tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 01 09:19:33 1999
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RE: days of the week/months of the year
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Andeen, Eric wrote:
> jatlh [email protected]
>
> > Do way have a way to say the days of the week or the months
> > of the year in Klingon? TKD lists the word "jar" for
> > month which seems to infer Klingon months. I guess generaly
> > one could just use the English words and put them in quotes.
>
> While we do know Klingons have months from the existence of the word <jar>,
> that's about all we know. We don't know how many there are, how long they
> are, or any of their names. We don't even know if they have individual names
> at all or happen in the same order every Klingon year.
>
> When talking about Earth months, it's usually perfectly acceptable to use
> <jar> or <tera' jar> for "month". For specific month names, just use the
> English name - since Klingons don't share our calendar, they certainly don't
> have names for our months.
Or, do like many Earth cultures and number the months: jar wa', jar cha',
jar wej, etc.
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