lieven:

> You cannot speak "1", do you?

I see your point. Indeed you are right; even if you see the arabic numeral in a klingon sentence, when you will actually speak it, you will say it in klingon.

However, I anxiously await for our honorable Ca'non master to decloak his bird of prey, and shed some light on the matter.

And the question we need him to answer is "are there canon sentences, which were not written for actors, utilizing roman numerals ?".

qunnoq

On 11 Aug 2017 11:24 am, "Lieven" <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:

Am 11.08.2017 um 10:17 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:

hmm.. I see.. So, let me rephrase the question:

Are there sentences written by 'oqranD, which sentences weren't written for actors, and which sentences utilize arabic numerals ?

I don't remember any phrase using arabic letters, I'll leave that to the canon experts.

But again: All the Klingon we know is only a transcrption of a SPOKEN language. Alle the Klingon was basically written for actors, or for anyone who wants to speak it. There is no rule or proof for using numbers or not use them. using numbers would just be a lazy way to abbreviate numbers.

You cannot speak "1", do you?

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