0. Introduction - Start Here
3 Nouns
3.1 Simple Nouns
3.2 Complex Nouns
3.2.1 Compound Nouns
3.2.2 Verb plus -wI'/-ghach
3.2.3 Other complex nouns
3.3 Noun suffixes
3.3.1 Type 1: Augmentative, diminutive
3.3.2 Type 2: Number
3.3.3 Type 3: Qualification
3.3.4 Type 4: Possession/specification
3.3.5 Type 5: Syntactic markers
3.4 The noun-noun construction
3.5 Emphasizing Nouns
4 Verbs
4.1 Pronominal prefixes
4.2.1 Type 1: Oneself/one another
4.2.2 Type 2: Volition/predisposition
4.2.3 Type 3: Change/Resume
4.2.4 Type 4: Cause
4.2.5 Type 5: Indefinite subject/ability
4.2.6 Type 6: Qualification
4.2.7 Type 7: Aspect
4.2.8 Type 8: Honorific
4.2.9 Type 9: Syntactic markers
4.2.10 Relative ordering of the suffixes
4.3 Rovers
4.4 Adjectives
6 Syntax
6.1 Basic sentences
6.2 Complex sentences
6.2.1 Compound sentences
6.2.2 Subordinate clauses
6.2.3 Relative clauses
6.2.4 Purpose clauses
6.2.5 Sentences as objects
6.2.5.1 Instead
6.2.5.2 Should/Ought to
6.2.6 Nominalizer
6.3 "To be"
6.4 Questions
6.6 Comparatives and superlatives
6.7 Placement of adverbial elements
6.8 Indirect objects
6.9 Verbs of motion
6.10 Between
6.11 With
6.12 Speaking and Quotations
6.13 Music
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9 HolQeD
9.1.1 Some Comments on Orthography
9.1.2 An Interview with Marc Okrand
9.2.2 Letters to the Editor (excerpt)
9.2.4 Okrand's Notes
9.3.2 DS9 Skybox Card
9.3.3.1 Interview: Okrand on -ghach
9.3.3.2 chuvmey I
9.3.4 Everyday Klingon I
9.4.2.1 Interview: Okrand on {-bogh} and more
9.4.2.2 chuvmey II
9.4.3.1 Everyday Klingon II
9.4.3.2 Star Trek I Klingon
9.4.4 More from Maltz
9.5.1 A Note on Proverbs
9.5.2.1 More on Hoch
9.5.2.2 Everyday Klingon III
9.5.2.3 chuvmey III
9.5.3.1 The Tale of 'I'
9.5.3.2 Everyday Klingon IV
9.6.2 Everyday Klingon V
9.7.2 Maltz Online I
9.7.4 Interview with Marc Okrand
9.8.1 Maltz Online II
9.8.3 matlh juppu' mu'mey
9.8.4.1 Maltz Online III
9.8.4.2 Notes from Star Trek V
9.9.3 matlh jup mu'mey
9.9.4.1 Everyday Klingon VI
9.9.4.2 More from Maltz
9.10.2 A Friend of Maltz: {nItlhDu' yaDDu' je}
9.10.4 matlh juppu' mu'mey
9.11.2 matlh jup mu'mey
9.11.3.2 More From Maltz
9.11.4 Frasier's Klingon
9.12.2 Maltz's Reward: Part I
9.12.3 Maltz's Reward: Part II
9.12.4 Maltz’s Reward: Part III
9.13.1 Maltz's Reward: Part IV
10 Other Canon
10.1 Expressions
10.1.1 Sayings
10.1.1.1 Replacement Proverbs
10.1.1.2 Secrecy Proverbs
10.1.1.3 Holiday Proverbs
10.1.1.4 General Proverbs
10.1.2 Idioms
10.1.3 Toasts
10.1.4 Similes
10.1.5 Other Expressions
10.2 Dialogs
10.2.1 At the Hotel
10.2.2 Sightseeing
10.2.3 At the Restaurant
10.2.4 At the bar
10.2.5 Conducting Business
10.3 paq'batlh
10.3.1 The Ground Book
10.3.2 The Force Book
10.3.3 The Impact Book
10.3.4 The Epilogue
14. Linguistic Glossary
Klingon conjunctions connect either nouns or entire sentences. There are two types of conjunctions, each used differently, though their meanings overlap:
Joining Nouns | Joining Sentences | Meaning |
---|---|---|
je | 'ej | and |
joq | qoj | and/or |
ghap | pagh | either/or (but not both) |
Conjunctions Joining Nouns
Noun conjunctions always appear after the last noun in the group:
- DeS 'uS je - an arm and a leg
- DeS 'uS joq - an arm or a leg (or both)
- DeS 'uS ghap - either an arm or a leg (but not both)
The noun conjunction je has an additional meaning when placed after a verb, where it translates as "also" or "too":
- qaleghpu' je - I saw you too, I also saw you.
Note: The exact meaning can sometimes be ambiguous, as in English. The phrase above could mean either "I and others saw you" or "I saw you and others." Context clarifies this.
Conjunctions Joining Sentences
Sentence conjunctions appear between the sentences they connect:
- 'ej - and
- qoj - and/or
- pagh - either/or (but not both)
Additionally, Klingon has a conjunction meaning "but" or "however":
- 'ach (sometimes shortened to 'a) - but, however, nevertheless, even so