A Joke in Klingon

[jIHaD]

QIt yIt chechwI'. ngaDHa' ghaH vaj Qutlh'eghmeH reDHom lo'. reD retlhDaq Qotbogh chechwI' latlh legh.
A drunk is walking slowly. He is unstable, therefore he uses a small wall to support himself. He finds antoher drunk lying next to the wall.
<quvHa''eghmoH! pa' bIQot, HoHlu'ta'bogh targh rur! SoHmo' jItuH.>
"You dishonor yourself! You lie there like a dead targh. I am ashamed because of you."
<bIyIt 'e' yItaH, petaQ! 'ach reD 'er'InDaq DaSIchDI', chay' bIvang?>
"Continue walking, p'tahk! But when you reach the end of the wall, what will you do?

[ter'eS]

rpH*



*ravDaq jIpum, jIHaghtaHvIS

[Kehlan]

How do you say "rofl" in Klingon?

[QoghtlhIH'u']

if rofl is: rolling on the floor laughing then
ravDaq jIpum jIHaghtaHvIs
comes close: I fall to the ground while I am laughing

compare:
chay' bIvang ->  how will you act
nuq Davang -> what will you do

HoHlu'ta'bogh targh - targh which someone/something killed
targh Hegh - dead targh

[ter'eS]

if rofl is: rolling on the floor laughing then
ravDaq jIpum jIHaghtaHvIs
comes close: I fall to the ground while I am laughing

Sorry; I thought this was the Klingon-only forum.

rav 'floor'
-Daq locative; 'on'
jI- verb prefix; 'I-no object'
pum 'to fall'
Hagh 'to laugh'
-taHvIS compound verb suffix 'while Xing'

This isn't the slightest bit official, just something I made up a few years ago.

[jIHaD]

compare:
chay' bIvang ->  how will you act
nuq Davang -> what will you do

chay' bIvang seemed more Klingon-ish to me, but "what will you do?" seemed like what an English speaker would say. So I guess  i was being idiomatic in my translation.

HoHlu'ta'bogh targh - targh which someone/something killed
targh Hegh - dead targh

I wasn't aware that Hegh could be used as an adjective.

[ter'eS]

compare:
chay' bIvang ->  how will you act
nuq Davang -> what will you do

chay' bIvang seemed more Klingon-ish to me, but "what will you do?" seemed like what an English speaker would say. So I guess  i was being idiomatic in my translation.

As far as I know, vang 'to act' does not take objects.

HoHlu'ta'bogh targh - targh which someone/something killed
targh Hegh - dead targh

I wasn't aware that Hegh could be used as an adjective.

As far as I know, it can't. It doesn't mean "to be dead", it means "to die", so Heghpu'bogh targh 'dead targ' vs. targh HoHlu'ta'bogh 'killed targ' (since a targ could die from natural causes as well as being killed).

[QoghtlhIH'u']

qIDvam vIHoH 'e' vInIDlaw'mo' vIpay
I regret it seemed I tried to kill this joke...


 

[Kehlan]

qIDvam vIHoH 'e' vInIDlaw'mo' vIpay
I regret it seemed I tried to kill this joke...

Do not regret - killing is natural to klingons and even a joke may be an honourable target

*ravDaq jIpum jIHaghtaHvIs*

[klingonwarrior13]

HA HA HA klingonwarrior13 is pleased