March 2019 - tlhIngan-Hol

puvlu'meH nger, pumlu'meH He ghap
by Will Martin 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

[qatlh mu’ <<qelI’qam>> Hutlh boQwI’?] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Kellicam qelI’qam ‘Ivvo' QujmeH moQ yIchagh. qaS nuq? pumba’. Do ‘oH nuq? tlham chut pabnIS moQ. chung. moQ Da’uchHa’choH, pagh juv Do. qaSpu’DI’ wa’ lup 3.1415656195 ‘uj pumpu’. tlhoS chungtaH… pumtaHvIS, moQ bIngDaq moQ Hevo’ muD SIp vIHnISmoH moQ. chungnIS SIpvam. chungmo’ jeDchoH; ‘ughchoH. chungtaH moQ, ‘ach loQ nupchoH chungtaHghachvam. chungtaHvIS moQ, nup chungtaHghachvam. jaSHa’ ngI’DI' moQ, SIp je, chungbe’ moQ. wa’ Do Suq. wa’ Do vIHtaH. [Terminal Velocity] — Do vuSlu'pu’bogh chav moQ. chIch QuQ Hutlhbogh muD Duj yIchagh. tera’Daq muD Duj ghIch yIQeq. qaS nuq? pumba’. Do ‘oH nuq? pumchoHDI’, moQ rur muDDuj, ‘ach jaS jeDchoH muD Duj. tel bIng muD jeD law’ tel Dung muD jeD puS. muD Duj tlhuQDaq telHom DungDaq jeDchoH muD. telHom Dung muD jeD law’ telHom bIng muD jeD puS. lolchoH muD Duj. muD Duj ghIch peplu’. muD Duj tlhuQ pepHa’lu’. qughDo SuqDI' muD Duj, Do vuSlu’pu’bogh chavpu’bogh moQ’e’ rur, ‘ach pumbe’. puv. QIt pum. nom puv. QuQ chellu’chugh, pumbe’chu’laH muD Duj. toSlaH. The angle of incidence of the wing makes the leading edge higher than the trailing edge, while the angle of incidence of the horizontal stabilizer in the tail makes the leading edge lower than the trailing edge, so oncoming relative wind raises the wing and lowers the tail until flight attitude in a glider is nearly level with the horizon as the glider reaches Terminal Velocity. Properly trimmed, the pilot does nothing. The glider WANTS to fly at cruising attitude and cruising speed. That’s a better description of the physics of flight than was offered me in High School Physics and in the pilot training materials I’ve seen. Those models (the stupid idea that the Bernoulli Effect creates lift, coupled with the weird cross showing Lift vs. Gravity and Thrust vs. Drag fail to explain how gliders fly or how airplanes fly inverted (with the pilots pushing the stick waaaaay forward to sustain flight, using the elevators to counteract the angle of incidence of the wing and horizontal stabilizers). I won’t try to explain stalls and spins in Klingon. I could, but jeez. This was hard enough. charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.

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Klingon Word of the Day: ngutlh
by Klingon Word of the Day 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, March 10, 2019 Klingon word: ngutlh Part of speech: noun Definition: letter, written character Source: qepHom 2016 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: So'wI'
by Klingon Word of the Day 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, March 09, 2019 Klingon word: So'wI' Part of speech: noun Definition: cloaking device Source: TKD 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: letlh
by Klingon Word of the Day 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 11, 2019 Klingon word: letlh Part of speech: noun Definition: stairs, stairway, stairway leading to door of a ship (regional) Source: KGT (218 KE, 258 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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“What color is it?”
by Daniel Dadap 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Sometimes my six-year-old joins me when I’m chatting with other Klingonists on a Discord ghogh qepHom. He doesn’t speak Klingon, but he can produce an amusing imitation of Klingon speech sounds. He also sometimes enjoys hearing people speak it and he enjoys asking questions and having me translate the questions into Klingon and their answers into English. (I think some of the beginners on the ghogh qepHommey also enjoy it when he’s on there, since they can check their understanding against the translations I do of what people are saying for his benefit.) His questions aren’t particularly interesting, usually “Daq DaDabbogh yIngu'”, “puqpu' Daghaj'a'?”, “puH Duj DaSeDbogh yIDel”, etc. Usually when he asks people about their cars, the color of the car is part of the answer, but recently it wasn’t, so he had a follow up question of “what color is it?” My first instinct on how to ask that question was “chay' nguv?” However, after I asked it that way, I immediately thought to myself that maybe that is asking about the means by which the car is colored (e.g. laSvarghDaq lunguvmoHpu' nguvmoHmeH qoqmey”) rather than its current state of coloration. So I reasked as “Doq'a'? SuD'a'? chIS'a'? qIj'a'?” I’m not very satisfied with either of those ways of asking what color something is, the first because I think it might actually be asking something else, and the second because asking four yes/no questions isn’t really the same as asking somebody to pick one of four choices (or a choice not covered by any of those four.) Besides, somebody could snarkily answer “HIja'” or “ghobe'” to the second way of asking and move on. Does anybody have any better ideas?

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Does rIntaH require a sentient being ?
by mayqel qunen'oS 09 Mar '19

09 Mar '19

Assume qeylIS writes an oath, which when heard, turns a coward to a warrior. And this effect of the oath cannot be undone. It is a magical oath of sorts. Could the former coward say: muchoH rIntaH 'ip mu'mey the words of the oath changed me Or is the rIntaH to be used, only when the one who {rIntaH}s is someone sentient ? ~ changan qIj

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the contradiction of yoda
by mayqel qunen'oS 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

I posted this on my twitter, and I will post it here too, because I like it. jatlh yoda pIn'a': cha' wIvmey neH qel sithpu' neH. 'a ghIq jatlh je: yIvang pagh yIvangQo'; yInIDQo' neH. vaj tlhoch'egh yoda.. ski: no ski. learn klingon. that's what you're here for. ~ changan qIj

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lorloDwI'
by Will Martin 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

tlhoy HIq tlhutlh lorloDwI’. tlhoS Heghqa’moH HIq. qaSDI’ wanImeyvam, ropyaH qach ghoSnIS. valqu’. ghaytan lorloDwI’ val law’ jIH val puS. ‘ach QIpchu'wI’ Dalaw’taH. wej ben Hegh bangDaj. ‘IQtaH, ‘ej tlhoy HIq tlhutlhqa’. Heghpa’, not jIHvaD bangvam Del. DaH DeltaH. Heghpa’ pegh be’vam. HeghDI’ Qu’Daj moj. be’vamvaD matlhchu'meH, ‘IQchu’taH. QIpchu’. ‘IQ lorloDwI’ neHbe’ba’ bangDaj yIntaHvIS. DaH Hegh. SaHbe’. chImchu’ Qu’vam. ‘anchu’ lorloDwI'. vIQaHlaHbe’. QaHlu’ neHbe’. ‘IQchu’taH neH neH. charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.

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Breaking Bad Tribute
by mayqel qunen'oS 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

breaking bad vIquvmoHmeH, breaking bad mu'tlheghvam vImughnIS: In order to to pay tribute to breaking bad, I need to translate this sentence: ‘If that’s true, if you don’t know who I am, then maybe your best course… would be to tread lightly.’ ...teHchugh mu'meylIj, choSovbe'chu'chugh, vaj bIvangtaHvIS bIyepqu'nIS; chaq SoHvaD DuH QaQ neH 'oH DuHvam'e'.. ~ changan qIj what's your name ? heisenberg..

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Klingon Word of the Day: nIS
by Klingon Word of the Day 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, March 08, 2019 Klingon word: nIS Part of speech: verb Definition: disrupt, interfere Source: TKD (96 KE, 137 EK, 139 EK, TKD-A 183 KE, TKD-A 187 EK, TKD-A 188 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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