tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 01 11:28:11 1998

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Re: Beginner's questions

: 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

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