Here, There, Everywhere - Everything In Its Place

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tlhIngan Hol expresses locations in a number of ways, from the use of the Type 5 noun suffixes -Daq locative or -vo' from, away from through to numerous specific nouns, adverbials of place and verbs.

A noun with the -Daq noun suffix can be placed in a sentence at the beginning, just before the object-verb-subject construction:-

HIvje'vamDaq vay' tu'lu'	There is something in this glass
'aplo'Daq jorwI' So'ta' SorghwI'	The saboteur hid an explosive inside a box/ New word: 'aplo' box
paqvetlhDaq De' lI'qu' vIlaDpu'	I read very useful information inside that book
QemjIqDaq jagh Sevlu'ta'	The enemy is contained in a hole/ New word: QemjIq hole
pa'Daq jIHtaH	I am in the room
wa'leS Qe'Daq maghom	Tomorrow, we will meet in the restaurant

Dujvo' narghlI'	They are escaping from the ship
naDevvo' yIghoS	Go away (from here)!
pa'vo' vIleghlaHbe'	I cannot see anything from here
lonvo' Sum He'So' vIlargh	I smell a stink from a corpse nearby
mIDvo' ghoS ghotvam val	This clever person comes from the colony
DaH qeylIS chIrghvo' ghoS paQDI'norgh HoSghaj	Now, powerul teachings come from the Temple of Kahless

The following are all nouns which, like locative words, can be placed at the start of a sentence:-

naDev	here, hereabouts, area around here
pa'	there, thereabouts, area around there
Dat	everywhere, all places
vogh	somewhere, some places
nuqDaq	where?

These nouns are designed to be used with -Daq or -vo':-

tlhop	front, area in front of
'em	behind, area behind
Dung	above, area above, area overhead
bIng	below, area below, area under, area beneath
joj	area between
retlh	area beside, area next to
'et	fore
'o'	aft
poS	left (side)
nIH	right (side)

Some examples:-

qechvetlh tlhopDaq be' vIqIHpu'	I met the woman for the first time in front of that building
yuQ 'emDaq jaH	They have gone behind the planet
Dungvo' ghoSpu' Hegh	Death came from above
bIngvo' nargh novpu' taQ	Weird aliens came up from below

The following are nouns which you can add to your vocabulary:-

lurgh	direction (spatial)
chuq	distance, range
chuq'a'	long range
chuqHom	short range
Daq	location, place
Quv	coordinates

These are also useful nouns for you to learn:-

yoryuvtlhe'

	top (side, face, uppermost surface)
	top (lid, cover)
'aqroS	top (interior or downturned surface)
'aqros	maximum
pIrmuS	bottom (exterior underside, ventral surface)

These are the three cardinal Klingon directions, the equivalent of North, South, East and West:-

chan	eastwards, area towards the east (90 Terran degrees)
tIng	area southwestward, area towards the southwest (approx 220 Terran degrees)
'ev	area northwestward, area towards the northwest (approx 320 Terran degrees)

Now add the following verbs and adjectival verbs to your vocabulary:-

tIq	be long, lengthy (of an object)
tIqHa'	be short (of an object)
Sum	near
Hop	far
yuv	measure

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