The first-person singular pronoun ‘I’ or ‘me,’ alongside separate technological senses for a viewing screen and for keeping something under observation.
motlh ray' luSamlaHmeH De' Qatlh cha' tlhIngan Duj jIH'a'
A Klingon ship's main viewer is usually overlaid with a complex target-acquisition grid.
QIH legh HoD 'ej jIH tI'
The captain sees the damage and repairs the viewing screen.
jIHvaD ngoDvam jatlh 'Iv?
Who told me this?
QIn cha' jIH
The viewing screen displays a message.
qach wIjIHtaH maH
We are monitoring the building.
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bej
Meanings
I or me
pronoun
language
neutral
The first-person singular pronoun for the speaker. With an ordinary verb it adds emphasis or clarity because the agreement prefix already marks the speaker, and it also serves as the predicate in nominal identity statements.
Examples
qalegh jIH
I see you.
jIH cholegh SoH
You see me.
jIqet jIH 'ach bIyIt SoH
I run, but you walk.
tlhIngan jIH
I am a Klingon.
jIHvaD ngoDvam jatlh 'Iv?
Who told me this?
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Viewing screen or monitor
noun
technology
neutral
A screen or monitor used to show visual information, especially the viewer aboard a spacecraft. The augmentative jIH'a' refers to a main viewing screen.
Examples
motlh ray' luSamlaHmeH De' Qatlh cha' tlhIngan Duj jIH'a'
A Klingon ship's main viewer is usually overlaid with a complex target-acquisition grid.
jIHDaq HaSta yIcha'!
Show the visual display on the viewing screen!
Qapbe' jIH
The viewing screen is not working.
QIn cha' jIH
The viewing screen displays a message.
QIH legh HoD 'ej jIH tI'
The captain sees the damage and repairs the viewing screen.
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Monitor or keep watch on
verb
observation
neutral
To observe a person, place, signal, or situation over time in order to track activity or changes.
Examples
jolbogh ghom wa'DIch DamuvlaHmeH De' DaneHchugh, Se'vam yIjIHtaH!
To learn how to join the first group to beam aboard, keep monitoring this frequency!
jagh vIjIHtaH
I am monitoring the enemy.
Duj yIjIH!
Monitor the ship!
Qo'noS jIHtaH HoD
The captain is monitoring Kronos.
qach wIjIHtaH maH
We are monitoring the building.
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bej
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