tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 01 11:28:11 1998
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Re: Beginner's questions
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Beginner's questions
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:26:48 -0500 (CDT)
: qronaH 'oH pongwIj'e'. (Hope this is correct for "my name is..." even after
: reading the FAQ I am still confused).
Your name is, of course, _your_ name but you might consider spelling it
{QonaH}, or even {Qo'naH} if the stress falls on the first syllable.
Capital /Q/ is usually, though not always, rendered in English as "kr":
Qaj kradge (a type of animal)
*Qanqor Krankor (PN, this listserv's first Beginning Grammarian)
QaS Kras (PN)
Qa' type of vicious animal, spelled *kra by some
Qel Krell (PN)
QI'tomer Khitomer (GN)
QI'tu' Qui'Tu, the Klingon Paradise (source of creation)
Qogh type of animal (a pet), spelled *krog or *krol by some
Qotmagh Krotmag (PN)
Qotmagh Sep Krotmag region (GN)
Qo'noS Kronos, the Klingon homeworld (GN)
Qugh Kruge (PN)
: First, to help my understanding/learning of tlhIngan Hol, I am trying to write
: out all the phrases and words used in the tape Conversational Klingon. Finding
: most of the words and phrases is simple since the english is given making
: looking up the correct tlhIngan simple. However, I'm having trouble with the
: very beginning of the tape (the intro scene rendered in tlhIngan Hol...which
: starts out with "tujqu'choH QuQ"). While I understand some of the phrases
: uttered in the scene, I can't figure out most of the middle. Would anyone be
: able to write down the whole scene with its translation?
Here's my transciption of that scene:
tujqu'choH QuQ.
[The engine is overheating.]
nughoS chaH.
[They approach us.]
chay' jura'?
[What are your orders?]
Qu'vatlh!
[@#$%!! (expletive)]
batlh maHegh.
[We die honorably.]
cha yIghuS!
[Stand by torpedoes!]
So'wI' yIchu'Ha'!
[Deactivate cloaking device!]
baH!
[Fire! (Clipped)]
bIjeghbe'chugh vaj bIHegh.
[Surrender or die.]
tlhIngan maH!
[We are Klingons!]
You'll notice that almost all the lines are given as examples somewhere in
TKD (don't forget to check the "Appendix of Useful Phrases" in the back).
Voragh