(electrical shock)
Mary: I'm Mary Chieffo and I am going
to be teaching you some Klingon today.
(laughing)
(upbeat electronic music)
So, the sentence that I'm going to teach you today
is one that I actually got to say
in the finale of season two.
It's a phrase that has been said in the past
in English by, some very famous Klingons,
like, I don't know, Worf.
(laughing)
It's something that's very embraced
by the Klingon community, "Today is a good day to die,"
is how it is, said in English
which is pretty fun to say, but when you say it
in Klingon it just, kind of, has a bit more resonance.
Literally, more resonance because of the (glottal hiss).
So, I'll say the full sentence
and then I'll break it down, uh, Klingon style.
"Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam," yeah,
(laughing)
and I got to say it full throttle
in the finale, so you can check that out.
"Jajvam!"
So, Hegh, lu', and there's a little apostrophe
on the lu', which means that it,
there's a glottal stop, so it's not like looo,
it's like lu', Hegh, lu', Hegh lu'.
The next word, meH, that capital H,
you really get some traction there.
meH,
so Hegh, Hegh lu' meH,
(laughing)
I hope this is cuttable.
And then, everyone's favorite,
because if you don't pronounce it full Klingon,
it starts to sound a little naughty.
QaQ!
(laughing)
That is everyone's favorite.
The capital Q is very intense
and I am probably not doing it full Klingon justice,
if I'm being honest, I'm really just like,
refer back to when I am in full Klingon saying it.
Queue the cue!
"QaQ!"
That's a real, like, QaQ, QaQ! (glottal hiss)
It's like, you got some gagh in your throat,
(glottal hiss)
Basically, the more spit, the better.
Qa Q, Qa Q, 'cause that's the thing,
it's like a double whammy, it's on both sides.
Qa Q, I'm sure there's some Klingons out there
judging me right now, but, like, I'm doing my best, guys.
And then, the last word,
jajvam, and that's a fun,
you got the real jush, jajvam,
and then the mmm, you can end on a really yummy note.
I dunno, that's not a real Klingon-y thing to say!
But it's what I just said, so QaQ, QaQ, jajvam.
♪ Altogether now, in Klingon ♪
"Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam."
So that was me doing it in my, like, precision.
But now I feel like I should do it in, like,
as if I were on the bridge, like I was!
"Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam,"
"Today is a good day to die."
(laughing)
While I just fail at winking!
I just, you know, that's not a Klingon thing either.
They're not big winkers.