Practice 1-20 Toraya Vakavik

>>Practice 1-20 Toraya Vakavik (Frequent Activities)

How often do you do the following things, ein-wak (sometimes), k’ashiv (often), kwon-sum (always), worla (never).

_______________ Oren-tor k’t’hyle.
_______________ Is-tor svi’Internet na’tor nisau.
_______________ Mavau fi’shaht t’gadtra.
_______________ Glantau na’YouTube.
_______________ Tam-tor fi’Friday heh t’Saturday.
_______________ Mon-tor t’kafiin* (coffee).

*there is no word for coffee in Vulcan, but the the Klingon word is qavin (written as qavIn). In using the latin-alphabet, the letter hard-c (not frequently used, more about C later) is pronounced more in the throat than the letter k is. Kafiin, with two i’s to imply that it’s a loan-word substitution. What do you think the best word for coffee and or caffeine is? reddit.com/r/Vuhlkansu

Chapter 1 - Nuhk’e

>>Chapter 1 - Nuhk’es / Manners
To get someone’s attention:
Zhu! (or zhu’uh) = Hey! (someone you know, literally, a listen)
Zhu’voh lesek. = Listen please.
Lesek = please
Osu = Sir, ma’am

To interrupt:
Nuhk, ma nash-veh va’akash. = Courtesy, have I question.
Nuhk, kya deshker = Courtesy, there is a question.
Nuhk = Courtesy, patience, politeness, pardon, etc.

To politely agree to answer:
K’nar. = Of course. (literally = “with an acceptance”)
Dungi = I will, it will, shall, etc.

What do you say in English and how do you say it in Vulcan?
1. ______________________________

Practice 1-19 Ni’Droi Mesuvulaya

>>Practice 1-19 Ni’Droi Mesuvulaya (Question Conversion)

Turn the following statements into questions.

1. Oren-tor t’vuhlkansu kanok-gad. = Learning Vulcan everyday. 2. Hal-tor na’oren-ret s’leh t’asal. = Going to class from 10 of the morning. 3. Zhu-tor s’ralash-tanaf vuhlkansu. = Listening to music in Vulcan. 4. Ar’kada svi’keltra fi’aru. = Working in an office complex for the afternoon. 1. ________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________