'ar

how many?, how much?

Part of speech

question word

Pronunciation

ʔɑr

Sound out 'ar letter by letter:

• 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
• aɑa as in 'father'
• rrlightly trilled or rolled r

• Haw'pu' yaS 'ar How many officers fled? [TKD p.70]
• nIn 'ar wIghaj How much fuel do we have? [TKD p.70, 170; CK]
• Dochvetlh DIlmeH Huch 'ar DaneH How much do you want for that? [TKD p.171]
• 'ar? How many? or How much? [CK]
• mughoS 'avwI' 'ar. How many guards are coming? [CK]

nIn 'ar wIghaj how much fuel do we have?; 'ar how many? or how much? [TKD p.70, 170; CK]; follows sg. noun or used by itself

'ar? How many? or How much? is a valid sentence according to CK. Noun phrase consisting of only 'ar (e.g. 'ar DaneH? How many do you want?) is neither supported nor contradicted by canon. It is also not known if 'arDIch is allowed, or if a noun suffix type 5 comes before or after the 'ar in a noun phrase. [May 2019]

• 'arlogh — how many times?
• chay' — how?

TKD · CK

Originally sourced from klingonska.org and enhanced by lingoXpress.