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Klingonese help needed

starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
in Klingon Discussion
Trying to name a Klingon ship and I need a grammar check. Right now I have IKS yInmey ghangwI’, which is supposed to translate as something like "one that ends lives prematurely". Did I get that right?
"Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
— Sabaton, "Great War"
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  • rezkingrezking Member Posts: 1,109 Arc User
    Then, you should know 2 things:
    1) Some words don't exist,
    2) There is no one authority on the language.

    Kind of sad, really.
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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    rezking wrote: »
    Then, you should know 2 things:
    1) Some words don't exist,
    2) There is no one authority on the language.

    Kind of sad, really.

    Well, I know enough of how the language works (at least according to Marc Okrand's material) to get the basic words right. "yIn" is "life", "ghang" is "to end prematurely". The rest of it is prefixes and suffixes, e.g. "wI'" for turning a verb into an action noun ("ender" in this case).

    I just need somebody to check behind me.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
  • ryakidrysryakidrys Member Posts: 830 Arc User
    Bing translator has a Klingon language setting. It could be very helpful.
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