Level I: Hol patlh taghwI', "Beginner:"
The beginner's test will consist of 20 questions from the following material. The grammar and vocabulary will come exclusively from TKD, and no other sources. For the vocabulary, there is a list of 500 common words from TKD, which all beginners should learn, and the questions in this section of the test will use vocabulary only from this list. See the appendix at the end of these guidelines for the beginner's vocabulary.
Material
Topic | Source |
Syllable stress | TKD 1.3, p. 17 |
Parts of speech | TKD 2, p. 18 |
NS1 –'a' augmentative | TKD 3.3.1, p. 21 |
NS1 –Hom diminutive | TKD 3.3.1, p. 21 |
NS3 –qoq so-called | TKD 3.3.3, p. 24 |
NS3 –Hey apparent | TKD 3.3.3, p. 24 |
NS3 –na' definite | TKD 3.3.3, p. 25 |
NS4 –wIj my | TKD 3.3.4, p. 25 |
NS4 –wI' my | TKD 3.3.4, p. 25 |
NS4 –lIj your | TKD 3.3.4, p. 25 |
NS4 –lI' your | TKD 3.3.4, p. 25 |
NS4 –maj our | TKD 3.3.4, p. 25 |
NS4 –ma' our | TKD 3.3.4, p. 25 |
NS4 –Daj his/her/its/their | TKD 3.3.4, p. 25 |
NS4 –vam this | TKD 3.3.4, p. 26 |
NS4 –vetlh that | TKD 3.3.4, p. 26 |
NS5 –Daq locative | TKD 3.3.5, p. 27-28 |
NS5 –vo' from | TKD 3.3.5, p. 28 |
NS5 –mo' due to, because of | TKD 3.3.5, p. 28 |
NS5 –'e' topic | TKD 3.3.5, p. 29 |
Verb prefix jI- | TKD 4.1.1, p. 32-34 |
Verb prefix bI- | TKD 4.1.1, p. 32-34 |
Verb prefix ma- | TKD 4.1.1, p. 32-34 |
Verb prefix qa- | TKD 4.1.1, p. 32-34 |
Verb prefix vI- | TKD 4.1.1, p. 32-34 |
Verb prefix cho- | TKD 4.1.1, p. 32-34 |
Verb prefix mu- | TKD 4.1.1, p. 32-34 |
Verb prefix Da- | TKD 4.1.1, p. 32-34 |
Verb prefix (null) | TKD 4.1.1, p. 32-34 |
VS1 –'egh self | TKD 4.2.1, p. 35 |
VS1 –chuq each other | TKD 4.2.1, p. 36 |
VS2 –nIS need | TKD 4.2.2, p. 36 |
VS2 –rup ready | TKD 4.2.2, p. 36 |
VS2 –qang willing | TKD 4.2.2, p. 36 |
VS2 –beH ready | TKD 4.2.2, p. 36-37 |
VS2 –vIp afraid | TKD 4.2.2, p. 37 |
VS3 –choH change | TKD 4.2.3, p. 37 |
VS3 –qa' again/resume | TKD 4.2.3, p. 37-38 |
VS4 –moH cause | TKD 4.2.4, p. 38 |
VS5 –laH ability | TKD 4.2.5, p. 39 |
VS6 –ba' obviously | TKD 4.2.6, p. 175 (addendum) |
VS6 –law' apparently | TKD 4.2.6, p. 40 |
VS6 –bej certainly | TKD 4.2.6, p. 40 |
VS6 –chu' clearly/perfectly | TKD 4.2.6, p. 40 |
VS8 –neS honorific | TKD 4.2.8, p. 43 |
VS9 –'a' interrogative | TKD 4.2.9, p. 44 |
Rover –be' negation | TKD 4.3, p. 46 |
Rover –qu' emphatic | TKD 4.3, p. 48-49 |
Pronouns | TKD 5.1, p. 51-52 |
Conjunctions | TKD 5.3, p. 55 |
Exclamations | TKD 5.5, p. 57 |
Question chay' how | TKD 6.4, p. 68-70 |
Question ghorgh when | TKD 6.4, p. 68-70 |
Question 'ar how many | TKD 6.4, p. 68-70 |
Question qatlh why | TKD 6.4, p. 68-70 |
Sample Questions
1. | Instructions | Fill in the blank. |
Question | How many enemies do you see? | |
jagh _____ Dalegh | ||
Answer | 'ar | |
2. | Instructions | Translate the following sentence: |
Question | This door is shut. | |
Answer | SoQ lojmItvam | |
3. | Instructions | |
Question | Identify the parts of speech in Klingon. | |
Answer | Nouns, verbs, and everything else. |
Beginner's Vocabulary
The following 500 vocabulary items are from TKD. All questions in the Level I: Beginner's exam use vocabulary only from this list. This list is given in English only so that students must compile their own list, thus exposing them to the words and helping with learning them.
ability, (n)
accept, (v)
accompany, (v)
accomplish, (v)
accomplishment, (n)
ache, hurt, be sore, (v)
achieve, (v)
achievement, (n)
acquire, obtain, get, (v)
act, take action, (v)
add, (v)
additional one, other one, (n)
admit, (v)
advice, (n)
advise, (v)
afternoon, (n)
alien, foreigner, (n)
allow, permit, (v)
alter, change, (v)
analyze, (v)
animal, (n)
answer, reply, (v)
approach, go away from, proceed, come, follow (a course), (v)
area above, area overhead, (n)
area below, area under, (n)
area beside, area next to, (n)
area between, (n)
arm, (n)
arrive, (v)
ask, (v)
attack, (v)
attempt, try, (v)
bar, saloon, cocktail lounge, (n)
battle, (n)
be a problem, be a hassle, (v)
be absent, (v)
be accomplished, finished, (v)
be advanced, highly developed, (v)
be all gone, (v)
be alone, (v)
be angry, mad, (v)
be bad, (v)
be beautiful, handsome, (v)
be big, (v)
be black, (v)
be boring, (v)
be brave, (v)
be calm, (v)
be careful, (v)
be clean, (v)
be clever, smart, intelligent, (v)
be closed, shut, (v)
be clumsy, (v)
be cold, (v)
be confused, mixed up, (v)
be counterfeit, false, fake, (v)
be crazy, (v)
be dangerous, (v)
be depressed, (v)
be different, (v)
be difficult, (v)
be dirty, (v)
be dishonest, (v)
be drunk, intoxicated, (v)
be dry, (v)
be dull, uninteresting, (v)
be easy, (v)
be enough, sufficient, (v)
be essential, necessary, (v)
be excited, (v)
be expert, skilled, (v)
be famous, well known, (v)
be fat, (v)
be fat, (v)
be few, be several, be a handful, (v)
be final, last, (v)
be fortunate, lucky, (v)
be free, independent, (v)
be frozen, (v)
be funny, (v)
be good, (v)
be green, blue, yellow, (v)
be grouchy, mean, (v)
be happy, (v)
be hard (like a rock), (v)
be healthy, (v)
be heavy, (v)
be honored, (v)
be hot, (v)
be hungry, (v)
be identical, (v)
be impressive, (v)
be inferior, (v)
be interesting, (v)
be lazy, (v)
be light, bright, (v)
be many, (v)
be messy, sloppy, (v)
be nervous, uneasy, (v)
be new, (v)
be old (not new), (v)
be old (not young), (v)
be open, opened, (v)
be orange, red, (v)
be pleased, (v)
be present (not absent), (v)
be proud, (v)
be qualified, (v)
be quiet, (v)
be remote, far, (v)
be responsible, (v)
be right, correct, (v)
be rough, (v)
be sad, (v)
be satisfied, (v)
be serious, (v)
be sharp, (v)
be sick, ill, (v)
be simple, (v)
be small, (v)
be smooth, (v)
be sour, (v)
be special, exceptional, (v)
be strong, (v)
be stupid, (v)
be temporary, (v)
be the same, (v)
be thirsty, (v)
be tired, (v)
be together, (v)
be tough, (v)
be trivial, trifling, unimportant, (v)
be true, (v)
be useful, (v)
be varied, various, (v)
be weak, (v)
be weird, (v)
be wet, (v)
be white, (v)
be wrong, (v)
beam (aboard), (v)
become, (v)
believe, (v)
bend, (v)
betray, (v)
birthday, (n)
bite, (v)
blame, (v)
blood, (n)
board, go aboard, (v)
body, (n)
book, (n)
boot, (n)
borrow, (v)
boss, (n)
boy, (n)
break, (v)
breakfast, (n)
breathe, (v)
bring, (v)
brother, (n)
building, structure, (n)
burn, (v)
buy, purchase, (v)
calculate, (v)
calendar, (n)
captain, (n)
care (about), (v)
carry, convey, (v)
cause trouble, (v)
chair, (n)
charming (used only ironically), (excl)
chase, follow, (v)
cheat, (v)
cheek, (n)
chew, (v)
child, offspring, (n)
chocolate, (n)
choose, select, (v)
chronometer, (n)
city, (n)
climb, (v)
close in, get closer, come nearer, (v)
cloud, (n)
communicate, (v)
compete, (v)
computer, (n)
concentrate on, focus on, think only about, (v)
connect, (v)
conquer, (v)
contain (have inside), (v)
control, (v)
cook, (v)
country, countryside, (n)
coward, (n)
cry, (v)
danger, (n)
data, information, (n)
daughter, (n)
day, (n)
debate, (v)
decide, (v)
demand, require, (v)
deny, (v)
depart, (v)
depend on, rely on, (v)
describe, (v)
destroy, (v)
dictionary, (n)
die, (v)
dinner, (n)
disagree, (v)
disappear, vanish, (v)
discourage, (v)
discover, find, observe, notice, (v)
dislike, (v)
dock, (n)
dock, (v)
doctor, physician, (n)
done, (excl)
door, gate, (n)
doubt, (v)
dream, (v)
drink, (v)
drop, (v)
duty station, station, (n)
duty, quest, mission, task, chore, (n)
Earth, (n)
eat, (v)
enemy, (n)
enjoy, (v)
enter, go in, (v)
err, be mistaken, make a mistake, (v)
establish, set up, (v)
everyone, all, everything, (n)
expect, (v)
explain, (v)
face, (n)
fact, (n)
fall, (v)
family, (n)
father, (n)
feed (someone else), (v)
female, woman, (n)
fight, (v)
fill, (v)
finger, (n)
fire, (n)
fire (torpedo, rocket, missile), (v)
fix, repair, (v)
floor, (n)
follow (rules), (v)
food, (n)
fool, (n)
foot, (n)
forehead, (n)
forest, woods, (n)
forget, (v)
friend, (n)
garbage, (n)
gas, (n)
genius, (n)
gift, (n)
girl, (n)
give, (v)
glass (tumbler, mug, cup), (n)
glow, (v)
go, (v)
goal, (n)
good (expressing satisfaction), (excl)
grammar, (n)
grandfather, (n)
group, party, (n)
guard, (v)
gunner, (n)
hand, (n)
hate, detest, (v)
have a hangover, be hung over, (v)
have a headache, (v)
have, possess, (v)
he, she, him, her, (pro)
head, (n)
hear, (v)
helm, (n)
helmsman, (n)
help, aid, (v)
hide, cloak, (v)
history, (n)
home, (n)
honor, (n)
hope, (v)
hour, (n)
hunt, (v)
hurry, (v)
husband, (n)
I, me, (pro)
idea, (n)
identify, (v)
inhabitant, (n)
insult, (v)
intend, mean to, (v)
it, (pro)
jacket, coat, (n)
judge, estimate, (v)
keep something secret, (v)
keep, save, (v)
kill, (v)
Klingon, (n) (people)
knee, (n)
knife, dagger, (n)
know, (v)
label, (v)
lake, (n)
language, (n)
laugh, (v)
lead, guide, (v)
learn, (v)
leave, depart, (v)
leg, (n)
let's go, come on, (excl)
lie, fib, (v)
life, (n)
line, rope, (n)
listen, (v)
live, (v)
look for, seek, search for, (v)
loved one, one who is loved (n)
make peace, (v)
male, man, (n)
manuscript, (n)
meet (for the first time), (v)
meet, encounter, (v)
meeting, (n)
melt, (v)
mind, brain, (n)
minute (of time), (n)
month, (n)
moon, (n)
morning, (n)
mother, (n)
mouth, (n)
name, (n)
navigate, (v)
night, (n)
no, (excl)
no, I won't, I refuse, I disagree, (excl)
nonsense, (n)
nose, (n)
nostril, (n)
nothing, none, (n)
noun, (n)
oath, (n)
occur, happen, (v)
officer, (n)
opinion, (n)
opportunity, (n)
order, command, (v)
paper, (n)
pay attention, concentrate, (v)
pay for, (v)
peace, (n)
period of time, (n)
person (humanoid), (n) (ghot, nuv)
pet, (n)
phenomenon, event, occurrence, (n)
plan, (v)
planet, (n)
pleasure, (n)
practice, train, prepare, (v)
prefer, (v)
present, (v)
press down, (v)
prevent, block, prohibit, (v)
prisoner, (n)
prosper, be prosperous, (v)
protect, (v)
push, (v)
question, interrogate, (v)
rain, (v)
reach, (v)
read, (v)
ready, (excl)
realize, (v)
reason, (n)
receive, (v)
recognize, (v)
recommend, suggest, (v)
regret, (v)
remain, (v)
remember, (v)
remove, take off, (v)
resemble, (v)
respect, (v)
rest, relax, (v)
restaurant, (n)
return, (v)
revenge, (n)
roam, travel, rove, (v)
room, (n)
run, jog, (v)
salute, (v)
scare, (v)
science, (n)
scientist, (n)
scream, cry out, shout, yell, (v)
secret, (n)
see, (v)
sell, (v)
send, (v)
sentence, (n)
sergeant, (n)
serve (a master), (v)
shield, (n)
ship, vessel, (n)
shoe, (n)
shoot, (v)
shot, (n)
show, reveal, (v)
sir, (n)
sister, (n)
sit, (v)
skin, (n)
sky, (n)
sleep, (v)
slit, (v)
so, well, (excl)
soft, (v)
somebody, something, anybody, anything, (n)
somewhere, (n)
son, (n)
source, (n)
speak, say, (v)
stand, (v)
stop, cease, (v)
story, (n)
study, (v)
stuff, (v)
success, (n)
surprise, (v)
surrender, give up, (v)
sword, (n)
system, (n)
take, (v)
take away, (v)
tell the truth, (v)
tell, report, (v)
theory, (n)
there, over there, thereabouts, (n)
they, them, (pro) (language user)
they, them, (pro) (non-language user)
thing, (n)
think, (v)
throw away, (v)
today, (n)
tomorrow, (n)
translate, (v)
tree, (n)
tribble, (n)
trouble, (n)
trust, have faith in, (v)
turn, (v)
understand, (v)
use, (v)
verb, (n)
verify, (v)
victory, triumph, (n)
violate, (v)
violation, (n)
visit, (v)
vocabulary, (n)
voice, (n)
vow, swear, (v)
Vulcan, (n) (people)
wait (for), (v)
wake up, cease sleeping, (v)
walk, (v)
want, (v)
war, (n)
warrior, (n)
watch, (v)
water, (n)
we, us, (pro)
weapon, (n)
wear (clothes), (v)
week, (n)
well done, very good, (excl)
wife, (n)
wind, breeze, (n)
wing, (n)
wonder, (v)
word, (n)
work, function, succeed, (v)
work, toil, (v)
wound, (v)
write, (v)
year, (n)
yes, true, (excl)
yesterday, (n)
you, (pro)
you (plural), (pro)