nuqneH - Start Learning Klingon Here!

nuqneH!

nuqneH is the universal, one-size-fits-all Klingon greeting. It literally means What do you want?
This is a blog dedicated to teaching tlhIngan Hol the Klingon language as developed by Marc Okrand for Paramount for use in the Star Trek movies, from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock right through to Star Trek: Discovery.

You now know some Klingon - the title of this blog, tlhIngan Hol, tlhIngan paQDI'norgh, and now nuqneH. You will, if you stick with this blog, eventually learn many more words - nouns, verbs and other kinds of Klingon words such as adverbials, conjunctions and numbers. You will learn to speak, read and write decent working Klingon.

yIghojrup! yIqIm! yIbuS! Get ready to learn! Pay attention! Concentrate! yItIv! Enjoy!

Basic Klingon Sayings

The following are some useful Klingon sayings. You can memorise them, and for the most part when you're in company and someone is speaking Klingon these will do at a pinch, if you don't know much else about tlhIngan Hol.
Many of these come from the following sources, all of them available from Simon & Schuster and authored by Marc Okrand, creator of tlhIngan Hol for Star Trek:-

The Klingon Dictionary (essential reading)

The Klingon Way (useful sayings and proverbs)

Klingon For The Galactic Traveller (a vital adjunct to your studies)

nuqneH	What do you want? (the standard Klingon greeting)
HIja'	Yes
ghobe'	No
lu'	Okay (also "Sure," "Cool," "I'll do it" (response to being given an order))
toH	Aha!
jIyajbe'	I don't understand
jISaHbe'	I don't care
Do'Ha'	Unfortunate
Qo'	No! I won't! I refuse!
bIlugh	You are right
bIlughbe'	You are wrong
maj	Good
majQa'	Excellent
tera'ngan jIH	I am a Terran
tlhIngan SoH'a'	Are you a Klingon?
tlhIngan Hol DajatlhlaH'a'	Do you speak Klingon?
tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhlaH	I speak Klingon
tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhlaHbe'	I do not speak Klingon
qaSuj'a'	Do I disturb you? / Am I disturbing you?
'oy''a'	Will it hurt?
DujlIj yIvoq	Trust your instincts
yIvoq 'ach yI'ol	Trust, but verify
reH bang larghlu'	It is the scent that first speaks of love (literally, "A loved one is always smelled")
nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'	Where is the bathroom?
Qapla'	Success! (sometimes said on parting, though generally it's not necessary to say anything on parting company)
bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay'	Revenge is a dish that is best served cold (traditional Klingon proverb)
naDev qaS wanI' ramqu'	There is nothing much happening here
HIvqa' veqlargh	Feklahr (Klingon devil) strikes again! (said out loud if you make a mistake)
DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu'	Set fire on the side when there is danger (again, something said out loud to save your face)
not mev peghmey	Secrets never cease (secrecy proverb)