[[ [2013-04-09] added document Type: email Date: 6 November 2011 Title: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Specialism - Time Author: {qe'San} Summary: Many example phrases on how to tell time from the Eurotalk Klingon language course. ]] From: "Adm qe'San" To: "KLI Mailing List" Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 23:34:29 -0000 Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Specialism - Time Time - repmey one o'clock a.m. (01:00) - wa'vatlh rep one o'clock p.m. (13:00) - wa'maH wejvatlh rep two o'clock a.m. (02:00) - cha'vatlh rep two o'clock p.m. (14:00) - wa'maH loSvatlh rep three o'clock a.m. (03:00) - wejvatlh rep three o'clock p.m. (15:00) - wa'maH vaghvatlh rep four o'clock a.m. (04:00) - loSvatlh rep four o'clock p.m. (16:00) - wa'maH javvatlh rep five o'clock a.m. (05:00) - vaghvatlh rep five o'clock p.m. (17:00) - wa'maH Sochvatlh rep six o'clock a.m. (06:00) - javvatlh rep six o'clock p.m. (18:00) - wa'maH chorghvatlh rep seven o'clock a.m. (07:00) - Sochvatlh rep seven o'clock p.m. (19:00) - wa'maH Hutvatlh rep eight o'clock a.m. (08:00) - chorghvatlh rep eight o'clock p.m. (20:00) - cha'maH vatlh rep nine o'clock a.m. (09:00) - Hutvatlh rep nine o'clock p.m. (21:00) - cha'maH wa'vatlh rep ten o'clock a.m. (10:00) - wa'maH vatlh rep ten o'clock p.m. (22:00) - cha'maH cha'vatlh rep eleven o'clock a.m. (11:00) - wa'maH wa'vatlh rep eleven o'clock p.m. (23:00) - cha'maH wejvatlh rep twelve o'clock a.m. (12:00) - wa'maH cha'vatlh rep twelve o'clock p.m. (00:00) - pagh rep Five past five (5:05)a.m. - vaghvatlh vagh rep 5:05 p.m. (17:05) - wa'maH Sochvatlh vagh rep Ten past three (3:10)a.m. - wejvatlh wa'maH rep 3:10 p.m. (15:05) - wa'maH vaghvatlh wa'maH rep Quarter past six (6:15)a.m. - javvatlh wa'maH vagh rep 6:15 p.m. (18:15) - wa'maH chorghvatlh wa'maH vagh rep Twenty past two (2:20)a.m. - cha'vatlh cha'maH rep 2:20 p.m. (14:20) - wa'maH loSvatlh cha'maH rep Twenty-five past seven (7:25)a.m. - Sochvatlh cha'maH vagh rep 7:25 p.m. (19:25) - wa'maH Hutvatlh cha'maH vagh rep Half-past eight (8:30)a.m. - chorghvatlh wejmaH rep 8:30 p.m. (20:30) - cha'maH vatlh wejmaH rep Twenty to two (1:40)a.m. - wa'vatlh loSmaH rep 1:40 p.m. (13:40) - wa'maH wejvetlh loSmaH rep Quarter to ten (9:45)a.m. - Hutvatlh loSmaH vagh rep 9:45 p.m. (21:45) - cha'maH wa'vatlh loSmaH vagh rep Ten to eleven (10:50)a.m. - wa'maH vatlh vaghmaH rep 10:50 p.m. (22:50) - cha'maH cha'vatlh vaghmaH rep Five to twelve (11:55)a.m. - wa'maH wa'vatlh vaghmaH vagh rep 11:55 p.m. (23:55) - cha'maH wejvatlh vaghmaH vagh rep Five past eight (8:05)a.m. - chorghvatlh vagh rep 8:05 p.m. (20:05) - cha'maH vatlh vagh rep Ten past nine (9:10)a.m. - Hutvatlh wa'maH rep 9:10 p.m. (21:10) - cha'maH wa'vatlh wa'maH rep Quarter past four (4:15)a.m. - loSvatlh wa'maH vagh rep 4:15 p.m. (16:15) - wa'maH javvatlh wa'maH vagh rep Twenty past ten (10:20) a.m. - wa'maH vatlh cha'maH rep 10:20 p.m. (22:20) - cha'maH cha'vatlh cha'maH rep Twenty-five past twelve (12:25)p.m. - wa'maH cha'vatlh cha'maH vagh rep 12:25 a.m. (00:25) - pagh cha'maH vagh rep Half part five (5:30)a.m. - vaghvatlh wejmaH rep 5:30 p.m. (17:30) - wa'maH Sochvatlh wejmaH rep Twenty to twelve (11:40)a.m. - wa'maH wa'vatlh loSmaH rep 11:30 p.m. (23:40) - cha'maH wejvatlh loSmaH rep Quarter to eight (7:45)a.m. - Sochvatlh loSmaH vagh rep 7:45 p.m. (19:45) - wa'maH Hutvatlh loSmaH vagh rep Ten to one (12:50)p.m. - wa'maH cha'vatlh vaghmaH rep 12:50 a.m. (00:50) - pagh vaghmaH rep Five to seven (6:55)a.m. - javvatlh vaghmaH vagh rep 6:55 p.m. (18:55) - wa'maH chorghvatlh vaghmaH vagh rep Quarter past one (1:15)a.m. - wa'vatlh wa'maH vagh rep 1:15 p.m. (13:15) - wa'maH wejvatlh wa'maH vagh rep Half past two (2:30)a.m. - cha'vatlh wejmaH rep 2:30 p.m. (14:30) - wa'maH loSvatlh wejmaH rep Quarter to four (3:45) a.m. - wejvatlh loSmaH vagh rep 3:45 p.m. (15:45) - wa'maH vaghvatlh loSmaH vagh rep Twenty past four (4:20) a.m. - loSvatlh cha'maH rep 4:20 p.m. (16:20) - wa'maH javvatlh cha'maH rep ~~Quote~~ Marc Okrand Jon -- I thought about that when I was doing the time phrases. My thinking at the time was something like this: 9 hundred is Hutvatlh, as you say. Normal way to say "900." 10 hundred -- other than when talking about time -- probably wouldn't be said in Klingon. Instead, you'd say "one thousand" (wa'SaD, wa'SanID). So "10 hundred" is a specialized form for time only. The idea of telling time by using "hundreds" was borrowed by Klingons from some other culture, so it's already weird and therefore doesn't have to follow normal Klingon rules. I separated the vatlh from the wa'maH to show that it is a specialized usage of vatlh (wa'maHvatlh can't be a normal Klingon number). I left it attached to Hutvatlh and so on because they happen to be regular Klingon numbers anyway. For better or worse, that's was I was thinking. I think it's OK to have the vatlh as a separate word (though I'm sure it will spark a lot of discussion and probably some disagreement). All the best, - Marc _______________________________________________ Tlhingan-hol mailing list Tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org http://stodi.digitalkingdom.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol [[eof]]