This lesson is going to cover numbers, telling the time and the days of the week. So let us jump right in and look at the Klingon numbers from zero to ten.
Now that we have covered the basic numbers, let's move on to telling time.
rep yIper rep yIper! Tell me the time!
'arlogh Qoylu'pu' 'arlogh Qoylu'pu' What time is it?
The first of these phrases is easy to understand and is the most common way to get the exact time. You answer by saying rep and then the time in twenty four hour (military) format.
The second phrase, 'arlogh Qoylu'pu', is actually an ancient idiomatic phrase that means "How many times has it been heard?". In the past people were told the hour by some loud noise: a bell, howl or drum; so they would ask each other the time by asking how many noises have been made. To answer this you just say the hour (in twenty four hour format) plus the repetition number element logh. If it was two o'clock in the morning and someone asked 'arlogh Qoylu'pu' the reply would be cha'logh (twice). Here are some more examples.
So literally these phrases translate to nine times, eleven times, seventeen times and twenty times.
We don't know the names of the Klingon months but we can refer to the Terran months by simply numbering them.
The word tera' in these names simply means Terran and can be dropped in most conversations. Only when you want to talk about the difference between Terran months (tera' jar) and Klingon months (tlhIngan jar) would you actually use it.