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Klingon Word of the Day: puchpa'
by Klingon Word of the Day 16 Feb '19

16 Feb '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, February 16, 2019 Klingon word: puchpa' Part of speech: noun Definition: washroom Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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ghop-Hol ngoD chu' vIghoj.
by Will Martin 15 Feb '19

15 Feb '19

I’m rusty. Likely, I’ve erred in the following, but I’m pushing my limits to regain some of my skills. DaHjaj ngoD Daj vIghoj, ghop Hol vIHaDtaHvIS. [Relative Pronoun] Hutlh ‘amerI’qa’ngan ghop Hol. [Relative Pronoun] Hutlh tlhIngan Hol je, ‘ach Hol janmey pIm lo’ Holmeyvam. mu’ ‘ay’ {-bogh} lo’ tlhIngan Hol net Sov. cha’ mu’tlhegh lo’ ghop Hol. tlhobmeH mu’tlhegh le’ ‘oH wa’DIch’e'. jangmeH mu’tlhegh ‘oH cha’DIch’e'. jatlh tlhIngan <<nuv Damaghta’be’bogh vIDa>>. jatlh ghop Hol lo’wI' <<‘Iv Damaghta’be’? nuvvetlh vIDa.>> tlhobmeH mu’tlheghvam le'vaD [Rhetorical Question] pong ghop Hol jatlhwI’pu'. roD <<‘Iv>> DajatlhDI' (ghopDu’ Dalo’taHvIS), pepHa’ Huy’Du’lIj. [pepHa’ Huy’Du’] <<chab neH ‘Iv?>> tlhobmeH mu'tlheghlIj janglaHchugh <<HIja’/ghobe’>>, jatlhDI’ ghop Hol jatlhwI’, pep Huy’Du’Daj. [pep Huy’Du’] <<chab DaneH’a’?>> <<Rhetorical Question>> jatlhDI' (ghopDu’ Dalo’taHvIS), pep Huy’Du’. Daj Holvam. charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.

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Eating Ramen
by David Holt 15 Feb '19

15 Feb '19

If a Klingon were served a bowl of ramen, would he Sop it or would he 'ep it? Jeremy

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Expressing "as if nothing happened"
by mayqel qunenoS 15 Feb '19

15 Feb '19

If you wanted to say "you've betrayed me, and you expect me to behave as if nothing happened ?", how would you say it ? The best option I can think of, is perhaps something like {chomaghta'; 'e' vIlIj, 'e' DapIH, jIvangtaHvIS ?} But I can't say, that I like stringing together two {'e'}s. Does someone have a better idea ? ~mayqel *I love maltz* qunen'oS

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Klingon Word of the Day: yot
by Klingon Word of the Day 15 Feb '19

15 Feb '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2019 Klingon word: yot Part of speech: noun Definition: invasion Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Expressing "I lost my dignity"
by mayqel qunenoS 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

In english we say "I lost my dignity". But how do we say it in klingon ? If we write {nurwIj vIchIlpu'}, it sounds like "I left my dignity somewhere but I don't remember where". ~ mayqel *I love maltz* qunen'oS

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A lot of Huch; Is it singular or plural ?
by mayqel qunenoS 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Recently, I was wondering whether the plural of {Huch} is to be treated as singular or plural. Do we say {Huch law' wIghaj}, or {Huch law' DIghaj} ? We have the Ca'NoN sentence: {Quj wa'DIch monopoly Huch nav qa' tlhIngan QaS} klingon forces replace original monopoly bills Reading this at first, I thought that since the "klingon forces" is plural, however we don't see a {lu-} on the {qa'}, then this means, that the {Huch nav} is plural. But then I realized that perhaps only the {nav} is the plural word of this noun-noun construction. So we don't know (or at least *I* don't know) if the {Huch} here is to be meant as singular of plural. And, as americans say, I'm back to square one.. So, to return to the original question, does someone know if we say {Huch law' wIghaj}, or {Huch law' DIghaj} ? ~ mayqel *I love maltz* qunen'oS

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Klingon Word of the Day: vIlInHoD
by Klingon Word of the Day 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 14, 2019 Klingon word: vIlInHoD Part of speech: noun Definition: bird capable of mimicking speech Source: HQ (10:4 p5) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Expressing "one and a half year ago"
by mayqel qunenoS 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Recently, the need came up to express "one and a half year ago". Perhaps, the "safest" way to go, would be {wa'maH chorgh wen} "18 months ago". But I'm wondering whether it would be acceptable as well to say, {wa' wa' bID je ben} for "one and a half year ago", or maybe even {wa' vI' vagh ben} for "1.5 years ago". ~ mayqel *I love maltz* qunen'oS

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Can we use {chabal} on its own ?
by mayqel qunenoS 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

We have the word {chabal}, which so far the only way I've seen it used, is in the context of {chabal tetlh} i.e. "list of something desired". But could we use it on its own ? For example if I write: {chabalmeylIjmo' bIbech} "because of the things you desire you suffer" Would it be correct ? Would it make sense ? ~ mayqel *I love maltz* qunen'oS

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