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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