[221] in tlhIngan-Hol
time of day (II)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Mar 2 21:51:56 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: Mon, 2 Mar 92 16:18:49 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 a somewhat
"authoritative" answer. Here's what I have. My thanks to Krankor,
Larry Oshins, and Kevin Iga for their inputs.
Since we're talking about terran time, we use terran units (24 hour
day beginning at midnight), but say it in Klingon. I am convinced
that the use of AM and PM is so foreign to Klingon that all time is
expressed in a continuous-hour clock (like military time).
Numbers are:
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'
13 wa'maH wej
etc.
Other words:
about -Hey
midnight ramjep
Noon pemjep
o'clock rep(mey)
half bID
to ratlh
Examples:
The program has several different modes (use before 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
6:30 AM Half Past Six jav je bID
8:24 AM About Eight Twenty-Five chorgh cha'maH vaghHey
10:07 AM Seven Past Ten wa'maH je Soch
(note use of je since wa'maH Soch is 17!)
1:00 AM One O'clock wa' rep
4:00 PM Four O'clock wa'maH jav repmey
7:52 PM Seven Fifty-Two pm Soch vaghmaH cha'
9:15 PM Quarter Past Nine cha'maH wa' wa'maH vagh
10:54 PM Six To Eleven cha'maH cha' 'ej ratlh jav
12:00 AM Noon pemjep
12:00 PM Midnight ramjep
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