By The Numbers: 2 - Hundreds

Previously in tlhIngan paQDI'norgh ...

We last looked at the numbers, and the tens number-forming element maH which allows you to describe numbers in the tens - ten, twenty, thirty and so on.

The next number-forming element covers the hundreds.

vatlh

The numbers for 100, 200, 300 and so on are as follows:-

wa'vatlh	100
cha'vatlh	200
wejvatlh	300
loSvatlh	400
vaghvatlh	500
javvatlh	600
Sochvatlh	700
chorghvatlh	800
Hutvatlh	900

Here are some numbers, all less than a thousand.

wa'vatlh	100
wa'vatlh wa'	101
wa'vatlh loS	104
wa'vatlh wa'maH	110
wa'vatlh wa'maH chorgh	118
wa'vatlh cha'maH vagh	125
wa'vatlh loSmaH loS	144
wa'vatlh javmaH Hut	169
wa'vatlh HutmaH jav	196
cha'vatlh Soch	207
cha'vatlh wa'maH jav	216
cha'vatlh vaghmaH jav	256
wejvatlh wejmaH wej	333
wejvatlh loSmaH wej	343
loSvatlh HutmaH jav	496
vaghvatlh wa'maH cha'	512
javvatlh wa'	601
javvatlh wa'maH jav	616
javvatlh javmaH jav	666
Sochvatlh cha'maH Hut	729
chorghvatlh chorgh	808
Hutvatlh	900
Hutvatlh HutmaH Hut	999

Note the numbers 101, 104, 207, 601 and 808, where there is no tens component. The unit figure just comes straight after the hundreds figure.

wejvatlh wa'	301
vaghvatlh wej	503
Sochvatlh jav	706

Reading Out The Numbers

There are two ways of reading out numbers: using the number-forming elements -maH, -vatlh and so on, and simply saying each number in turn. If reading out the digits, zeroes are important and must be counted.

This is how you can count out non-integer numbers with decimal portions. The decimal point counter separating the integer part from the decimal part is vI':-

wej jav jav pagh cha' Soch	366027
loS pagh loS pagh vagh jav	404056
cha' pagh wej mI' 'oH Dochvam'e'	This is Number 203
wej jav Soch vI' vagh Hut wa' 'oH rI'Se'wI''e'	My hailing frequency is 367.591

Percentages

The Klingon for percent is vatlhvI':-

cha'maH vagh vatlhvI'	25%, one quarter
vaghmaH vatlhvI'	50%, one half
javmaH vagh vatlhvI'	65%

Next: The thousands.