"I salute you all! I speak the Klingon language."

I see there are over 40 members of this list. I'm going to endeavor to make it active. So, I'll be posting learning resources, and a daily attempt at a sentence. While I have written a play in Klingon ("A Klingon Christmas Carol"), I am not actually fluent in the language at all. I am a learner, like you. So... this will be my attempt to get better and grow.

Qapla' balth je!

pItlh!

When I'm in need of a quick reference, a parsing of a syllable, or an activity to brush up a bit, I turn to https://hol.kag.org/ . That's the Hol 'ampaS at the Klingon Assault Group's website. KAG is a fan club for all things Klingon. Hol 'ampaS is run by Chris Lipscombe, who translated "A Klingon Christmas Carol", along with quite a few other projects now. This is the first place I turn when I need a definitive answer about something Klingon quickly. I also use the Klingon Word Find when I'm teaching language lessons to actors.

The link again: https://hol.kag.org/

amirite?

"I enjoy learning the Klingon Language"

or, breaking it down, I think I (essentially) said: "I learn Klingon. I enjoy it."

Thoughts?

As I'm posting resources to assist those of us learning the language, I figured I should start with the grandaddy of them all. The KLI has been around for a long time, and it is a wonderful group of people who are very supportive of Klingon students. So, their website: https://www.kli.org/

There are other resources I'll post over the next few days, but if one believes that people are the best resource, then these are the people you need to know.

"My doctor performs surgery on me tomorrow"

Sorry I've been offline the last few days. I will try to be more dependable in the future with my sample sentences. Also... starting tomorrow night while I am physically incapacitated, I'm going to try to launch Tuesday Talk nights: A discussion thread for those who want to join. Klingon only! Although, while I say that, it won't be good Klingon from my standpoint. Just making sure that we're all trying to communicate in the Hol as much as possible in that thread. Cool?

Hoghvam jo'ley' qoDDaQ wIQong be'nalwI' JIH je.

"My wife and I sleep inside a tent this week" ... "My wife and I are going camping this weekend".

I couldn't figure out how to come close to saying the latter English sentence, so I attempted the first one. Not really sure if I even came close.

"I laugh because of this picture" or "This photo makes me laugh".

There is a good chance that I've slaughtered the posted sentence. That happens most of the time when I try to use noun suffixes. Anyway... there's a story behind this one. And a photo (see below). So... I'm translating a Castellano play into English, and it's by the same author as I translated a couple of years ago. He uses "maldito" as a pejorative with some frequency. In my translation, I chose to use the word "bastard" in one instance, and "villain" in another (The play is from the mid 1800s). My editor suggested that I use "wretch" instead. So, when the term was in today's text, I decided to see how the online translation engines handled the word. Thing is, I hadn't realized that the last time I used Bing to translate anything must have been back during the qep'a' or something like that. Anyway... I had a bit of a surprise today when typing in the phrase from the script, and this was the result:

This site has all sorts of information. It is constantly growing, and can introduce you to interesting factoids about the language, its creation, and the people who are involved in the greater jaltlhwI'pu' community.

Here's the link: http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/MainPage

"I am certainly tired" ... "I'm really tired"

I'm putting off the discussion thread until tomorrow. I'm more exhausted than I expected to be.

"I hurt my left shoulder" or "I injured my left-side's shoulder".

I missed the last few days of posting. Sorry about that. Anyway... I have hurt my rotator cuff. I'm about to go to physical therapy, ergo the sentence above. How'd I do?

Anyone else want to try to do a daily sentence? It's great practice!

I've heard it referred to as both on the show, which do you prefer?

I would like to learn Klingon. I think we can get others who want to learn, people who speak Klingon, and others to join this subreddit.