Klingon/Time
< Klingon
Telling time in Klingon.
Present
[edit | edit source]- jajlo’ - dawn
- po - morning
- pem - daytime
- pemjep - midday
- pov - afternoon
- choS - twilight
- ram - night
- ramjep - midnight
- DIS - year
- jar - month
- Hogh - week
- jaj - day (from dawn to dawn)
- rep - hour
- tup - minute (of time)
- lup - second (of time)
Past
[edit | edit source]- ben - years ago
- wen - months ago
- Hu’ - days ago
- ret - time period ago
- qen - recently, a short time ago
The words ben years ago, wen months ago, and Hu’ days ago can be immediately preceded by any number to form a time expression, while ret time period ago must be preceded by a number and the name of a time period. Here are some examples:
- wejvatlh ben - three hundred years ago, three centuries ago
- wa’maH wen - ten months ago
- wa’Hu’ - yesterday, one day ago
- vagh tup ret - five minutes ago
Future
[edit | edit source]- nem - years from now
- waQ - months from now
- leS - days from now