February 2018 - tlhIngan-Hol

Klingon Word of the Day: jem
by Klingon Word of the Day 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Klingon word: jem Part of speech: verb Definition: sense, feel, perceive, detect Source: qepHom 2017 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: Dop
by Klingon Word of the Day 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 13, 2018 Klingon word: Dop Part of speech: verb Definition: be opposite, antithetical, contradictory Source: Email from Lieven 2018-08-01 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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ghob'etlh
by mayqel qunenoS 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

wa' Hu', ghob'etlh mu' vIHaD.. luHDu' lelmeH nuH 'oH; vaj, chay' jIHvaD qay' mu'vam ? qay'choH mu'vam, muSIghmo': jIQongchoHDI', 'ej jInajchoHDI', wa' nuv vIlegh. 'ej nuvvamvo', luHDu' lulellu'.. mu' ghob'etlh vImuS. ~ nI'ghma

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verb prefix when using joq or ghap
by mayqel qunenoS 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

Have we received word from maltz with regards to the verb prefix used with joq/ghap ? e.g. vIghro' bo'Degh joq yIje' or vIghro' bo'Degh joq tIje' ? vIghro' bo'Deghmey pagh yIje' or vIghro' bo'Deghmey pagh tIje' ? I remember we had discussed this matter here some time ago, but I just can't remember if we had finally in the qepHom, received info from maltz on this matter. ~ nI'ghma

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Klingon Word of the Day: ngon
by Klingon Word of the Day 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, February 12, 2018 Klingon word: ngon Part of speech: verb Definition: bubble Source: qepHom 2017 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: loy'
by Klingon Word of the Day 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, February 10, 2018 Klingon word: loy' Part of speech: verb Definition: have personality, be charismatic, be charming Source: qepHom 2017 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: qaw
by Klingon Word of the Day 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, February 11, 2018 Klingon word: qaw Part of speech: noun Definition: memory (the ability) Source: Email from Lieven 2018-02-06 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Beginner question: Imperatives directed at first person plural
by Daniel Dadap 10 Feb '18

10 Feb '18

When listing the imperative verbal prefixes for the singular and plural second person, TKD mentions that imperative prefixes are not used to express e.g. “let’s go”, but does not offer any guidance on how to command a first person plural group to do something. Is there any canon guidance or non-canon consensus on this?

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New pIqaD font and transliteration tool
by Daniel Dadap 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

I have released the pIqaD typeface that I previously mentioned on this list as a TrueType font. I ended up renaming it from “pIqaD nap” to “pIqaD qolqoS”, and it is available for download at: https://github.com/dadap/pIqaD-fonts/releases/download/pIqaD-fonts-r1/pIqaD… <https://github.com/dadap/pIqaD-fonts/releases/download/pIqaD-fonts-r1/pIqaD…> Thanks again to those who provided feedback on the earlier revisions of the typeface. I’ve also refined the transliteration tool I previously mentioned on this list: it now uses the above mentioned font (even if you don’t have it installed on your system) and has a few other new features, including displaying a random quote when loaded. (If the quotes look “off”, that’s probably intentional: I corrupted some well known sayings on purpose, with the intent of keeping them grammatical, if somewhat nonsensical. Please let me know if any of those quotes have strayed into ungrammaticalness.) The new, more memorable location of the tool is: https://dadap.github.io/pIqaD-tools/universal-transliterator/ <https://dadap.github.io/pIqaD-tools/universal-transliterator/> Enjoy!

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Writing continuously in irrealis
by mayqel qunenoS 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

There is a problem I've been having, which I don't know how to overcome. If I want to write a story in english, a story written in irrealis (if that's how we say it), then I can write: "If I was a giant, and I was living in a castle above the clouds, I would be happy. And if my kingdom had many soft and furry cats.." In klingon, in order to write something as the above, we have the {net jalchugh}. However, (and here is my problem), if I want to write an entire story in irrealis, then what do I do ? Do I place the {net jalchugh} after each and every sentence ? In the above example would I need to write {I am a giant net jalchugh, and I live in a castle above the clouds net jalchugh, I am happy net jalchugh..} ? Wouldn't this make the reader "tired", reading the {net jalchugh} after each and every sentence ? Is there any other way of approaching this ? ~ nI'ghma

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