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jIH I, me
SoH you (singular)
ghaH he/she (a being capable of language)
'oH it (not capable of language)
maH we, us
tlhIH you (plural)
chaH they/them (language-capable beings)
bIH they/them (things not capable of language)
tlhIngan Klingon (person)
Hol language
loD man
be' woman
puq child
yaS officer
Duj ship; instinct
taj knife
betleH bat'leth (Klingon sword)
wo' empire
Qo'noS Kronos (the Klingon homeworld)
qagh serpent worm; error
Soj food
HIq alcohol, liquor
'Iw blood
batlh honour
tIq heart
vav father
SoS mother
bang love; beloved
jup friend
pa' room
jagh enemy
pong name
yaH duty station
legh see
jatlh speak, say
Qong sleep
yIt walk
Sop eat
tlhutlh drink
HoH kill
Hegh die
qIp hit, strike
maq proclaim, announce
tu' discover, find
Qub think
Dab reside at, inhabit
boQ aid, assist
neH want
paw arrive
mev stop, cease
laD read
muS hate
baH fire (a torpedo)
QaQ be good
yaj understand
nuq what?
'Iv who?
ghorgh when?
qatlh why?
chay' how?
nuqDaq where?
nuqneH what do you want? (standard greeting)
pagh zero
wa' one
cha' two
wej three
loS four
vagh five
jav six
Soch seven
chorgh eight
Hut nine
-maH x10 (tens): wa'maH = 10
-vatlh x100 (hundreds): wa'vatlh = 100
-SaD x1,000 (thousands): wa'SaD = 1,000
-netlh x10,000: wa'netlh = 10,000
-bIp x100,000: wa'bIp = 100,000
-'uy' x1,000,000: wa''uy' = 1,000,000
-DIch ordinal suffix: wa'DIch = first
-logh 'times' suffix: wa'logh = once
-'a' augmentative - big, important, great
-Hom diminutive - small, minor
-oy endearment - used affectionately
-pu' plural (language-using beings); also verb perfective aspect
-Du' plural (body parts)
-mey plural (general / scattered)
-qoq so-called (dismissive)
-Hey apparent, seeming
-na' definite, real (emphatic)
-wIj my (inanimate)
-wI' my (animate); also verb nominaliser 'one who...'
-lIj your (inanimate)
-lI' your (animate); also verb continuous aspect (to an endpoint)
-Daj his/her/its (inanimate)
-chaj their (inanimate)
-maj our (inanimate)
-Daq locative - at, in, on, to
-vo' from (source of movement)
-vaD for, to (benefactive)
-'e' topic/emphasis marker (required in 'to be' sentences)
-'egh oneself (reflexive)
-chuq one another (reciprocal)
-nIS need to
-qang willing to
-rup ready to
-vIp afraid to
-choH begin to (inchoative)
-qa' resume, do again
-moH cause, make (causative)
-lu' indefinite subject (passive-like 'one')
-laH can, be able to
-chu' clearly, perfectly
-bej certainly, undoubtedly
-law' seemingly, apparently
-ta' perfective - intentional completion
-taH continuous - ongoing action
-neS honorific - addressing a superior
-DI' when, as soon as
-chugh if (conditional)
-pa' before (temporal clause)
-vIS while (with -taH)
-mo' because of, due to
-bogh which, that (relative clause)
-ghach nominaliser - verb to abstract noun
-be' not (negation)
Qapla' Success! (farewell and toast)
batlh bIHeghjaj May you die with honour
HIja' Yes
ghobe' No
tlhIngan jIH I am a Klingon
jIyajbe' I don't understand
yIjatlh Speak! (command)
qamuSHa' I love you (lit. 'I un-hate you')
tlhIngan Hol vIjatlh I speak Klingon
Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam Today is a good day to die
jagh yIHoH Kill the enemy! (command)