nuqneH

tlh

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que veux-tu ?, salutation traditionnelle

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Une ouverture de conversation klingonne abrupte qui signifie « que veux-tu ? », souvent glosée comme salutation mais culturellement différente de bonjour.

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Exemples

tera'ngan leghDI' tlhIngan, nuqneH jatlh.
Quand le Klingon voit le Terrien, il dit : que veux-tu ?
tlhIngan jatlh: nuqneH?
Le Klingon dit : que veux-tu ?
nuqneH?
Que veux-tu ?
lojmItDaq Qam 'avwI' 'ej nuqneH jatlh.
Le garde se tient à la porte et dit que veux-tu ?
qaghomDI', nuqneH Dajatlh.
Quand je te rencontre, tu dis que veux-tu ?

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Usage

Écrire nuqneH en minuscules sauf le H final majuscule. Le mot demande le but de l'approche, ce n'est pas un bonjour amical.

Erreurs courantes

nuqneh perd le H majuscule, qui représente en klingon un son distinct du h minuscule.

Étymologie

De nuq, quoi, et neH, vouloir. Le matériel pédagogique du KLI le décrit comme une forme abrégée de nuq DaneH, que veux-tu.

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Pearl Raven

19 hours ago

I still say it at my phone when an unknown number calls lol

Polar Badger

6 days ago

this word is basically why Klingon is fun, even the hello is impatient

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Silver Loon

Jul 9

qaStaH nuq? is the separate what is happening? phrase. I have seen beginners treat it like a softer nuqneH, but it is asking a different question.

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Stormy Leopard

Jul 8

Riker's line in The Emissary is nuqneH, qaleghneS. The respectful bit is qaleghneS, not nuqneH itself.

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Solar Heron

Jul 5

neH can mean only in other sentences. In nuqneH it is the verb want, so dont use this one word as proof that neH always means want.

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Dashing Cheetah

Jun 30

People at cons use nuqneH as the showy way to say hi, and everybody understands the joke. If you are trying to write in-universe Klingon dialogue though, having warriors greet every passerby with it feels very Terran.

Warm Warbler

Jul 4

at conventions its fine, everyone knows you mean Klingon hello

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Jolly Jay

Jun 24

also dont write NuqneH just because English starts sentences with capitals. Klingon case follows the letters, not sentence position.

Jovial Elk

Jun 26

Duolingo autocapitalized it on me once and then marked other caps wrong, rude

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Hardy Nightingale

Jun 24

The final H is not decorative caps. In the usual spelling H is its own Klingon letter, the rough German Bach or Scottish loch sound. nuqneh with small h looks wrong to people who read Klingon.

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Lunar Tanager

Jun 22

nuqneH is clipped from nuq DaneH. So if you try to rebuild the grammar and wonder where the Da- prefix went, thats the point, it is a frozen exclamation.

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Onyx Eagle

Jun 18

if someone says nuqneH to you in a practice dialogue, dont echo nuqneH back. Klingon for the Galactic Traveler has the part people forget: often you just get on with the business, or the answer can be yIjatlh!, Speak!. It is closer to state your business than handshake hello.

Sleek Kudu

Jun 20

the no-reply part always made me laugh. very Klingon, just continue the agenda

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