18 Klingon phrases that will save your life one day

On 6 September 2016, wired.com released an article with the above title, showing 18 Klingon phrases.(1) The Sentences were collected by Klingonist Joseph Windsor.

Phrases

# Klingon Provided pronunciation Translation
1 quSDaq ba'lu''a' [qus.dak 'baz.luz.'zaz] Is deze stoel bezet?
2 jIjatlh [ji.'jax] Speak
3 pe'vIl mu'qaDmey ['pez.vil 'muz.kad.mey] Vloek goed!
4 nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e' ['nuk.dak zoh puc.paz.zez] Waar is de badkamer?
5 nuqDaq 'oH tach'e' ['nuk.dak zoh tac.zez] Waar is de bar?
6 tera'ngan Soj lujab'a' [te.raz.fan soj lu.jab.zaz] Serveren ze aards eten?
7 qut na' HInob [kut naz hi.nob] Geef me de zoute kristallen
8 qagh Sopbe' [kag sop.bez] Hij eet geen gagh.
9 HIja / ghobe' [hi.jaz go.bez] Ja/Nee
10 Dochvetlh vIneH [doc.'vex vi.neh] ik wil dat ding!
11 Hab SoSlI' Quch [hab sos.liz quc] Je moeder heeft een glad voorhoofd!
12 nuqjatlh [nuk.jax] Wat zei je?
13 jagh yIbuStaH [jag yi.bus.tah] Concentreer je op de vijand!
14 Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam [heg.luz.meh qaq jaj.vam] Vandaag is een goede dag om dood te gaan
15 qaStaH nuq jay' [kas.tah nuq jayz] Wat de #$*@ gebeurt?
16 wo' batlhvaD [woz bax.vad] Voor de eer van het rijk!
17 tlhIngan maH [xi.fan mah] Wij zijn Klingon!
18 Qapla' [qap.laz] Success!

Analysis

Aside from two typos, the phrases are all grammtically correct and not just standard phrases copied from the book. The usage of the IPA symbols showing the pronunciation is well done and mostly correct. One replacement proverb that had been discovered at qep'a' 21 in 2014 shows the actuality of the phrases.

Phrase #3 is incomplete, it should be pe'vIl mu'qaDmey tIbach.

References

1 : 18 Klingon phrases that will save your life one day on wired.com, published 06 Sep 2016

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