ghay'cha', excl.: A general invective; "Damn it!" ghuy', excl.: General invective; "Damn." ghuy'cha', guy'cha, excl.: A general invective. Stronger than ghay'cha'.
Qapla' is thlIngan Hol (Klingon) for "Success". As a phrase, it works along the lines of "Have a nice day.", " Good luck.", or "Y'all come back now, hear?". ( TLE novel: The Art of the Impossible)
From the Klingon language wiki "P'takh (petaQ) is a Klingon insult, meaning something like "weirdo," deriving from the verb "to be weird" (taQ), with and [sic] you (plural) imperative prefix (pe-). Alternative romanizations include pahtak, p'tak, patahk, and pahtk."
petaQ. One Klingon term used as an insult on numerous occasions was petaQ (also spelled "Pahtak", "Pathak", "p'tahk", "p'takh", "patahk", "pahtk", "p'tak", or "p'taq"). It was also used by the Klingons of the mirror universe. According to William T. Riker, petaQ was a curse word. (
In "The Romance Resonance" (S7E06), in the song If I Didn't Have You that Howard writes and sings for Bernadette, he includes a Klingon line: I'd speak a lot more Klingon, qalop'meH QaQ jajvam (literally: This day is good in order for me to celebrate you.)
In the Star Trek episode, The Mind's Eye, Governor Vagh was convinced the federation was supplying weapons to Kriosian rebels. Picard replied with the phrase, "Qu'vatlh ghuy'cha' baQa'," at which point Vagh complimented him on his mastery of Klingon cursing.
Ghuy'cha' – strong swearword. Ha'DIbaH – abusive insulting word meaning Animal. Peta'Q – abusive insulting word, implies that the thing or person spoken of is useless, garbage, non-functional.
The verb QoS means be sorry (v). I have never, in my life, heard anyone ever say jIQoS I am sorry. They might mean it in the manner of The Doctor from Doctor Who, telling someone who was about to die, I am so sorry. tlhIj is a verb whose meaning is apologise (v).
Klingon is a language created by linguist Marc Okrand for the Star Trek franchise. It's spoken by the fictional Klingons, a warrior race in the Star Trek universe. Many franchise fans have learned the language, and there are even some full-fledged Klingon speakers out there.
Take it to mean “Success to you and good luck" but also understand that in Klingon philosophy a situation you are most likely to end up dying in violently IS good fortune and dying in that situation is the pinnacle of success.
What is DaH jImej? Used to express an acknowledgment of parting. Hoch vIqImHa'meH, qEylIS 'e' DaHar'a'? An acknowledgment at parting, especially by saying "goodbye.”
ŋɑn xol]) is a language that was made for the Klingons in the Star Trek universe. It is a constructed language, not one that developed naturally. Only a few people can speak the Klingon language well enough to talk in it. The Klingon Language Institute helps people learn Klingon.
Picard was under severe emotional distress, but the crew was unwilling to call him out on it - except for Worf. When he expressed his concerns to Picard, he was called a coward - a huge insult in Klingon culture. Worf became visibly angry, and told Picard he would have killed him if he had been anyone else.
The showrunner for “Star Trek: Picard ” this season, Terry Matalas, said the F-word from Picard wasn't scripted but was a choice by Stewart in the moment. The result, Matalas said, was “so real.”
Q says “Mon Capitaine.” Picard is French. At the beginning of the series, there was an attempt by the writers to always annoy Picard by having someone make an off comment about the Captain's French ancestory.
Baktag A Klingon word used as an insult, as in a "piece of baktag." Commander Kurn calls his rival Larg this; its exact translation in unspecified. ( Reference: Redemption, Part II) BiHnuch Klingon word meaning "coward."
