Klingon — top 136 words

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#	Klingon	English
1		I, me
2		you (singular)
3		he/she (a being capable of language)
4		it (not capable of language)
5		we, us
6		you (plural)
7		they/them (language-capable beings)
8		they/them (things not capable of language)
9		Klingon (person)
10		language
11		man
12		woman
13		child
14		officer
15		ship; instinct
16		knife
17		bat'leth (Klingon sword)
18		empire
19		Kronos (the Klingon homeworld)
20		serpent worm; error
21		food
22		alcohol, liquor
23		blood
24		honour
25		heart
26		father
27		mother
28		love; beloved
29		friend
30		room
31		enemy
32		name
33		duty station
34		see
35		speak, say
36		sleep
37		walk
38		eat
39		drink
40		kill
41		die
42		hit, strike
43		proclaim, announce
44		discover, find
45		think
46		reside at, inhabit
47		aid, assist
48		want
49		arrive
50		stop, cease
51		read
52		hate
53		fire (a torpedo)
54		be good
55		understand
56		what?
57		who?
58		when?
59		why?
60		how?
61		where?
62		what do you want? (standard greeting)
63		zero
64		one
65		two
66		three
67		four
68		five
69		six
70		seven
71		eight
72		nine
73		x10 (tens): wa'maH = 10
74		x100 (hundreds): wa'vatlh = 100
75		x1,000 (thousands): wa'SaD = 1,000
76		x10,000: wa'netlh = 10,000
77		x100,000: wa'bIp = 100,000
78		x1,000,000: wa''uy' = 1,000,000
79		ordinal suffix: wa'DIch = first
80		'times' suffix: wa'logh = once
81		augmentative - big, important, great
82		diminutive - small, minor
83		endearment - used affectionately
84		plural (language-using beings); also verb perfective aspect
85		plural (body parts)
86		plural (general / scattered)
87		so-called (dismissive)
88		apparent, seeming
89		definite, real (emphatic)
90		my (inanimate)
91		my (animate); also verb nominaliser 'one who...'
92		your (inanimate)
93		your (animate); also verb continuous aspect (to an endpoint)
94		his/her/its (inanimate)
95		their (inanimate)
96		our (inanimate)
97		locative - at, in, on, to
98		from (source of movement)
99		for, to (benefactive)
100		topic/emphasis marker (required in 'to be' sentences)
101		oneself (reflexive)
102		one another (reciprocal)
103		need to
104		willing to
105		ready to
106		afraid to
107		begin to (inchoative)
108		resume, do again
109		cause, make (causative)
110		indefinite subject (passive-like 'one')
111		can, be able to
112		clearly, perfectly
113		certainly, undoubtedly
114		seemingly, apparently
115		perfective - intentional completion
116		continuous - ongoing action
117		honorific - addressing a superior
118		when, as soon as
119		if (conditional)
120		before (temporal clause)
121		while (with -taH)
122		because of, due to
123		which, that (relative clause)
124		nominaliser - verb to abstract noun
125		not (negation)
126		Success! (farewell and toast)
127		May you die with honour
128		Yes
129		No
130		I am a Klingon
131		I don't understand
132		Speak! (command)
133		I love you (lit. 'I un-hate you')
134		I speak Klingon
135		Today is a good day to die
136		Kill the enemy! (command)