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DaHjaj Hol 110805 – collide with #tlhIngan #tlh

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Hello, and welcome. You’re listening to DaHjaj Hol, your daily dose of Klingon language. I’m your host, Lawrence Schoen.

We’ve reached the end of the work week, and so as is our custom we turn onces more to the pages of Marc Okrand’s Klingon for the Galactic Traveler for a special bit of vocabulary. Today’s selection is the verb ngeQ. NG, E, Capital Q. ngeQ means collide with or bump into or run into. Here are some examples of how you might use it.

romuluSngan Duj ngeQ HoD Duj
the captain’s ship collided with the Romulan ship

jIchechmo’ chom vIngeQpu’
because I was drunk, I ran into the bartender

novvam DangeQ ‘ej nuHDaj Datlhap
you bumped into that alien and took his weapon


You could treat these words you get on Fridays as a serious challenge. Sure, most of them are obscure, and many show up only infrequently in most conversations, if at all. But doesn’t that just make the contest more interesting? More a challenge? Youd didn’t take up the study of Klingon because you wanted something easy. No, you’re here to open worlds! qo’mey poSmoH Hol.

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