The scientist studies the sky

Beginners, welcome!

Today's Klingon lesson will focus on the basic structure of the Klingon language:

Object-Verb-Subject

Let's look directly at one sentence to see how it works:

chal HaD tej = the scientist studies the sky

Here we can break it down into three parts:

Contrary to English (Subject-Verb-Object), Klingon uses Object-Verb-Subject order.

That means the Subject comes last, and the Object comes first.

Compare with:

yuQ HaD tej = the scientist studies the planet (yuQ = planet)

Only the first word changed—in Klingon that's the object.

In short:

[X] HaD tej = the scientist studies [X]

Where [X] can be anything the scientist is studying.

You can swap in other verbs or subjects too:

chal legh tej = the scientist sees the sky (legh = see)

chal legh be' = the woman sees the sky (be' = woman)

Now try making your own sentences and share them in the Learn Klingon group!

A few words to get you started:

Feel free to browse the Klingon Dictionary for more words.

Qapla'!

Prepared by Aurélie Demonchaux (ghItlhjaj)