Where You're From
Klingon Basic Conversation 1
Chapter 4 · Where You're From
🌍 Where You're From — mung
After your name and your age, the next question is where you come from. By the end of this chapter you will be able to say which world you come from, where you live, here and there, and which language you speak or are learning. The tools are two noun suffixes you met in Klingon Grammar 1: -Daq "at, in, on" and -vo' "from".
① Where Are You From? — munglIj nuq?
② An Earthling — tera' mungwIj
③ Where Do You Live? — nuqDaq bIyIn?
④ A Vulcan on Earth — tera'Daq vulqangan
⑤ Learning the Language — tlhIngan Hol vIghoj
⑥ Here and There — naDev, pa'
🗝️ Key Phrases — Gravaj Hol
Klingon has no formal and informal "you", so the table shows one form.
| Situation | Klingon | Say it | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where are you from? | munglIj nuq? | mung-lIj nuq | "what is your origin?" |
| I am from … | mungwIj 'oH … 'e'. | mung-wIj 'oH … 'e' | the same pattern as the name sentence |
| Where do you live? | nuqDaq bIyIn? | nuq-Daq bi-yIn | question word, then verb with bI- |
| I live on Kronos | Qo'noSDaq jIyIn. | Qo'-noS-Daq ji-yIn | place + -Daq, then the verb |
| from here | naDevvo' | na-Dev-vo' | here + -vo' |
| Do you speak Klingon? | tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh'a'? | tlhi-ngan Hol Da-jatlh-'a' | |
| I am learning Klingon | tlhIngan Hol vIghoj. | tlhi-ngan Hol vi-ghoj |
🔤 Worlds and Peoples — Qo'mey
Place name, then the person from there, built with -ngan "inhabitant":
| World | Klingon | Person | Klingon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kronos | Qo'noS | Klingon | tlhIngan |
| Earth | tera' | Earthling | tera'ngan |
| Vulcan | vulqan | Vulcan | vulqangan |
📖 Vocabulary — Vortaro
20 key words. The Say it column shows the syllables.
| # | Klingon | Say it | English | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mung | mung | origin, source | noun |
| 2 | -Daq | -Daq | at, in, on (suffix) | suffix |
| 3 | -vo' | -vo' | from (suffix) | suffix |
| 4 | -ngan | -ngan | inhabitant (suffix) | suffix |
| 5 | nuqDaq | nuq-Daq | where | question |
| 6 | Qo'noS | Qo'-noS | Kronos | noun |
| 7 | tera' | te-ra' | Earth | noun |
| 8 | vulqan | vul-qan | Vulcan | noun |
| 9 | vulqangan | vul-qan-gan | a Vulcan | noun |
| 10 | yuQ | yuQ | planet | noun |
| 11 | Hol | Hol | language | noun |
| 12 | tlhIngan Hol | tlhi-ngan Hol | the Klingon language | noun |
| 13 | naDev | na-Dev | here | adverb |
| 14 | pa' | pa' | there | adverb |
| 15 | yIn | yIn | live | verb |
| 16 | jatlh | jatlh | speak | verb |
| 17 | ghoj | ghoj | learn | verb |
| 18 | tlhIngan | tlhi-ngan | Klingon | noun |
| 19 | 'ach | 'ach | but | conj |
| 20 | 'ej | 'ej | and (joins sentences) | conj |
📜 Reading — LaD
A short text using only words you know.
True or false? (a) The speaker is from Kronos. (b) The speaker lives on Earth. (c) The speaker is learning Klingon. (d) The speaker cannot speak it at all.
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(a) False: tera' is Earth. (b) True. (c) True: vIghoj. (d) False: vIjatlh "I speak it".
✍️ Try It Yourself — Ekzercoj
Say each answer out loud first, then click to check.
1. Ask where someone is from, and say you are from Earth.
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munglIj nuq? · mungwIj 'oH tera''e'.
2. Ask where someone lives, and say you live on Kronos.
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nuqDaq bIyIn? · Qo'noSDaq jIyIn.
3. Say "from Kronos" and "on Earth".
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Qo'noSvo' · tera'Daq
4. Ask "do you speak Klingon?" and answer "yes, I am learning it".
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tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh'a'? · HIja', vIghoj.
5. Make the word for a person from Vulcan, and for a person from Earth.
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vulqangan · tera'ngan (place + -ngan).
6. Say "a Klingon lives there".
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pa' tlhIngan yIn. (Or put pa' where it suits you: adverbs come before the rest of the sentence.)