April 2019 - tlhIngan-Hol

Klingon Word of the Day: raSber naHmey
by Klingon Word of the Day 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 03, 2019 Klingon word: raSber naHmey Part of speech: noun Definition: raspberries Source: TalkNow - Learn Klingon!, revealed 30 September 2011 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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yIH, taj, bIQ: tlhIngan quv qaD tIQ
by Daniel Dadap 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

https://youtu.be/OlSDehUDiQk HaSta ta bejlaHbe’chugh vay’, yap ghItlh ‘e’ vItul: SuQujrup'a'? DaHjaj tlhIHvaD tlhIngan Quj tIQ vIDel vIneH. napqu' Qujvam vaj nom boghojlaH 'e' vIpIH. “yIH, taj, bIQ” 'oH Qujvam pong'e'. quv qaD 'oH Qujvam'e'. vaj toDuj tob. luQuj cha' QujwI'pu'; ghopDu'chaj lo'. yIH, taj, bIQ ghap wIvnIS Hoch QujwI' 'ej wIvDaj muchmeH ghopvaD wIv 'oSnISmoH. DaH wej QujmeH ghop tonSaw' vI'agh. wa'DIch: yIH 'up 'oS ro'. cha'DIch: taj jej 'oS SIqwI' qaywI' je. 'ej wejDIch: bIQ puj 'oS ghIt SaS. tonSaw' rap luwIvchugh QujwI'pu', Qap pagh 'ej qaDchuqqa'nIS. 'a tonSaw'mey pIm wIvchugh QujwI'pu', QapnIS wa' QujwI'. yIH qaDDI' taj, yIH 'up DuQ taj jej. Qap taj. taj qaDDI' bIQ, taj jej HaH bIQ puj. taj HaHlu' net chaw'chugh, taj raghmoHlaH bIQ. vabDot SIbI'Ha' ngoSlaHchu'. Qap bIQ. 'ej bIQ qaDDI' yIH, bIQ puj tlhutlh yIH 'up. tlhutlhchu' 'ej natlh. Qap yIH. tonSaw'mey'e' wIvbogh QujwI'pu' muchDI', quqnIS, vaj roD quqmoHmeH mu' puS jatlhlu'. ghantoH vI'agh: yIH, taj, bIQ, loS, wej, cha' DaH Qujvam quv boSovchu'. vaj batlh boQujnIS. Qapla'.

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Klingon Word of the Day: DeSqIv
by Klingon Word of the Day 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, April 02, 2019 Klingon word: DeSqIv Part of speech: noun Definition: elbow Source: KGT (214 KE, 241 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Verbs of measure
by Will Martin 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

I think it would be a stretch to say that those who read and compose messages by typing or copying words and sentences into boQwI’ speak Klingon. I mean, yes, many who speak Klingon do enjoy the assistance of boQwI’, but this message seemed to suggest limiting the group under consideration to those who wholly rely on it, without memorizing any vocabulary or learning any grammar. I’ve always been impressed by how much work most people on this list actually put into the skill levels they’ve achieved here, either by impressive natural talent or by dogged determination and years of practice. Speaking for myself, the skill I inexplicably honed at using this language has been an odd source of self-esteem to carry me through times when the rest of my life didn’t bother to offer many boosts in that area. Even if I’m picked last for the neighborhood volleyball team, at least I knew I was one of the very few people in the world who could speak Klingon. I might lose a girlfriend or a job or whatever, but, darn it all, I am a Friend of Maltz, and several words exist in the Klingon vocabulary because I asked for them. I may suck at a long list of things I’ve tried to do before, but hey, I came up with the idea of expressing the question “Which weapon do you want?” as the command, “Choose your weapon!” because we don’t have a question word for “which” in this language, and we don’t need one, either. So THERE! I may not have enough vocabulary at my fingertips to conversationally keep up with a lot of the people on this list, even after decades of participating in this list, but man, if you just give me a few minutes and boQwI’, I can craft some really beautiful Klingon sentences, and I know the grammar well, even among the best here. Not perfect, mind you, but pretty darned good. If boQwI’ was all anybody needed to speak Klingon, then it would not be such an effective source of nerd pride. The Few, the Proud, the Guys (think gender-neutral version of that term) With Entirely Too Much Time Without Something More Important To Do: Klingon Speakers. I’ve been one since qep’a’ wa’DIch. Then I got married and stopped going to qep’a’mey… [sigh] But hey, I’m still here, after all these years. Last Friday, I had a simple first moment. I realized that it had been a while since I ate, and I thought, “I’m hungry,” in English while I said, {jIghung} and gestured the same in ASL, all with one smooth mental exercise of expression. It’s not an impressive feat, but it was truly unplanned, simultaneous, and innocently accidental in three languages. And it felt really weird... charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’. > On Mar 31, 2019, at 12:21 PM, SuStel <sustel(a)trimboli.name> wrote: > > “They” cannot conceive of non-Trekkies who speak Klingon, so anyone who does must be a Trekkie, and that’s where they’ll put you. > > -- > SuStel > http://trimboli.name <http://trimboli.name/> > > From: Will Martin <mailto:willmartin2@mac.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 10:36 AM > To: tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org <mailto:tlhingan-hol@kli.org> > Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Verbs of measure > > They don’t. > > Sent from my iPhone. > charghwI’ > > > On Mar 30, 2019, at 8:42 PM, SuStel <sustel(a)trimboli.name> wrote: > > > >> On 3/30/2019 8:04 PM, Christa Hansberry wrote: > >> Where do non-Trekkies who hang out on the Klingon mailing list and read and compose messages by typing or copying words and sentences into boQwI' fit in? :-P > > > > "Trekkies who speak Klingon." > > > > -- > > SuStel > > http://trimboli.name > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tlhIngan-Hol mailing list > > tlhIngan-Hol(a)lists.kli.org > > http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org > > _______________________________________________ > tlhIngan-Hol mailing list > tlhIngan-Hol(a)lists.kli.org > http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org > > _______________________________________________ > tlhIngan-Hol mailing list > tlhIngan-Hol(a)lists.kli.org <mailto:tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org> > http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org <http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org>

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Missing lu- from klingon monopoly sentence
by mayqel qunen'oS 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Obviously this is an omission, but I'll ask anyway just to be sure. Klingon monopoly has the Ca'NoN sentence: {veymey puS neH chenmoHlu'pu'} with the translation "limited edition" Shouldn't the {chenmoHlu'pu'} be {luchenmoHlu'pu'} instead ? ~ m. qunen'oS I find omissions in ca'non sentences disturbing

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Klingon Word of the Day: pe'
by Klingon Word of the Day 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, April 01, 2019 Klingon word: pe' Part of speech: verb Definition: cut 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: tur
by Klingon Word of the Day 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, March 30, 2019 Klingon word: tur Part of speech: verb Definition: carry out, conduct (a mission), perform (duties) 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: qenya'
by Klingon Word of the Day 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, March 31, 2019 Klingon word: qenya' Part of speech: noun Definition: Kenya Source: qepHom 2016 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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