July 2022 - tlhIngan-Hol

Klingon Word of the Day: ngIp
by Klingon Word of the Day 26 Jul '22

26 Jul '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Klingon word: ngIp Part of speech: verb Definition: borrow Source: TKD (98 KE, 122 EK) 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: 'echlet
by Klingon Word of the Day 25 Jul '22

25 Jul '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, July 25, 2022 Klingon word: 'echlet Part of speech: noun Definition: board Source: Klingon Monopoly, published 1 November 2011 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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qepHom 2021 puns
by James Landau 24 Jul '22

24 Jul '22

*yItQet* (petroleum, crude oil): Backwards, this is Tekretiy, as in Al-Tikriti, the surname of Saddam Hussein. Hussein was born in Tikrit, Iraq, with rich oil reserves, and there were not one but two American wars against him that are widely believed to this day to have been oil wars. *'ImtIy* (animal like a llama or alpaca): Backwards, this is *yIt*, meaning "walk", followed by *mI'*, meaning "dance" – a reference to the song "Walk the Llama Llama" from The Emperor's New Groove. Also, I finally figured out the pun behind *DayqIr* (honey): Backwards, *dayqIr* becomes *rIq yaD*. As in HONEY, I Shrunk the KIDS starring RICK Moranis!

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: joSraD
by James Landau 24 Jul '22

24 Jul '22

Pun: Joseph Force Crater, the twentieth-century missing persons case >Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 13:54:39 +0000>From: Steven Boozer <sboozer(a)uchicago.edu> >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: joSraD> >Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, July 17, 2022 > >Klingon word: joSraD >Part of speech: noun >Definition: crater >Source: qep'a' 27 [2020] >_______________________________________________ > >AFAIK never used in a sentence. ********************************************

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Klingon Word of the Day: rIl
by Klingon Word of the Day 24 Jul '22

24 Jul '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, July 24, 2022 Klingon word: rIl Part of speech: verb Definition: play (a wind instrument) Source: HQ:v10n2p9 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: Sep
by Klingon Word of the Day 23 Jul '22

23 Jul '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, July 23, 2022 Klingon word: Sep Part of speech: noun Definition: region Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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How to say *Doctor Who*, *do*, restrictiveness of adjectives and some other short questions
by luis.chaparro＠web.de 23 Jul '22

23 Jul '22

qaStaHvIS jarmey vorgh, poH vItlh vIghajpu'be', 'ach tetlhvam QInmey Daj vIlaDtaH. DaH 'op poH vIghajqa' 'ej jIghel vIneH: 1. Is *vItlh* correct here? 2. Aspect again: Are *vIghajpu'be'* and *vIlaDtaH* in this context correct? If I didn't want to present the action of reading as continuous, could I also have used *vIlaDpu'*? 3. I want *tetlhvam QInmey Daj* to have a non-restrictive meaning, i.e. all messages are interesting and I've read them all. For a restrictive meaning I would have used a relative clause. Is this how it works in Klingon? 4. Can *ghel* take an object, for example: *'op Dochmey vIghel vIneH*? 5. *'op Daq* = *some place*, *'op Daqmey* = *some places*, right? 6. I always forget to ask about it: How do you actually say in Klingon *do* in the sense of *What do you do at weekend* (asking for plans) or *Today I haven't do anything* (just relaxed)? 7. Just out of curiosity: How would you say in Klingon *Doctor Who*? If we suppose that *Qel* could be something like a title and titles come in Klingon after the name, then we could say something like *'Iv Qel*. But then I realised that's an English thing, I mean, using *who* when asking for someone's name if you only know the title or a part of the whole name. In Spanish we use *who* (*quién*) when asking for people, but we use *what* (*qué*) when asking for the name in those situations (*¿El Doctor qué?*). So I just wanted to know if we have some information about who Klingons do that. Thank you!

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{vaj} the english "so" and joining multiple {-bogh} phrases by {vaj}
by D qunen'oS 22 Jul '22

22 Jul '22

I just read in Merriam-Webster that the English "so" can be either an adverb or a conjunction. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so And there it lists the following examples which show how "so" acts as an adverb: - do you really think so - are you ready? I think so - I didn't like it and I told her so - worked hard and so did she - and so home and to bed - had never been so happy - thought that his share wasn't so big as his brother's - loves her so - can only do so much in a day - you did so do it - I so don't believe you - the witness is biased and so unreliable But now lets see the examples it lists where "so" acts a conjunction: - the acoustics are good, so every note is clear - be quiet so he can sleep - don't want to go, so I won't - so here we are - so what? - so, that's who did it The thing I observe is that the examples of Merriam-Webster where the English "so" functions as a conjunction, are the examples which if I was to translate in Klingon I'd use the {vaj}; but the {vaj} in Klingon is supposed to be an adverb and not a conjunction. On the other hand, I don't think any of the Merriam-Webster examples where "so" acts as an adverb could be translated by the Klingon adverb {vaj}. So, either there's something here which I'm serious misunderstanding, or this is the case of another intentional attempt, to "alienize" a language crawling with terran puns. Anyway, I'll stop here before proceeding to the main dish, in case someone would like to comment anything on the above. -- Dana'an https://sacredtextsinklingon.wordpress.com/ Ζεὺς ἦν, Ζεὺς ἐστίν, Ζεὺς ἔσσεται· ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ

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Klingon Word of the Day: ghantoH
by Klingon Word of the Day 22 Jul '22

22 Jul '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, July 22, 2022 Klingon word: ghantoH Part of speech: noun Definition: model, example, pattern Source: tlhIngan-Hol Mailing List - Agnieszka - 15 january 2012 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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How to say *Doctor Who*, *do*, restrictiveness of adjectives and some other short questions
by luis.chaparro＠web.de 22 Jul '22

22 Jul '22

qaStaHvIS jarmey vorgh, poH vItlh vIghajpu'be', 'ach tetlhvam QInmey Daj vIlaDtaH. DaH 'op poH vIghajqa' 'ej jIghel vIneH: 1. Is *vItlh* correct here? 2. Aspect again: Are *vIghajpu'be'* and *vIlaDtaH* in this context correct? If I didn't want to present the action of reading as continuous, could I also have used *vIlaDpu'*? 3. I want *tetlhvam QInmey Daj* to have a non-restrictive meaning, i.e. all messages are interesting and I've read them all. For a restrictive meaning I would have used a relative clause. Is this how it works in Klingon? 4. Can *ghel* take an object, for example: *'op Dochmey vIghel vIneH*? 5. *'op Daq* = *some place*, *'op Daqmey* = *some places*, right? 6. I always forget to ask about it: How do you actually say in Klingon *do* in the sense of *What do you do at weekend* (asking for plans) or *Today I haven't done anything* (just relaxed)? 7. Just out of curiosity: How would you say in Klingon *Doctor Who*? If we suppose that *Qel* could be something like a title and titles come in Klingon after the name, then we could say something like *'Iv Qel*. But then I realised that's an English thing, I mean, using *who* when asking for someone's name if you only know the title or a part of the whole name. In Spanish we use *who* (*quién*) when asking for people, but we use *what* (*qué*) when asking for the name in those situations (*¿El Doctor qué?*). So I just wanted to know if we have some information about how Klingons do that. Thank you!

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