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Intro With Worf (3:00)
Pronunciation (6:37)
Klingon cursing
Simple words and phrases
Useful phrases
Grammar (13:09)
Elementary grammar
Pronouns
Questions
Numbers (5:55)
Time And Everyday Use (20:54)
Time
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Traveling dialogs
Klingon food
Recreation
Emergency words
Klingon Alphabet and Numbers:
Basic Words And Phrases:
| ENGLISH | KLINGON |
|---|---|
| Yes. (answer to yes/no question) | HIja’ or HISlaH |
| No. (answer to yes/no question) | ghobe’ |
| Yes, OK, I’ll do it. | lu’ |
| No, don’t, I won’t. | Qo’ |
| Hello. (Roughly, “What do you want?”) | nuqneH |
| What’s happening? | qaStaH nuq? |
| Huh? | nuqjatlh? |
| I understand. | jIyaj |
| I don’t understand. | jIyajbe’ |
| Good! (expression of satisfaction) | maj |
| Well done! | majQa’ |
| Where is the bathroom? | ‘oH puchpa”e’ |
| Come in | yI’el (to more than one person: <pe’el |
| Come here. | HIghoS |
| Go away. | naDevvo’ yIghoS (to more than one person: naDevvo’ peghoS |
| Open the door! | lojmIt yIpoSmoH! (See note if you think something is missing here.) |
| Don’t be silly. | yIDoghQo'(to more than one person: peDoghQo’ |
| Your mother has a smooth forehead! | Hab SoSlI’ Quch! (Note: this is a powerful insult; don’t say it to friends.) |
| Today is a good day to die. | Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam |
| We are Klingons! | tlhIngan maH! |
| Happy birthday. | qoSlIj DatIvjaj (to more than one person:qoSraj botIvjaj |
| What time is it? | ‘arlogh Qoylu’pu’? (Literally, “How many times has it [presumably some traditional hour alarm] been heard?”) |
| Shut up! | ‘e’ yImev (to more than one person:Sujatlh ‘e’ yImev |
| That’s great news! | buy’ ngop (Literally, “The plates are full”) |