Lesson 1

VOCABULARY:
HIja’ – yes
ghobe’ – no

nuH – weapon
nISwI’ – disruptor
Suv – fights
bach – shoots
HoH – kills

ghaj – has
Hagh – laughs
tIch – insults

ghung – is angry
QIp – is stupid
HoS – is strong

maj – Good! (exclamation)
majQa’ – Very good!
Qapla’ – Success!

KLINGON WORD ORDER:
OBJECT – VERB – SUBJECT
qa’vIn....tlhutlh...SuvwI’
coffee.......drinks......warrior
The warrior drinks coffee.

KLINGON VERB PREFIXES:
subject = I; object = none : jI-
subject = you; object = none : bI-
subject = he/she/it; object = none : no prefix
subject = I; object = him, her, it : vI-
subject = you; object = him, her, it : Da-
subject = he/she/it; object = him, her, it : no prefix

jIHoS. = I am strong.
bIHoS. = You are strong.
HoS. = He/She/It is strong.
tlhIngan Hol vIjatlh. = I speak the Klingon language.
tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh. = You speak the Klingon language.
tlhIngan Hol jatlh. = He/She/It speaks the the Klingon language.

KLINGON VERB SUFFIXES:
-be’ – negative, not
-’a’ – interrogative
jIghungbe’ = I am not angry.
bIQIp’a’ = Are you stupid?
tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh’a’ = Do you speak Klingon?

KLINGON STORY:
tlhIngan Suv Human neH. QIp Human. tlhIngan Hol jatlh Human. nuH ghaj tlhIngan. nuH ghajbe’ Human. tlhIngan tIch Human. QIp Human. ghung tlhIngan. Human Suv tlhIngan neH. Human Suv tlhIngan. nISwI’ ghaj tlhIngan. Human HoH tlhIngan. Hagh tlhIngan. Haghbe’ Human.