By The Numbers 3: Thousands

We last looked at the numbers, and the tens number-forming elements maH tens and vatlh hundreds. Now let's look at the nunber-forming element for the thousands.

SaD, SanID thousand

Like maH tens and vatlh hundreds, SaD thousand is used in numbers. Unlike the first two, there are actually two number-forming elements for thousands:- SaD and SanID. Both can be used interchangeably.

Here are the thousands numbers, from 1,000 to 9,000.

wa'SaD	1,000
cha'SaD	2,000
wejSaD	3,000
loSSaD	4,000
vaghSaD	5,000
javSaD	6,000
SochSaD	7,000
chorghSaD	8,000
HutSaD	9,000

These could easily be written as

wa'SanID	1,000
cha'SanID	2,000
wejSanID	3,000
loSSanID	4,000
vaghSanID	5,000
javSanID	6,000
SochSanID	7,000
chorghSanID	8,000
HutSanID	9,000

Forming Thousands

Here are some of the numbers you can form between one thousand and just below ten thousand. The number-forming element for tens of thousands will be the topic of the next lesson.

wa'SaD wa'	1,001
wa'SaD cha'vatlh wejmaH loS	1,234
wa'SanID Hutvatlh javmaH wej	1,963
cha'SaD wa'vatlh wej	2,103
wejSaD wejvatlh wejmaH wej	3,333
loSSaD wejvatlh cha'maH wa'	4,321
loSSaD Sochvatlh	4,700
loSSaD HutmaH jav	4,096
javSanID javvatlh javmaH jav	6,666
SochSaD wejvatlh chorghmaH Hut	7,389
chorghSaD cha'maH loS	8,024
HutSanID Hutvatlh HutmaH Hut	9,999

Haven't I Seen This Before?

loSSaD 4,000 probably triggers recognition in some of you. You've said it often enough, most likely, without even thinking. loSSaD, of course, appears in one of the most famous Klingon proverbs ever uttered:-

qaStaHvIS wa' ram loSSaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD

Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man

Next: The number-forming element netlh ten thousand.