#separator:tab #html:false #columns:Front Back 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)