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updated: 2012-07-09 19:27:02+02
created: 1998-02-25
author: zrajm
year: 1998-2012
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A Quick Reference to Locations in Klingon
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In the English language places are indicated with adverbs and/or prepositions,
this is not the case in Klingon however (which do not have any prepositions).
To express locative concepts in Klingon one mostly make use of one of the
following Type 5 noun suffixes:

<table>
  <tr><td>{-Daq}<td><<locative>> (n)<td><small>[TKD 3.3.5]</small>
  <tr><td>{-vo'}<td><<from>> (n)<td><small>[TKD 3.3.5]</small>
</table>

{-Daq} is used to express that something takes place in the vicinity of,
inside, or in the direction towards a noun. While {-vo'} indicates that
something is going in a direction away from the noun. E.g.

<table class=noborder>
  <tr><td>{DujwIj<u>Daq</u> jIHtaH}<td><<I'm <u>in</u> my ship.>>
  <tr><td>{juHwIj<u>Daq</u> jIHtaH}<td><<I'm <u>at</u> my home.>>
  <tr><td>{juHwIj<u>Daq</u> jIjaH}<td><<I'm going <u>to</u> my home.>>
  <tr><td>{juHwIj<u>vo'</u> jIjaH}<td><<I'm going <u>away from</u> my home.>>
</table>

Klingon uses nouns to express more complex spatial relationships (these words
are adverbs in English) this means that for example the word {Dat} should be
interpreted as something like <<the everwhere place>> or <<all places>>. And a
phase like {Dat qalegh} (meaning <<I see you everywhere>>) is literally <<I see
you in all places>>. Likewise {poSwIjDaq qalegh} (meaning <<I see you to my
left>>) is literally <<I see you in my left area>>.

<table>
  <caption>These nouns never take the {-Daq} suffix. <small>[TKD 3.3.5]</small></caption>
  <tr><td>{Dat}<td><<everywhere, all places >> (n)
  <tr><td>{naDev}<td><<here, hereabouts >> (n)
  <tr><td>{pa'}<td><<there, over there, thereabouts >> (n)
</table>

Here's a list of some [location nouns](/dict/?q=tag:placement+pos:noun) in
Klingon:

<table>
<tr><td>{vogh}<td><<somewhere>> (n)<td><small>[TKD]</small>
<tr><td>{nIH}<td><<right (side)>> (n)<td><small>[TKD]</small>
<tr><td>{poS}<td><<left (side)>> (n)<td><small>[TKD]</small>
<tr><td>{tlhop}<td><<front, area in front of>> (n)<td><small>[KGT]</small>
<tr><td>{'em}<td><<behind, area behind>> (n)<td><small>[KGT]</small>
<tr><td>{Dung}<td><<area above, area overhead>> (n)<td><small>[TKD]</small>
<tr><td>{bIng}<td><<area below, area under>> (n)<td><small>[TKD]</small>
<tr><td>{retlh}<td><<area beside, area next to>> (n)<td><small>[TKD]</small>
<tr><td>{joj}<td><<area between>> (n)<td><small>[KGT]</small>
<tr><td>{qoD}<td><<inside, interior>> (n)<td><small>[KGT]</small>
<tr><td>{Hur}<td><<outside>> (n)<td><small>[TKD]</small>
</table>

And, finally, these are [verbs to describe size and
position](/dict/?q=cat:placement+pos:verb) of objects:

<table>
<tr><td>{yoy}<td><<be upside down>> (v)<td><small>[TKD]</small>
<tr><td>{ngaS}<td><<contain (have inside)>> (v)<td><small>[TKD]</small>
<tr><td>{Sum}<td><<be near, be nearby>> (v)<td><small>[KGT]</small>
<tr><td>{Hop}<td><<be remote, be far>> (v)<td><small>[TKD]</small>
<tr><td>{tIn}<td><<be big>> (v)<td><small>[TKD]</small>
<tr><td>{mach}<td><<be small>> (v)<td><small>[TKD]</small>
<tr><td>{tIq}<td><<be long, lengthy (of an object)>> (v)<td><small>[TKD]</small>
<tr><td>{run}<td><<be short (in stature)>> (v)<td><small>[KGT]</small>
</table>

And that concludes this quick reference to locations in Klingon.

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