Example Sentences
The KLI has hosted wordplay contests, with challenges to invent new Klingon phrases using natural language word play such as palindromes, pangrams, and spoonerisms. Winning sentences include:
- jIl moH ghajjaj jaghHomlIj
- May your rival have an ugly neighbor
- vIt'e' naD lalDan 'e' tIv
- He enjoys religion praising Truth
- tlhab 'oS 'Iw HoHwI' So' batlh
- Blood represents freedom; honor hides the killer
- romuluSngan Hol yIjatlh. He'So' QIchlIj.
- Speak Romulan! Your accent stinks.
- vavlI' quv Say'moHmeH nuj bIQ vIlo'chugh, nuj bIQ vIlammoH.
- If I use spit (mouth water) to clean your father's honor, I only dirty the spit.
- nov nay qoj neH. nav noy nej qoH.
- Only the cliff marries the alien. The fool searches for famous paper.
- rut lo' chav meb. lot ru' mev chab.
- Sometimes a guest achieves a use. The dumpling stops a minor catastrophe.
- pu'chaj buSlaH ngotlhwI'. cha'puj ngoSlaH butlhwI'.
- The fanatic can think only about his phaser. The dirt under my fingernails can melt dilithium.
- mo'Dajvo' pa'wIjDaq je narghpu' He'So'bogh SajlIj.
- Your stinking pet has escaped from its cage and appeared in my quarters.
- qajunpaQHeylIjmo' batlh DuSuvqang charghwI' 'It.
- Because of your apparent audacity the depressed conqueror is willing to fight you.
- nobwI''a'pu'qoqvam'e' nuHegh'eghrupqa'moHlaHbe'law'lI'neS SeH'eghtaHghach'a'na'chajmo'.
- The so-called great benefactors are seemingly unable to cause us to prepare to resume honorable suicide (in progress) due to their definite self control.
- be'HomDu'na'wIjtIq'a'Du'na'vaD ghureghqangqa'moHlaHqu'be'taH'a' Somraw'a'meyna'wIj'e'.
- Is it not that my many, large, scattered muscles are quite capable of swelling for the benefit of the hearts of many scattered girls?
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