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English: discover, find, observe, notice

German: entdecken, finden, beobachten, bemerken

Spanish: descubrir, encontrar, observar, notar

Source: TKD (111 KE, 129 EK, 133 EK, 143 EK, 144 EK)

KLCP Level: 1

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QumwI'wIj vItu'laHbe'
I can't find my communicator. TKD

Qu'vaD lI' net tu'bej
You will find it useful. ST3

Qu'vaD lI' net tu'bej
One certainly finds it useful for the mission.
One will certainly observe that it is useful to the mission. TKD

reH HIvje'lIjDaq 'Iwghargh Datu'jaj
May you always find a bloodworm in your glass! PK

lI' 'e' Datu'
You will find it useful. PK

neHmaH Da'el net tu'
Caught breaching the Neutral Zone. MKE

QapHa' So'wI' vaj Datu'lu'
Cloaking device fails and you are discovered. MKE

yuQ SumDaq cha'puj law' Datu'
Detect large sums of dilithium on nearby planet. MKE

parmaq choH pagh teHqu', choH tu'DI' lajDaj.
"Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds" (Sonnet 116)

molor vuQlu' tu'taHmeH
Molor is amused  PB

(TKD 39):  When [-lu' is] used with the verb tu' "find, observe" and a third-person singular subject pronoun (0), the resulting verb form tu'lu' "someone/something finds it" is often translated by English "there is".

     naDev puqpu' tu'lu'

     "there are children around here"

     "someone/something finds children here".

naDev tlhInganpu' tu'lu'
There are Klingons around here. TKD

qabwIjDaq Soj tu'lu'bej
There's food all over my face. CK

qatlh Dat DI tu'lu' tlhIngan
Why is there rubble everywhere, Klingon? CK

nuq tu'lu'
What is there? CK

Ho'Du'lIjDaq to'baj 'uSHom lughoDlu'bogh tu'lu'
You have some stuffed tobbaj leg in your teeth. PK

QuvlIjDaq yIH tu'be'lu'jaj
May your coordinates be free of tribbles! PK

naDev cha'maH cha' joQDu' tu'lu'
There are twenty-two ribs here. KGT
(idiom: there is something out of the ordinary going on, even if no one can say exactly what)

moQDaq DuQwI'Hommey jej tu'lu'
A brutally spiked pommel fastens the hilt together. SP2

DujvamDaq tlhIngan nuH tu'lu'bogh pov law' Hoch pov puS  'ej DujvamDaq 'op SuvwI' tu'lu'bogh po' law' tlhIngan yo' SuvwI' law' po' puS
It [IKC Pagh] has the best weapons and some of the finest warriors in the Klingon fleet. S7

tIqDaq HoSna' tu'lu'
Real power is in the heart. TKW

SuvwI'pu' qan tu'lu'be'
There are no old warriors. TKW

reH 'eb tu'lu'
There is always a chance. TKW

wa' Qu'vaD wa' DevwI' tu'lu'
For one mission, there is one leader. TKW

reH nuHmey tu'lu'
There are always weapons. KCD

juHqo'Daq vaS'a' tu'lu'
On the Homeworld, there is a great hall... S25

cha' choQmey naQ tu'lu' 'ej tep choQ bIngDaq lo' law' bID choQ tu'lu'
2 Full Decks and a Half Utility Deck under the Cargo Deck (KBoP Poster)

vaSvamDaq tuq veng je quvvaD Heghqangbogh SuvwI' tu'be'lu''a'
Is there nobody in this hall prepared to die for the honor of your tribe and city? PB

SaqSub qach tIQ beb bIngDaq pay' qul'a' tu'lu'
Then fires burst under the roofs of the Saq'sub's ancient houses PB

'Iw HIq yap tu'lu'be'
Sufficient bloodwine does not exist (qep'a' 2014 Secrecy Proverb)

(ghunchu'wI'): [At qep'a' loSDIch] Robyn Stewart's idea of lutu'lu' as the Klingon version of "whom" got a nod and an explicit lack of contradiction [from Okrand]. naDev tlhInganpu' lutu'lu' is grammatical, but the lu- is more often left off.

(charghwI'):   lutu'lu' does NOT translate as "whom" in any way at all. It is just that in [contemporary] English, most people use the word "who" when formally they should be using "whom", much like most Klingons use the word tu'lu' when they should be using lutu'lu'. In other words, the more formally correct sentence is tlhInganpu' lutu'lu' though most Klingons most of the time would say tlhInganpu' tu'lu'.

[This idea is discussed in KGT pp. 168-172.]

SEE ALSO:

legh           see
nej              look for, seek, search for
Sam           locate, seek and find
chIl            lose, misplace

Usage for tu'

reH 'eb tu'lu'.

There is always a chance.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

latlh De'/Additional Information

After Starfleet arranged for war exercises in which Commander Riker captained the eighty-year-old <Hathaway>, Riker lamented that his ship was no match for the <Enterprise>. Even if it was just a simulation, he felt there was no way he could win. Wolf, believing that, as the Klingons say, "There is always a chance," suggested that what one lacks in physical power one makes up for with guile.

The common Klingon sendoff, "Qapla'," "success," is another overt signal of this warrior spirit: success is always possible.

HIja'. nuq tu'lu'.

Yes. What is there?

Type: sentence - Source: Conversational Klingon

tIqDaq HoSna' tu'lu'.

Real power is in the heart.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

latlh De'/Additional Information

In this phrase, the heart stands for one's spirit or principles. One's ability to exert influence over others comes from having a strong sense of morality, not merely from the ability to dominate by force.

When the clone of Kahless was named emperor, the Klingon cleric Koroth objected that it would be meaningless since all power would still remain with the Klingon High Council. Worf used this adage to point out that Kahless's lack of political authority was not as important as his honor and virtue, which would make him an effective leader of his people.

Sufficient blood wine does not exist.

Type: secret - Source: qep'a' 21

latlh De'/Additional Information

At the 21st qep'a' in 2014, there was a competition where one new proverb (also one replacement proverb) has been chosen by Marc Okrand from dozens of suggestions, submitted by the attendees. The winning proverb was suggested by Lawrence M. Schoen.

There's food all over my face.

Type: sentence - Source: Conversational Klingon

There are no old warriors.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

latlh De'/Additional Information

This does not mean that all warriors are young at heart. It is quite literal. Traditionally, if a captain becomes weak and incapable of serving, he is assassinated by his first officer. A similar arrangement is in effect for officers of lower rank. As Worf put it, "The Klingon system has operated successfully for centuries."

Cloaking device fails and you are discovered.

Type: sentence - Source: Klingon Monopoly Honor Cards

latlh De'/Additional Information

Cloaking device fails and you are noticed.

May your coordinates be free of tribbles.

Type: toast - Source: Power Klingon

For one mission, there is one leader.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

Detect large sums of dilithium on nearby planet.

Type: sentence - Source: Klingon Monopoly Combat Cards

latlh De'/Additional Information

You notice a lot of Dilithium on a nearby planet.

Why is there rubble everywhere, Klingon?

Type: sentence - Source: Conversational Klingon

May you always find a bloodworm in your glass.

Type: sentence - Source: Power Klingon

May you always find a bloodworm in your glass

Type: toast - Source: Power Klingon

You have some stuffed to'baj legs in your teeth.

Type: QI'lop - Source: Power Klingon

I have secret information, you will find it useful. We will talk after dinner.

Type: sentence - Source: Power Klingon

Molor is amused,
He climbs a watch tower
To see this Kahless.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

The castle is perfect, although
It has but one flaw,
We need a trustworthy guard.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book

Is there nobody in this hall
Prepared to die for the honor
Of your tribe and city?

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

See the spy creeping,
He will feed on the weak-hearted,
See the targ*, an easy prey.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

Lukara! Leave him be,
Can’t you see he is tired?
Kahless, my apologies.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

Then fires burst under the roofs
Of the Saq'sub’s ancient houses,
Flames have no mercy for anyone.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

Kahless finds himself in a cave
Leading to
The world beyond the living.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

He finds the lands of his father
Barren and deserted,
It was alive and prosperous once.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

Then Kahless arrived at his home,
Once built by his father’s own hands,
He found it destroyed and desolate.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

He will meet them there
With the last of the warriors,
He hopes to find around Qam-Chee.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

One can only return from this Underworld,
If Fek'lhr does not notice one
Entering or leaving Gre'thor.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

On the Homeworld, there is a great hall where the leaders of the Klingon High Council meet to determine policy and decide upon the fate of the Empire. Gowron currently presides, named leader of the High Council by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who was acting as Arbiter of Succession.

Type: skybox card - Source: Skybox S25 tlhIngan vaS'a' - Klingon Great Hall

latlh De'/Additional Information

The Klingon battle knife is designed primarily for versatility of use, so that the user is never caught at a disadvantage. Two small, secondary blades eject from the knife's sides, providing both a hand guard and another set of cutting edges. A brutally spiked pommel fastens the hilt together to provide a damaging surprise attack or give a devastating backhand stroke.

Type: skybox card - Source: Skybox SP2 SuvwI' taj - Blade of the Warrior

latlh De'/Additional Information

The Imperial Klingon Vessel is a K'vort-class-Bird-of-Prey under the command of Captain Kargan. It has the best weapons and some of the finest warriors in the Klingon fleet.

Type: skybox card - Source: Skybox S7 qIvo'rIt <pagh'e'> - K'Vort Class <Pagh>

latlh De'/Additional Information

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