1. Overview

1.1 Origins of this FAQ

1.2 The Klingon Language Institute and the tlhIngan Hol mailing list

1.2.1 Who are the grammarians? Who's in charge here?

1.2.2 Who's the current Beginner's Grammarian?

1.2.3 Help! How do I unsubscribe from this list!

1.2.4 What's this "welcoming letter" I keep hearning about?

1.2.5 What are the rules for this list?

1.3 What materials are there for learning Klingon?

1.3.1 The Klingon Dictionary

1.3.2 Conversational Klingon

1.3.3 Power Klingon

1.3.4 The Klingon Way

1.3.5 Star Trek: Klingon CD-ROM

1.3.6 The Klingon Postal Course

1.3.7 Klingon Educational Virtual Environment

1.3.8 Klingon for the Galactic Traveler

2. Introduction / Newcomers

2.1 How do I say "my name is..."?

2.2 How do I choose a Klingon name?

2.3 How do I translate "Bubba" (or any name) into Klingon?

2.4 What does KLBC mean? / What is the KLBC?

2.5 I've just finished reading TKD and I'm translating The Illiad into Klingon; anyone want to help?

2.6 I keep seeing words that I can't find in TKD, like mon; how am I supposed to know what they mean?

2.7 How do I use words like "asparagus" when writing Klingon? Should I write it phonetically in Klingon?

2.8 Why do so many Klingons seem to have names that don't even fit into Klingon phonology?

2.9 What's the big deal with capitalization when writing Klingon?  Is it important?

2.10 I just heard Worf say ooga-booga to Dax.  What does that mean?

2.11 Can we use punctuation when writing Klingon?

2.12 Can someone give me a list of all the Klingon words?

2.13 What is pIqaD? Does the Klingon writing I see on TV mean anything? Where can I learn how to read/write pIqaD?

2.14 When is The Klingon Encyclopedia coming out? Where can I get it?

2.15 Where can I get the words to the Warrior's Anthem?

2.16 Where can I go to learn about general grammar terminology?

2.17 Is Klingon included in Unicode?

3. Language Issues

3.1 What's the difference between TENSE and ASPECT? How I do indicate past tense in Klingon?

3.2 Hey! 'IwlIj jachjaj has the wrong word order! What gives?

3.3 How do I quote someone in Klingon. (The guard said, "Stop!")

3.4 How do I indicate an indirect object ("give the knife to me")? Is there such a thing as an IO in Klingon?

3.5 How do I mark the head noun of a relative clause?

3.6 What's this "ship in which I fled" issue? (How do I say, "the ship in which I fled"?)

3.7 Can I use a relative clause without an explicit head noun?

3.8 The mysterious DOUBLE PREDICATE CAUSITIVES

3.9 What does transitive / intransitive mean?

3.10 What is "canon"?

3.11 What is the "prefix trick"?

3.12 3.12 Where can I find out about new grammar rules?