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[ qʰɑʂ ]
Verb

English: occur, happen

German: passieren, sich ereignen

Spanish: ocurrir, suceder

Source: TKD

KLCP Level: 1

Notes

naDev qaS wanI' ramqu' 
There's nothing happening here. TKD

meH, naDev qaS wanI' ramqu' 
Bridge, nothing happening here. ST3

targhlIj Daje'.  qaS wanI' ramqu'
Feed your targ without incident. MKE

qaS jajlo', wovchoH chal 
Then dawn lights the surroundings (PB)

qaStaH nuq jay' 
What the #$%@ is happening? TKD/ST6

pa'Daq qaStaH nuq 
What's happening over there? CK

qaStaHvIS wa' ram loS SaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD 
4,000 throats may be cut in one night by a running man. TKD

qaStaHvIS wej puq poHmey vav puqloDpu' puqloDpu'chaj je quvHa'moH vav quvHa'ghach 
The dishonor of the father dishonors his sons and their sons for three generations. TKW

qaStaHvIS wa'maH puq poHmey, wo'rIv betleH ghaj qorDu'Daj 
Worf's bat'telh has been in his family for ten generations. S8

qaStaHvIS wanI'vam yIDachQo' 
Don't miss this event!  (WSC)

qaStaHvIS DISwIj javDIch 
When I was six years old (Lieven < Okrand, 7/25/2016)

qaStaHvIS rep law' Hargh 
   vaS'a' teb 
   molor SuvwI'pu' 'Iw
[translation not available]  (PB)

chu'DI' maS 'ej qaStaHvIS ram 
On the night of the new moon  (PB)

qaStaHvIS wa'maH tup taH much 
The presentation lasts for 10 minutes.  (qep'a' 2016) 

poH tuj bI'reS nungbogh wa' jaj qeylIS DIS chorghvatlh loSmaH jav qaStaHvIS. [sic] 
In the days that follow the summer solstice in the Year of Kahless 846. ('U'-MTK)

qaStaHvIS qepHom jIjeS 
qaS qepHom 'ej jIjeS 
qaS qepHom vaj jIjeS 
I participate in the qepHom. (Lieven < MO, 10/19/2016, qepHom 2016)

qaSDI' nenghep, qa' patlh chu' chav tlhIngan SuvwI' 
The Age of Ascension marks a new level of spiritual attainment by a Klingon warrior. S9

jIvIb.&nbsp; qaSDI' vatlh DIS poH cha'maH Hut, jImev
I time-travel to the 29th century. (qep'a' 2016)

laS veghaS HIltonDaq Ā«Hov leng: yIjeSchu'Ā» qaSchoHmo', bIlopqu'meH HIlton yIghoS 
Come celebrate the grand opening of Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton. STX

SEE ALSO:
quq             happen simultaneously (v)
lIb             be impending, imminent, loom (v)

Usage for qaS
pa'
pa' (n) room, chamber, enclosed area
pa' (n) there, over there, thereabouts
qaStaH
qaS (v) occur, happen
-taH (vs7) continuous
nuq
nuq (question) what?

What's happening over there?

Type: sentence - Source: Conversational Klingon

naDev
naDev (n) here, hereabouts
qaS
qaS (v) occur, happen
wanI'
wanI' (n) phenomenon, event, occurrence
ramqu'
ram (v) be trivial, be trifling, be unimportant, be insignificant
-qu' (r) emphatic
ram (n) night
qu' (pn) Joe Steger

There's nothing happening here.

Type: sentence - Source: Star Trek: The Search For Spock

latlh De'/Additional Information
This entry is interesting in that it doesn't use {pagh} while the English uses "nothing". - qurgh
targhlIj
targh (n) targ, type of animal
-lIj (ns4) your
Daje'.
Da- (vp) you-him/her/it/them
je' (v) buy, purchase
je' (v) feed (someone else)
je' (v) enrich (the spirit)
qaS
qaS (v) occur, happen
wanI'
wanI' (n) phenomenon, event, occurrence
ramqu'.
ram (v) be trivial, be trifling, be unimportant, be insignificant
-qu' (r) emphatic
ram (n) night
qu' (pn) Joe Steger

Feed your targ without incident.

Type: sentence - Source: Klingon Monopoly Honor Cards

latlh De'/Additional Information
Feed your targ. Very insignificant events happen.
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