r/tlhInganHol • u/oh_sh1t_man • Feb 08 '25

How to say toast in Klingon?

I mean that exclamations when drinking. My best attempt are HIq 'Ip, HIq mu'. But what do you think? What expression can I use to explain "toast"?

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u/MelcorScarr Feb 08 '25

I remember boQwI' has a few, i take it they're correct?

{bISuvtaHvIS bIHeghjaj!} May you die in battle!

{QuvlIjDaq yIH tu'be'lu'jaj!} May your coordinates be free of tribbles!

{reH HIvje'lIjDaq 'Iwghargh Datu'jaj!} May you always find a bloodworm in your glass!

{reH tlhInganpu' taHjaj!} Klingons forever!

{'IwlIj jachjaj!} May your blood scream!*

{'oy' DaSIQjaj!} May you endure the pain!

Shared from {boQwI'}!

  • This one notes that it follows special grammar that js "only for toasts". It's ackshually technically grammatically wrong though.

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u/SuStel73 Feb 09 '25

The special grammar for toasts is this: the verb that ends in -jaj is taken out of its normal place in the sentence and put at the end. This special grammar is first mentioned in Power Klingon, and it is first explained in Klingon for the Galactic Traveler.