0. Introduction - Start Here

1. The Sounds

1.1. Consonants

1.2. Vowels

1.3. Stress

2. Grammatical Sketch

2.1. Understanding Klingon Culture

2.2. Style Guide

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

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

6.1. 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

7.1. Commands

7.2. Responses, status reports

7.3. Duress, excitement

8. Empty

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

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

14.1. Phonology: the study of speech sounds

14.1.1. Fundamental concepts

14.1.2. Sound categories

14.1.3. Suprasegmentals

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animals

being

bodily functions and fluids

body parts

buildings

city

clothing

continent

country

elements and substances

family

food

idiom

job/vocation/avocation/person descriptor

language

location and movement

medical terms

music

natural locations

plant

random locations

rank/position

rooms of a house

space craft

state/province

time

verb of motion

war

weaponry

Abverb

Conjunction

Exclamation

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Noun

Noun (slang)

Number

Phrase

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Question Word

Verb

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Recently Added Words

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Intermediate - Introducing -bogh

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14.1.0. Phonology: the study of speech sounds

0. Introduction - Start Here

2 Grammatical Sketch

2.1 Understanding Klingon Culture

2.2 Style Guide

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

4.1 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

5 Other Kinds of Words

5.2.1 Using numbers

5.3 Conjunctions

5.5 Exclamations

5.6 Names and address

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

6.6 Comparatives and superlatives

6.7 Placement of adverbial elements

6.8 Indirect objects

6.9 Verbs of motion

6.12 Speaking and Quoting

7 Clipped Klingon

7.2 Responses, status reports

7.3 Duress, excitement

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

10.1 Expressions

10.1.1.1 Replacement Proverbs

10.1.1.2 Secrecy Proverbs

10.1.1.3 Holiday Proverbs

10.1.1.4 General Proverbs

10.1.5 Other Expressions

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

10.3.1 The Ground Book

10.3.2 The Force Book

10.3.3 The Impact Book

10.3.4 The Epilogue

11.1.1 Salutations and Introductions

11.1.2 Getting to Know Someone

11.2 Numbers, days, and dates

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

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