All the Klingon You Need - Quick Start to the Warrior Tongue
Here's a few useful words to start with: Hello, Goodbye, and Hunh?
tlhIngan Hol |
pronounciation |
English |
nuqneH? | nook-neck |
Hello (literally, what do you want?) |
Qapla' | kkhopla-uh |
Goodbye (literally, Success!) |
nuqjatlh? | nook-jatl |
Hunh? (literally, what did you say?) |
Study these words and you'll always be able to say something ! If you can count from one to ten in Klingon, and do it with STYLE, you can impress anyone. Practice rattling off your phone number, your address, the time - just reciting the digits - and you're well on your way to being the local Mr. or Ms. Klingon!
tlhingan Hol | pronounciation | English |
pagh | paghr | zero |
wa' | wa-uh | one |
cha' | cha-uh | two |
wej | wedge | three |
loS | loesh | four |
vagh | varggh | five |
jav | jav | six |
Soch | shohch | seven |
chorgh | chorrggrh | eight |
Hut | khhoot | nine |
wa'maH | wah-uh mock | ten |
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