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Traveller's Phrasebook
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: Traveller's Phrasebook
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 21:26:43 -0500
Mia Soderquist of the Constructed Languages mailing list has a list of phrases
every traveller should know. I've never seen a Klingon version of the list,
so I thought I'd try my hand at it.
Some of these phrases probably don't really have Klingon equivalents, but I
tried to
fill in every slot with something that would get the traveller's point across
without putting the speaker in physical danger.
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A Traveller's Phrasebook of Klingon
1. Hello
yIqIm (the approacher)
nuqneH (the responder)
2. How are you?
reH QuvlIjDaq yIHmey tu'lu'be'jaj
3. My name is...
... 'oH pongwIj'e'
jIHvaD ... ponglu'
4. What is your name?
nuq 'oH ponglIj'e'
chay' SoHvaD ponglu'
5. I am lost.
DaqwIj vISovbe'
6. Where am I?
nuqDaq jIHtaH
7. Where is...
nuqDaq 'oH' ...
a. the bathroom (WC/toilet/human waste collection center)?
puchpa''e'
b. my luggage?
tepwIj'e'
c. the tourist center?
ghIQwI' yaH'e'
d. the embassy?
rIvSo''e'
8. I'm sorry.
jIQoS
9. Please
bIyeqneS'a'
10. Thank you!
qatlho'
11. Help!
HIQaH
12. I don't speak Klingon very well.
tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhlaHchu'be'.
13. I don't understand.
jIyajbe'
14. Speak more slowly please.
QIt yIjatlh jay'
15. It was my wife's/husband's idea to come here for vacation!
maghIQmeH naDev maSuch 'e' wuqta' be'nalwI'/loDnalwI'
16. Could you recommend...
maHvaD .... DachuplaH'a'.
a. a good restaurant?
Qe' QaQ
b. something good to eat?
nay' QaQ
c. a good hotel?
QongmeH Daq Qobbe'
d. a good doctor?
Qel po'
17. That was a lovely meal. What was it?
Dunqu' nay'. nuq 'oH Soj'e'.
18. How much do we owe you...
... DIlmeH Huch 'ar DapoQ.
a. for the meal?
nay'
b. for the room?
pa'
c. for the things that we broke?
'aH'e' wIghorpu'bogh
19. How much did you say it cost again?
Huch 'ar jay'
20. You are joking, aren't you?
jutojba', qar'a'.
21. I am sorry, I didn't mean to insult you.
jIQoS; qatIchpu' 'e' vIHechbe'
22. Our customs are very different from yours.
tIghlIj rurbe'qu' tIghmaj
23. I don't know anything about local politics, I'm afraid.
Qu'vatlh! naDev woQ Dotlh vISovbe'chu'.
24. Our guide did not tell us that there was a
(revolution/war/soccer[football] championship) going on in this country.
naDev qaStaH (Daw' / veS / QI' tuH) maHvaD ja'be' DevwI'ma'.
25. Thank you for your hospitality. We enjoyed our visit very much, but
now we must be going home because we have many important things to do
there.
maghIQtaHvIS juquvmoHmo' pItlho'neS. naDev maSuch 'e' wItIvqu',
'ach DaH juHmajDaq macheghnIS. pa' Qu' law' potlh tu'lu', 'ej nom
mavangbej wIneH.
-- ter'eS