Quarters
Klingon Basic Conversation 1
Chapter 11 · Quarters & Lodging
🛏️ Quarters & Lodging — pa'
The usual "hotel" chapter becomes a chapter about quarters, as agreed in the outline. By the end of this chapter you will be able to ask for a room and a bed, say how many nights you need, ask where the door or the washroom is, and say what you need with the suffix -nIS from Klingon Grammar 1, Chapter 6. Everything uses patterns you already know: object, then verb, with the prefix naming who does what.
① I Want a Room — pa' vIneH
② How Many Nights? — ram 'ar?
③ A Bed — QongDaq vIghajnIS
④ Where Is the Door? — lojmIt nuqDaq?
⑤ The Hotel — mebpa'Daq
⑥ The Officers' Quarters — yaS pa'
🗝️ Key Phrases — Gravaj Hol
Klingon has no formal and informal "you", and no "please". The table shows the blunt forms.
| Situation | Klingon | Say it | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| I want a room | pa' vIneH. | pa' vi-neH | |
| How many rooms? | pa' 'ar DaneH? | pa' 'ar Da-neH | 'ar as in Chapter 3 |
| I sleep three nights | wej ram jIQong. | wej ram ji-Qong | number + noun |
| I need a bed | QongDaq vIghajnIS. | Qong-Daq vi-ghaj-nIS | -nIS "need" on the verb |
| Where is the door? | lojmIt nuqDaq? | loj-mIt nuq-Daq | |
| We sleep at the hotel | mebpa'Daq maQong. | meb-pa'-Daq ma-Qong | place + -Daq |
| I do not need a room | pa' vIghajnISbe'. | pa' vi-ghaj-nIS-be' | -be' after -nIS |
Three verbs with the prefixes you know:
| Verb | I | you | we |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qong (sleep) | jIQong | bIQong | maQong |
| ghaj (have) + object | vIghaj | Daghaj | wIghaj |
| neH (want) + object | vIneH | DaneH | wIneH |
📖 Vocabulary — Vortaro
20 key words. The Say it column shows the syllables.
| # | Klingon | Say it | English | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pa' | pa' | room | noun |
| 2 | lojmIt | loj-mIt | door, gate | noun |
| 3 | QongDaq | Qong-Daq | bed | noun |
| 4 | mebpa' | meb-pa' | hotel | noun |
| 5 | yaS pa' | yaS pa' | officers' quarters | noun |
| 6 | SopmeH pa' | Sop-meH pa' | dining room | noun |
| 7 | puchpa' | puch-pa' | washroom | noun |
| 8 | Qong | Qong | sleep | verb |
| 9 | ghaj | ghaj | have | verb |
| 10 | neH | neH | want | verb |
| 11 | -nIS | -nIS | need (suffix) | suffix |
| 12 | ram | ram | night | noun |
| 13 | jaj | jaj | day | noun |
| 14 | nuqDaq | nuq-Daq | where | question |
| 15 | -Daq | -Daq | at, to (suffix) | suffix |
| 16 | 'ar | 'ar | how many | question |
| 17 | QaQ | QaQ | be good | adj |
| 18 | -be' | -be' | not (suffix) | suffix |
| 19 | HIja' | HI-ja' | yes | phrase |
| 20 | ghobe' | gho-be' | no | phrase |
📜 Reading — LaD
A short text using only words you know.
True or false? (a) The speaker wants two rooms. (b) The speaker sleeps three nights. (c) The speaker needs a bed. (d) The door is to the left.
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(a) False: wa' pa' is one room. (b) True. (c) True: QongDaq vIghajnIS. (d) False: nIHDaq is right.
✍️ Try It Yourself — Ekzercoj
Say each answer out loud first, then click to check.
1. Say "I want a room" and "I need a bed".
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pa' vIneH. · QongDaq vIghajnIS.
2. Say "I sleep two nights" and ask someone how many nights they sleep.
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cha' ram jIQong. · ram 'ar bIQong?
3. Ask where the door is and where the hotel is.
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lojmIt nuqDaq? · nuqDaq mebpa'?
4. Say "I do not need a room".
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pa' vIghajnISbe'.
5. Say "we sleep at the hotel".
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mebpa'Daq maQong.
6. Use -meH to name a "dining room" (Sop + -meH + pa').
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SopmeH pa'