The Languages of the Stars:  

Constructed Languages in Fact, and Science Fiction

Klingon 1

tlhIngan Hol is a constructed language but as complex as any natural language. With an understanding of the rules and vocabulary, it can be used to communicate, tell stories, command starships and more!

Basic Sentence structure:

In English word order is usually

subject	verb	object
mother	sees	a ship

Klingon word order  is the opposite of this, putting the object of the sentence (if there is one) first:

object	verb	subject
Duj	legh	SoS
a ship	sees	mother

tlhIngan Hol also uses special verb prefixes to indicate the subject and object in a sentence. A sentence  may be nothing but a verb with a prefix.

object	verb+subject
Duj	vIlegh
a ship	I see

If you wanted to say "I see you" all that you would need to do is take the verb for "see" (legh) and add the prefix for

I —> you, (qa-).

So to say "I see you" you would simply say

qalegh

To say I read the book, say book (paq) and the prefix for I -> it (vI-) and read (laD)

paq vIlaD

Klingon Verb Prefixes

Some of the Klingon Verb Prefixes

	subject->object	Klingon Prefix
I	I ->(no object)	jI-
	1 -> you	qa-
	I -> it	vI-
You	you- >(no object)	bI-
	you ->me	cho-
	you -> it	Da-
It	It->me	mu-
	It-> you	Du-
	It -> us	nu-
We	we (no object)	ma-
	we->it	wI-

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