Basic Phrases Klingon

This is a crash course for beginners containing the most important sentences and expressions. For a more grammatical approach, see basic sentences.

When talking Klingon, it is important to know that Klingons are a militant race and the language is accordingly harsh and abrupt. The language also is very direct, there are no phrases of civility.

List of useful phrases

Basics

yes / no	HIja' / ghobe'
left / right	poS / nIH
Hello	nuqneH		literally What do you want? ➞ Hello
Your place or my place?	juHwIjDaq pagh juHlIjDaq?
Do you speak federation standard?	DIvI' Hol Dajatlh'a'?
Where?	nuqDaq?
Thank you	qatlho'
See you	Qapla'		literally success
Enough!	mevyap

Numbers from 1 to 10

➞ See main article Numbers.

one	wa'
two	cha'
three	wej
four	loS
five	vagh
six	jav
seven	Soch
eight	chorgh
nine	Hut
ten	wa'maH

In case of emergency

Help!	HIQaH
Can you call a doctor?	Qel'e' DaH yISam.
I was unconcious.	jIvulchoHpu'
I have a pain here.	naDev jI'oy'
It really hurts.	'oy'qu'
Can you repair that?	DatI'laH'a'?
How long does it take?	poH 'ar DapoQ?
Can you give me some gas?	jIHvaD nIn yInob.

In the city

Am I right, here?	qar'a' jIHtaHbogh naDev?
How do I come to the city?	nuqDaq 'oH veng botlh'e'?
Is it allowed to park here?	naDev jIQam 'e' chaw'lu''a'?
Where can I buy weapons?	nuqDaq nuHmey vIje'laH?
How much?	DIlmeH Huch 'ar DaneH?
Buy or die!	bIje'be'chugh vaj bIHegh	TKW p. 213
I take it.	vItlhap

Enjoy your meal!

Where is a restaurant?	nuqDaq 'oH Qe''e'?
Is this seat taken?	quSDaq ba'lu''a'?	TKD p. 171
I want something to eat.	vay' vISop vIneH
Can you recommend something?	nuq DanaD?
I would like to have a beer.	HIq vItlhutlh vIneH
I have a headache!	jlwuQ
I want to pay.	jIDIlrup

Dictums

Revenge is a dish best served cold.	bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay'.	TKW p. 133
There are no old warriors	SuvwI'pu' qan tu'lu'be'.	TKW p. 29
War is good for business	malja'vaD QaQ veS.
Death is an experience, which is best when shared.	Heghlu'DI' mobbe'lu'chugh QaQqu' Hegh wanI'	TKW, p. 73
Four thousand throats can be cut by one running man in one night.	qaStaHvIS wa' ram loS SaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD	TKW, p. 127

Source

The basics of this course were first published in 2008 on wissen.de by Christoph Hage and contained some orthographical mistakes (1). It is not known whether author had worked alone on this or had any support. Only a few sentences are directly from canon sources. This crash course is often used on other websites and is easy to identify by the original mistakes (for example nugneH Suvwl' and Itlhap). For example TELE 5 used it during the 50th anniversary of Star Trek (2).

See also

• Some notes regarding Pronunciation
• Portal Phrases
• Exclamation

References

1 : (de) Klingon for beginners on wissen.de, published

2 : (de) learn Klingon on TELE5.de, retrieved 31.08.2016