[211] in tlhIngan-Hol
time of day
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 16 19:20:47 1992
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: paul@delfin.com (Paul Black)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 92 11:05:40 PST
A program appeared on the net which converts time-of-day into English
or other languages. For example, 12:40 is "Twelve Forty." I want to
provide support for Klingon, but also want to give an "authoritative"
answer. Here's the best I can come up with.
I assume a 12 hour clock and use Okrand's orthography.
Numbers:
1 wa'
2 cha'
3 wej
4 loS
5 vagh
6 jav
7 Soch
8 chorgh
9 Hut
10 wa'maH
11 wa'maH wa'
12 wa'maH cha'
etc.
Other words:
(alternate?)
about -Hey naDev
midnight ramjep
Noon pemjep
o'clock rep(mey)
half bID
(no word for quarter)
past -vo' juSpu'
to -Daq ghoSpa'
AM po
PM pov
Examples:
The program has several different modes (use before or not, use am/pm
or not, and round to nearest five minutes), so I give the English and
the thlIngan.
time english thlIngan
-------- --------------------- ---------------------
2:03 AM Three Past Two am cha' wej po
7:52 PM Seven Fifty-Two pm Soch vaghmaH cha' pov
6:30 Half Past Six javvo' bID
8:24 About Eight Twenty-Five chorgh cha'maH vaghHey
1:00 One O'clock wa' rep
4:00 Four O'clock wa' repmey
9:15 Quarter Past Nine Hut wa'maH vagh
11:51 Nine To Twelve wa'maH wa'Daq Hut
12:00 AM Noon pemjep
12:00 PM Midnight ramjep
Paul E. Black Voice: +1 408 734 2400 ext. 253
Delfin Systems Domain: paul@delfin.com
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