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Klingon Word of the Day: tlhoy
by Klingon Word of the Day 27 Nov '22

27 Nov '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, November 27, 2022 Klingon word: tlhoy Part of speech: adv Definition: overly, to an excessive degree, excessively, too much Source: HQ:v8n3p2 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: mu'qaD
by Klingon Word of the Day 26 Nov '22

26 Nov '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, November 26, 2022 Klingon word: mu'qaD Part of speech: noun Definition: curse, insult, "word challenge" Source: KGT This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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new verb: tlheb
by Lieven L. Litaer 25 Nov '22

25 Nov '22

At the qepHom, Maltz explained some interesting new verb and its usage: The request asked: How does one differentiate between need to/must/have to and should/ought to in Klingon? There is a rather big difference between “I need to do something” (because otherwise something bad will happen) and “I should do something” (because it’s the honourable thing to do). For reference: It was printed in qepHom 2022 booklet, page 20. online in the wiki: http://klingon.wiki/En/Should -- begin quote -- For "should" or "ought," make use of tlheb "urge" as in: qagh vISop net tlheb "I should eat gagh." (It is urged that I eat gagh.) qagh DaSop 'e' vItlheb "You should eat gagh (in my opinion)." (I urge you to eat gagh.) qagh vISop 'e' vItlheb "I should eat gagh." (I know it's the right thing for me to do) (I urge me to eat gagh) Note that the object of tlheb is the thing (activity) being urged, not the person being urged. That is, you don't say something like qatlheb (presumably, "I urge you"). The construction is always S 'e'/net tlheb, where S is a sentence whose subject is the person being urged to do whatever the verb is referring to. For "need to" and so on, of course, use the suffix -nIS. LL: Can I say this with the following meaning? jISop 'e' Datlheb'a' "Should I eat?" (Do you think I should eat?) MO: Yes. LL: So I see a connection to the opinion of the second subject. net tlheb is a general statement, while 'e' tlheb X means that person X thinks that the subject of the sentence should do someting. Is that right? MO: Right. Almost always, the subject of tlheb is "I" or "you" (when it's not net tlheb), but a third-person subject is possible. -- end quote -- Later, during the qepHom 2022, Marc Okrand clarified: This is not used in the case of "I repaired the computer, it should work now". That's a different kind of "should". The usage of this expression implies the decision of the person who should do something. Therefore, it is also not used in a phrase like "it should rain". -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com http://klingon.wiki/En/AliceInWonderland

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Klingon Word of the Day: HoS voveng
by Klingon Word of the Day 25 Nov '22

25 Nov '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, November 25, 2022 Klingon word: HoS voveng Part of speech: noun Definition: thyroid Source: qep'a' 27 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: yoHwI'
by Klingon Word of the Day 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, November 24, 2022 Klingon word: yoHwI' Part of speech: noun Definition: the brave Source: KGT This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Look what the vIghro' (or layyan, or taygher, or jeghwar) brought in.
by James Landau 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

>Message: 9 >Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 08:53:51 +0100 >From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <levinius(a)gmx.de> >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Look what the vIghro' (or layyan, or taygher, or jeghwar) brought in. >I think this year's puns are tricky or hard to find. They've been that way lately. >Although, on the other hand, I quickly found one you did not discover: > >{ngayvo'wan} working pants > >When typing pIqaD, {ng} is mapped on the F key. (and we know Okrand >knows that, as he's done this before, IIRC) I remember him doing that too, although I can't recall which word it was with. >Now read it aloud: Fayvo'wan --> 501 is a well known Levi's Jeans. Right you are! That is SO cool! (My high school had a senior superlative category for "Best buns in 501's".)

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Look what the vIghro' (or layyan, or taygher, or jeghwar) brought in.
by James Landau 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

>Message: 5 >Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:41:54 -0500 >From: nIqolay Q <niqolay0(a)gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Look what the vIghro' (or layyan, or taygher, or jeghwar) brought in. >> lachvoH (bee hive) -- Backwards, this is *Hov chal*, starry sky. Perhaps >> the Beyhive (as in, Beyonc? & Co.) is a "sky full of stars"? Aside from >> *'ImtIy*, though, Marc Okrand doesn't seem to make puns about twenty-first >> century pop culture. Or else he would've made the word for "beaver" >> something like *nItsaj* or *da'ghet*. >> > >MO has made more than a few puns that are apparently about semi-obscure recent >television shows (see: *qIr'a'*, *'obray'wal*, *'eQway*), but in this case >I suspect it's something more like: >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_Cluster, a star cluster known since >antiquity. Oh, the Beehive Cluster? Can't say I've heard of it, but that looks as if it's it. I've never been able to figure out *'obray'wal*. Does some TV show have a lawyer character named Beau Scorpio? >> waDwach (scarf) -- Backwards this is "chow down" -- the OTHER meaning of >> "scarf". >> > >*maj. vIparHa'.* Me too! (However exactly a Klingon would say that!) >I'm having trouble with some of the other new words so far, although while >we're on the subject of puns, here's one I found recently: >*rober* - axis. The Axis Powers in WWII were originally known as the >"Rome-Berlin Axis" Oh -- good one! I was stuck on thinking there was some connection with the French pronunciation of Robert. Now we can insult people with: "qaytu'pu'lI' qach DISDaq bIDab!" BTW, I looked up Max Unger, and it turns out that's the real name of an athlete. From someone who inspired a word for bee/wasp, you'd think he was playing for the Charlotte /Hornets/, but there's no mention of that in his Wikipedia article.

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qep'a' 2022 new words puns
by James Landau 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

>Message: 12 >Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 09:00:01 +0100 >From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin(a)gmail.com> >> And BTW, would Internet-speak comments like ::blushes:: or ::cries:: be >> expressed with jI-, like ::jIruH::? It sounds more accurate than putting >> the verb into the third person as we do in English, but maybe there's an >> established rule for this. >> > >not ruH tlhInganpu'. > >chaq ::ruH:: tera'ngan. Come to think of it, a Klingon wouldn't write ::SaQ:: or ::jISaQ:: either, because Klingons lack tear ducts . . .would he?

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Klingon Word of the Day: DIv
by Klingon Word of the Day 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 23, 2022 Klingon word: DIv Part of speech: verb Definition: be guilty Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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qep'a' 2022 new words puns
by James Landau 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

>From: nIqolay Q <niqolay0(a)gmail.com> >To: tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qep'a' 2022 new words puns >On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 2:17 AM De'vID <de.vid.jonpin(a)gmail.com> wrote: - *yItQet* "petroleum, crude oil": *boQwI'* currently lists this pun as a reference to "Tikriti", which I think is kind of a stretch. I think the more likely pun is *teQ tIy* "Tex tea" = "Texas tea", a slang term for crude oil made famous by the opening theme song to the *Beverly Hillbillies*. ::jIruH:: I was the one who added the "Tikriti" explanation into the wiki! When I saw the letter Q, I was thinking of kr, since kr often becomes Q in borrowings and puns (like *yelneHSIQ*). How often does ks/x become Q? (I don't have a list before me at the moment). But if crude oil is called Texas tea (a term I had never heard of before), it is a likely explanation. The only mismatch between "teQtIy" and "Tikriti" is that the former has an E between the T and KR, whereas the latter has an I, but there's no mismatch between "teQtIy" and "Tex tea" (assuming, od course, that Q is stanfard for ks). Maybe Marc Okrand intended to make both puns at once? With that and this *yI'De'* word, too. And BTW, would Internet-speak comments like ::blushes:: or ::cries:: be expressed with jI-, like ::jIruH::? It sounds more accurate than putting the verb into the third person as we do in English, but maybe there's an established rule for this.

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