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Susan Farmer: 

I tried to mail you this, but couldn't. Maybe it's of interest to
others. It's a transcription of all of the Klingon parts of
_Conversational Klingon_, with a few annotations.

-QumpIn 'avrIn aka Erich Schneider
 [email protected]

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<intro part - battle scene>

tlhIngan Hol DaHaDrup'a'
maj
yIqIm, yIbuS!
Qapla'

<Pronounciation>
Qu'vatlh
toDSaH
ghuy'cha'
taHqeq

maj

lenHom   "short break"

yiHaDqa'

<expressions>
HIja'
ghobe'
lu'
nuqneH

<questions>
'Iv
SoH 'Iv
nuq
Dochvam nuq (what is this?)
nuqDaq
nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e' (where is the bathroom?)
ghorgh
ghorgh mamej (when do we leave?)
qatlh
qatlh QeH (why is he angry?)
'ar
mughoS 'avwI' 'ar
nIn 'ar wIghaj

<phrases>
DIvI' Hol Dajatlh'a'
tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhbe'
jIyaj
jIyajbe'
tIn  big
mach small
*'eq early
*paS late
*Sum near
Hop far
tuj hot 
bIr cold
*qutlh cheap
*wagh expensive
maj good
qab bad

yIqIm!

nuqneH
tlhIngan SoH'a'
HIja'
tera'ngan jIH

jIH
SoH
ghaH
'oH
maH
tlhIH
chaH
biH

tlhIngan jIH
tlhIngan SoH
tera'ngan ghaH

maj!

<Dorn notes "pronouns" come to they end>
jI-
bI-
ma-
Su-
<verb prefixes are called "pronouns">
jIghung
bIlugh
paS  "He's late."
'eq  "She's early."
ma'oj
SuDal
ghIH

majQa'!

<questions - Klingons are suspicious!>
-'a'
Qo'noS - home planet of Klingon Empire
yIqIm!
tera'ngan SoH'a'
HIja'. tera'ngan jIH
Qo'noSDaq bighiQ'a'
HIja'. Qo'noSDaq jIghIQ.
naDev vay' DaSov'a'
ghobe'. naDev vay' vISovbe'. (sounds like bISovbe')
yIQmey DIHIj'a'
ghobe'. yIQmey vIHIjbe'. (sounds like bIHijbe')

<Answering questions>
HIja'
ghobe'
nuqjatlh? (Huh?)

yIleS
yIleSHa'

<Numbers>
<Dorn mentions ternary numbers>
wa'
cha'
wej
loS
vagh
jav
Soch
chorgh
Hut
wa'maH

<Plurals>
-pu' <speaking beings>
tlhIngan - tlhInganpu'
tera'ngan - tera'nganpu'
-Du' <body parts>
ghop - ghopDu'
-mey <others>
pu'Hich - pu'Hichmey

<num+plural>
wa' tlhIngan
cha' tlhInganpu'
wej tlhInganpu' yoH
loS pu'Hichmey
vagh pu'Hichmey
jav pu'Hichmey tIn
Soch QuchDu'
Soch QuchDu' 'IH
Hut yIQmey
wa'maH yIQmey lI'be'

-maH
cha' maH
-vatlh
vagh vatlh
-SaD
wej SaD
loS maH
Soch vatlh
Hut Sad
pagh

maj

<time>
<Klingons use 24 hour days - like most civilized planets?
 0000 midnight 1200 noon
 Klingons are punctual - be precise
 Be inaccurate but not approximate!>

rep
jav vatlh rep (0600 hrs)
cha' maH wa' vatlh rep (noon? huh? should be wa' maH cha' vatlh rep)
pagh rep (midnight)
wa' maH Hut vatlh rep (1900)

<Klingon day goes from dawn to dawn>
wa'Hu'
wa'Hu' jIghung
DaHjaj
DaHjaj jI'oj
wa'leS
wa'leS jIDoy'

majQa'!

yIleS!

yIvumqa'!

<renting a room; Klingons don't like comfortable things>
yIqIm!

nuq mI'lIj, tera'ngan
meb loS maH cha' jIH
pIpIH
pa' cha' maH wej 'oH pa'lij'e'
letqu' qongDaq (*qongDaq - bed)
pa'vo' pagh leghlu' ("The room has no view" - 
                     "you can see nothing from the room"
vagh rep bImejnIS  ("you must leave at 0500" - "checkout time is 5AM)
DaH yIDIl!
teplIj yIwoH 'ej pa'lIjDaq yIjaH! (tep "cargo" as "baggage")
<no tipping in Klingon hotels!>

<shopping>
'ar? (how much?)
wa' DeQ
bIje'be'chugh vaj bIHegh

<sightseeing>

yIqIm!

vogh vISuch vIneH
yejquv vaS'a' vISuch vIneH
cha'puj tlhIlHal vISuch vIneH
Sum Daqmeyvam tera'ngan  (use of *Sum; he also says "tera'nang")
pa' jIyIt'a'?
ghobe' lupwI' DalIghnIS
yIyong 'ej pa' yIQam     
naDevvo' jIleghlaHchu'be'
HoS lIngwI' wIjuS
'IH qar'a'  (sounds like Qar'a')
DaH vay' vIlarghlaH
mu'aw' mInDu'wij  (for "my eyes sting" - "my eyes sting me")
Daqvam nuq
pegh De'vetlh
ghorgh pa'wijDaq jIchegh

yIqIm

'IH - beautiful
moH - ugly
jum - odd
HoSghaj - powerful
nIv - superior
QIv - inferior
ghIH - messy

<food>

yIqIm

HIjol'ev Dayaj'a' tera'ngan
ghobe' HIboQ
chovoq'a'
HIja' qavoq
SoHvaD 'uQ wej vIqem
Dargh vIqem je'
lu'
DaH yIDIl
peSop tera'ngan (for "bon appetit, Terran" - "Eat, Terran!")
                 however, this is the plural imperative
chay' Soj viSop
HoDu'lij yIlo'
Dochvam nuq
qagh DaSop
vIH qagh
num yISop
qabwIjDaq Soj tu'lu'bej
vaj DatIvba'
pIpyuS pach bISop         (prefix looks strange - "peSop" is still wrong)
reH tlhor'a' tlhIngan Soj
HaDIbaHmey meQ Sop 'e' tIv tera'nganpu'
not Soj QaQ Qaw' tlhInganpu'

<Recreation>

nov DorwI'

tachDaq choDor'a'
HIja'. HItlhej.
lu' Ha'
qatlh Dat DI tu'lu', tlhIngan? (he says DI')
SuvwI' juHmey rur tachmey
bItlhutlh'a', tera'ngan?
HIja'. nuq tu'lu'?
HIq qIj reguluS 'Iw HIq ghap jab.
tera'nganvaD romuluS HIq jabQo'. HoSghajqu'!
HIq qIj yItlhutlh vIneH
'Iwlij jachjaj
pa'Daq qaStaH nuq?
qIp'egh nachDu'chaj tlhIngan SuvwI'pu'
may' ngeb tIv Hoch
maDo'chugh QeHchoH wa' (he says "ma'Do'chugh qeHchoH wa'")
'eb Qav, 'eb Qav!  ("last call" as "last opportunity")
nuqjatlh
"'eb Qav" jatlhpu'
latlh Datlhutlh'a'
ghobe', jIroplaw' ("no, I feel sick" - "no, apparently I am sick")
vaj Dargh wIb DatlhutlhnIS
Hoch vor Dargh wIb

<emergency words>

tlhIngan jIHbe'

yIqIm

Qob! danger
QaH! help!
nom QaH yIqem! bring help quickly!
HIHotQo'
HIjol
bIta'pu'be'
qay'be'
Qel bISamnIS

nuqDaq yuj Dapol

batlh qaghojmoHpu' 
Qapla'



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