February 2019 - tlhIngan-Hol

Klingon Word of the Day: HIv
by Klingon Word of the Day 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, February 11, 2019 Klingon word: HIv Part of speech: verb Definition: attack Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Have you accepted him as your lord and saviour ?
by mayqel qunenoS 10 Feb '19

10 Feb '19

joH'a'lI''e' toDwI'lI''e' je darth vader Dalajpu''a' ? have you accepted darth vader as your lord and saviour ? hahaha jI'omlaHbe'pu'.. I couldn't resist.. ~ mayqel *I love maltz* qunen'oS

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Klingon Word of the Day: SoQmoH
by Klingon Word of the Day 10 Feb '19

10 Feb '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, February 10, 2019 Klingon word: SoQmoH Part of speech: verb Definition: close, shut Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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ordering and scope of adverbials relative to timestamps
by De'vID 10 Feb '19

10 Feb '19

I was telling someone about something that happened (completed happening) "almost a year ago" and I said {tlhoS wa' ben [qaSpu' wanI']}. But then I realised that this would be interpreted to mean "one year ago something almost happened", rather than "almost one year ago something happened". But for the latter meaning, I would say {wa' ben tlhoS [qaSpu' wanI']}. Do you consider the sentence order to be fixed (with time stamps always ahead of adverbials, for example), so that changing the order is either wrong or just might affect the emphasis and not the meaning? Or would you interpret the scope to change? How would you say "almost one year ago [something happened]"? {wa' ben tugh [qaSpu' wanI']}? -- De'vID

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Klingon Word of the Day: wermoH
by Klingon Word of the Day 09 Feb '19

09 Feb '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, February 09, 2019 Klingon word: wermoH Part of speech: verb Definition: crease, wrinkle Source: qep'a' 24 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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'antonIy 'Iv?
by Daniel Dadap 09 Feb '19

09 Feb '19

ghot wa': 'antonIy DaSov'a'? ghot cha': 'antonIy 'Iv? wa': yIloy. cha': DISqa'vI'rIy jonpIn ghetbogh 'antonIy vIqel. 'antonIy Daqelbogh yIngu'! wa': 'antonIy rap. SKI: a really bad pun on an actor’s name

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Be careful not to choke
by mayqel qunenoS 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

ngugh, jatlh darth vader: then said darth vader: bIyepbe'chugh, chaq ngoQmeylIjmo' bIvoQ'egh, la'.. be careful not to choke on your aspirations, director.. hahaha ~ mayqel *I love maltz* qunen'oS

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Klingon Word of the Day: vIt
by Klingon Word of the Day 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, February 08, 2019 Klingon word: vIt Part of speech: noun Definition: truth Source: ADD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingons and the Klingon language on Discovery Season 2
by De'vID 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

I don't think it's spoiling anything to reveal that the Klingons are back (since that's in all the ads and trailers, and should be obvious to anyone who watched Season 1). But in case anyone is trying to decide whether to watch Season 2, it seems like there's going to be a lot less Klingon language this season, if that's your reason for watching. It's only 3 episodes in, but there are no Klingon subtitles on the episodes. (I mean on Netflix, which had them in Season 1. CBS never had them to begin with, and still don't.) Furthermore, they've decided to do the cinematic thing where Klingons will start speaking in Klingon during a scene (with English subtitles), and switch to English mid-sentence with the understanding that the audience can hear in their own language through cinematic magic. So whenever there's a gathering of Klingons, instead of entire scenes in Klingon, it's just the opening sentences now. It was a very common complaint among casual viewers of Season 1 that there was too much spoken Klingon, that the spoken Klingon was stilted and slow, and that the actors couldn't emote properly through makeup. Not among Klingon speakers, of course. Clearly, the show runners made the changes they did to address that complaint. I think it was the right choice from the perspective of making the dialogue involving Klingons easier to follow for a general audience. Of course, it's unfortunate from our point of view as Klingon speakers that this means less spoken Klingon on the show. Slightly off-topic, but so far they've also addressed the questions of why Klingons were bald in Season 1, and why their ship aesthetics looked so different than what we saw in the TOS era. So the show runners are trying very hard to respond to the complaints of the fan base about Klingons on the show (and maybe even trying too hard). -- De'vID

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Klingon Word of the Day: ta'
by Klingon Word of the Day 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 07, 2019 Klingon word: ta' Part of speech: noun Definition: deed, accomplishment Source: TKD (109 KE, 130 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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