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0. Introduction - Start Here
1. The Sounds
1. The Sounds
1.1. Consonants
1.2. Vowels
1.3. Stress
2. Grammatical Sketch
2. Grammatical Sketch
2.1. Understanding Klingon Culture
2.2. Style Guide
3. Nouns
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. 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
5. Other Kinds of Words
5. Other Kinds of Words
5.1. Pronouns
5.2. Numbers
5.2.1. Using numbers
5.2.2. Math
5.2.4. Time
5.3. Conjunctions
5.4. Adverbials
5.5. Exclamations
5.6. Names and address
6. Syntax
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 Quoting
6.13. Music
7. Clipped Klingon
7. Clipped Klingon
7.1. Commands
7.2. Responses, status reports
7.3. Duress, excitement
8. Common Grammar Questions
8. Common Grammar Questions
8.1. The Cat in the Hat Problem
8.2. The Elephant I Shot In My Pajamas Problem
8.3. Multiple Adjectives
8.4. I Need To Create
8.5. Relative Clauses: What Possibilities?
8.6. Question as Object
9. HolQeD
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. 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
11. Examples
11. Examples
11.1. Personal
11.1.1. Salutations and Introductions
11.1.2. Getting to Know Someone
11.1.3. Dialogs
11.2. Numbers, days, and dates
11.2.1. Numbers
11.2.2. Datesd
11.2.3. Time
11.2.4. Dialogs
14. Linguistic Terminology Glossary
14. Linguistic Terminology Glossary
14.1. Phonology: the study of speech sounds
14.1.1. Fundamental concepts
14.1.2. Sound categories
14.1.3. Suprasegmentals
14.1.4. How to make speech sounds
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verb of motion
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weaponry
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