at some point, but I invite anybody else to do it if they get to it first): For [ QoQ muchlu'taH ], this could perhaps be the brass band in the Terran version of this song, or it could be something like an excerpt from 'aqtu' mellota' je. The dialog lifted from “Conversational Klingon” should be played one phrase per measure in the interlude between the second refrain and the final verse, timed with the bass drum beats. It would ideally be the original audio from the audiobook, heavily distorted to make it sound like its being spoken through a pipe, but if the pacing of the original audio isn’t suitable, or if there’s some other reason it doesn’t sound good, then it can be replaced with a new performance, with suitable audio distortion. The text interleaved into the lines of the final verse should be performed with a distortion similar to the text in the interlude. It takes the place of the “echo” in the last verse of the Terran version of the song. Rather than repeating the refrain ad infinitum and fading out, as with the Terran version, this song should have a definitive end, either with an abrupt cutoff, or an orchestra hit or something. The bit about an 'o'megh can be recited either after the music has finished, or while the instrumental track continues without vocals, to be followed by the end of the music. Or that part can be ignored, and the song can fade out with an 'o'meghqoq just like the Terran version.

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Klingon Word of the Day: jI'ev
by Klingon Word of the Day 22 Feb '19

22 Feb '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Klingon word: jI'ev Part of speech: noun Definition: handle, knob, doorknob Source: qep'a' 23 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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paSlogh
by mayqel qunenoS 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

The klingon word for "socks" is {paSlogh}. Is this word to be treated as being grammatically singular, and is it possible to say "one sock" in klingon ? As far as I know, it is unknown if a singular form exists. qunnoq

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info from Maltz: pronunciation
by De'vID 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

--- begin quote --- TKD glosses {QIch} as “speech (vocal sounds).” The notation “(vocal sounds)” is intended to denote that “speech” here means the phenomenon of speech as opposed to an address or oration – that’s {SoQ}. So {QIch} doesn’t refer to individual speech sounds or speech sounds collectively. An individual speech sound is {QIch wab} and speech sounds collectively are {QIch wabmey}. “Pronunciation” could be {QIch wab Ho’DoS}, more literally (but awkwardly) “speech-sound manner, speech-sound technique.” --- end quote --- -- De'vID

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info from Maltz: font/typeface
by De'vID 16 Jan '19

16 Jan '19

The "bold" and "italics" refer not to Klingon, but to how definitions are displayed in Latin script (Klingon in bold, English translation in italics, like in TKD). --- begin quote --- “Writing system” in general ({pIqaD} is just one of many in the world/galaxy) is {ghItlhmeH Ho’DoS} “system for writing.” ({Ho’DoS} is “system, method, manner, technique.” {pat} is “system” in the physical [or physical-like] sense, as in “computer system” [hardware or hardware and software together] or “transporter system” or “propulsion system.” {Ho’DoS} is not that.) For “font” or “typeface,” you can use {ngutlh tu’qom} “written character appearance/form/shape.” For “bold,” Maltz suggested {pI’} “fat.” For “Italics,” he said {chongHa’} “un-vertical.” --- end quote --- -- De'vID

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Words from The Little Prince
by Lieven L. Litaer 01 Jan '19

01 Jan '19

For your interest: The translation of the Little Prince into Klingon took me 14 years. That was not because it was difficult, but just because the Klingon language lacked so many words. Over the years, the new words filled in the gaps of the translation, until there was a point that it just needed a few more words to complete it. Marc Okrand was so kind to talk to Maltz who was willing to reveal some new words. Note that there are a few that are not really new words, just Klingon spellings of Teran words. ------------------- From "ta'puq mach - The Little Prince (klingon translation) ", p. 153-156 bewbeb – Baobab (a Terran tree) This is a very specific tree, so this Klingon word is borrowed from English. Maltz never heard of the thing and thought it was pretty weird-looking. Daqrab – well. It's normally a water well, but it could be an oil well, assuming Klingons are aware of drilling for oil. If clarity is needed, one can say bIQ Daqrab. "Source" is not part of the definition. A Daqrab is constructed and/or dug. DISjaj – anniversary. Maltz said there is a way (actually, several ways) to refer to an "anniversary," which he characterized as a specific day on which one recognizes or remembers an event that occurred a set amount of time ago on that same date. The "set amount of time" could be a year (what most people think of when they think of "anniversary"), but it could be another unit of time: a month or a week. DISjaj: anniversary measured in years jarjaj: anniversary measured in months (the three-month anniversary of starting a new job, say) Hoghjaj: anniversary measured in weeks (the two-week anniversary of the day someone quit smoking, perhaps) A one-year anniversary would be DISjaj wa' or DISjaj wa'DIch (Maltz had no preference). And so on. Maltz says that he's heard expressions like tupjaj, which is presumably an anniversary measured in minutes – the 10-minute "anniversary" of someone not talking, maybe. He said this is a form of wordplay, not a "real" word, but people do say things like this. Do'ol – sand. What you find in the desert or on a beach. Not dirt. DI'raq – sheep. There's a fluffy, woolly, shaggy Klingon animal called a DI'raq, similar to a sheep. To distinguish, one can say tera' DI'raq the first time it comes up, but probably shorten it to just DI'raq after that. A male sheep, that is, a ram, is called DI'raq loD. It's two words. Kin terms (like puqloD and lorloD) are set terms, regular vocabulary items. For animals, Klingon doesn't have special words for male vs. female. That is, English has ram (male), ewe (female), sheep (both/either), but Klingon has only an equivalent for sheep – no separate word for ram or ewe. If it's necessary to specify sex/gender, it's done using the noun-noun construction. Hovtej – astronomer / HovQeD – astronomy Hov tut – telescope. Maltz says the most common way to say telescope is Hov tut. He thought that was sort of an everyday or layman's term – maybe even slang – and that astronomers called it something else... but he didn't remember what that was. moQbID – dome. This word is literally "sphere half" and is used in the story for a bell used to cover something. pu' – horn. The horn of an animal, same word as the spike on a boot (or a spike in general). When clarity is called for, say Ha'DIbaH pu' or DI'raq loD pu'. The plural of pu' is either pu'mey or pu'Du', depending on the specific meaning of pu'. qargh – be bulky, thick. qeSHoS – fox. A Klingon animal that's kind of dog-like. They eat vegetation and also small animals and birds. Klingons, of course, might eat them, but mostly consider them pests. quntej – historian / qunQeD – history science ro'Sa' – rose (a Terran flower). Since there's no Klingon equivalent for a rose, and this word is a specific name, this variation of the Federation Standard word is used. SaHa'ra' – Sahara (Earth desert). In Arabic, the sahara desert is called aṣ-ṣaḥrāʼ al-kubrá, meaning "the Great Desert." If the Klingon version came from Arabic, it would be something along those lines. But Maltz says Klingons got the name from Federation Standard, which is why it is pronounced SaHa'ra'. Su'wan ghew – butterfly. This is not a literal translation for such an animal, but Maltz suggested this word, because he knows it for a flying insect with largish wings. tom – tilt. Can be used for a head movement. [This verb is intranstitive, so if you want to tilt something, say tommoH] tlhegh jIrmoHwI' – windlass (literally: rope twister/rotator) yItlhHa' – lenient, indulgent. This is formed from yItlh be strict, severe, firm, stern, authoritarian. yuQtej – geographer. yuQQeD – geography. The meaning of yuQ must have changed over the years. Now it means planet, but maybe it originally meant something else, something along the lines of place/location where we live. 'ughDuq ghargh – caterpillar. Maltz said this is a little squirmy thing that somehow turns into a Su'wan ghew. The 'ughDuq ghargh is not used to prepare qagh, by the way. ---------------- -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/TheLittlePrince

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Maltz on {DIj}
by Lieven L. Litaer 27 Dec '18

27 Dec '18

peqIm, Maltz told me that the object of {DIj} is the thing you paint on. We are all constantly learning, and I can definitely admit that I've misinterpreted a verb: {QaghlIj yIchID; yIyoH} After all, we all know there are so many unclear verbs that need some clarification. Thanks to De'vID for pointing me at this, by the way. Here's the complete message from Marc Okrand, received today, 03 Sep 2018: --- Hi, Lieven — The object of {DIj} is the thing that's actually touched by a {rItlh naQ} resulting in a picture (or pattern or whatever) on a {nagh beQ}. So you'd say {nagh beQ yIDIj} "Paint the stone panel!" (and several variant translations). This does not tell you what you are to portray on the panel. For that, Maltz says, there are two ways to go. In one way, you use the word {cha'} "show, display." So, for example, you could say {DI'raq Dacha'meH nagh beQ yIDIj} "Paint the stone panel with [a picture of] a sheep!" (literally: "Paint the stone panel with a pigment stick so that you display a sheep!"). Since {DIj} is already associated with {nagh beQ}, both in its literal meaning of "stone panel" (or the like) and its extended meaning of the artwork produced by this process (that is, what we'd call a "painting"), you can leave {nagh beQ} out and just say {DI'raq Dacha'meH yIDIj} "Paint [a picture of] a sheep!" The second way makes use of the word {nargh}, which means both "appear" and "escape." You can say {DI'raq DanarghmoHmeH nagh beQ yIDIj} "Paint the stone panel with [a picture of] a sheep!" or, leaving {nagh beQ} out (as noted above), {DI'raq DanarghmoHmeH yIDIj}, which could be translated as "Paint [a picture of] a sheep!" But the literal meaning of these phrases is more interesting: "Paint (the stone panel) with a pigment stick so that you cause the sheep to appear!" or "Paint (the stone panel) with a pigment stick so that you cause the sheep to escape!" This is similar to the usage of {qon} "record" for composing music or writing stories. That is, the picture of the sheep already exists somehow in the stone, and the artist/painter (the {DIjwI'}) is enabling the picture to escape the confines of the stone and to appear to us. Another way of doing this is without the {-moH} suffix. You can say {narghmeH DI'raq (nagh beQ) yIDIj} "Paint (the stone panel with) [a picture of] a sheep!" Literally, this is something like "In order for the sheep to escape/appear, paint (the stone panel) with a pigment stick!" This construction is heard less frequently. I used the verb "paint" in the translations of the examples above, but the meaning of {DIj} has expanded to include producing a visual image even if no paint or pigment stick is involved — it's used if you sketch with a pencil, for example. So it's okay to translate {DIj} as "draw." But the object of {DIj} is still what you're drawing on (paper, a stone, whatever), not what you're making a drawing of. So {DI'raq yIDIj} might be translated "Draw (something) on a sheep!" while both {DI'raq Dacha'meH yIDIj} and {DI'raq DanarghmoHmeH yIDIj} can be translated "Draw a sheep!" If you're painting (or drawing) on something other than a {nagh beQ}, you should specify what that is: {DI'raq Dacha'meH nav yIDIj} or {DI'raq DanarghmoHmeH nav yIDIj} "Draw a sheep on the paper!" Maltz said that both the {cha'} and {nargh} versions are used, but the {cha'} version is a bit more common in informal settings and the {nargh} version (usually the {narghmoH} variant) is more common in literature or in discussions about art. Maltz also said that you can use these constructions if you're drawing using a computer or with an Etch A Sketch (Zaubertafel?) (this despite the fact that what the Etch A Sketch is doing is more like {ghItlh}-ing than {DIj}-ing). I hope all of this doesn't cause any problems or delays for "The Little Prince" (and I also hope that I haven't opened up Pandora's {DerlIq}). - Marc ---------------------------------------- -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/MarcOkrand

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Klingon Word of the Day: puH nIl
by Klingon Word of the Day 31 Oct '18

31 Oct '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Klingon word: puH nIl Part of speech: noun Definition: grassland, steppe Source: qep'a' 24 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon language on Swedish TV
by De'vID 31 Oct '18

31 Oct '18

On tonight's episode of Språknyheterna ("language news"): https://urplay.se/program/206994-spraknyheterna-al-pitcher-snippa-och-sprak… The Klingon segment starts at 14:40 and includes interviews with Marc Okrand, loghaD (Felix Malmenbeck), and Zrajm. -- De'vID

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