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I apologize for being so greedy, by I have questions for each of you:

Marc Okrand (/u/okrandm): Hov leng Soch ghe'naQmeyvaD mu'tlheghmey Daqonta' 'ach ghe'naQ wa'maH cha'DIch ghe'naQ wa'maH wejDIch je bertlhammey ghItlhmeyDaq ponglIj tu'lu'be'law' 'ej *IMDb* talIjDaq muchmeyvam tu'lu'be'. meq DaSov'a'? DuyIv'a'?

("You have composed sentences for seven of the Star Journey operas but it seems your name does not appear in the after-texts for the twelfth and thirteenth opera and they do not appear on your IMDb page. Do you know the reason? Does it bother you?")

Paul Frommer (/u/KaryuPawl): Dyeymzkemerenìl kan ngalyop tsìngrelit aruikx teri ayuniltìrantokx. Srake ngal omum vurìl?

("Dyeymz Kemeren intends to make four moving pictures about dreamwalkers. Do you know the story?")

David J. Peterson (/u/dedalvs): Vilajerosh Adori anakhoe qisi ma ase vosanat she timvir. Affin astosor anakho, hash yer avatteri movelat lekh Dothraki ma lekh Valiri?

("Game of Thrones will end soon and the word are few in the books. When the story ends, will you continue to develop Dothraki and Valyrian?")

Christine Schreyer (/u/linganthprof): Mxyzptlk! ... or something! I'd love to write a question for you in Kryptonian, but despite several earnest searches I'm afraid I've been unable to find any learning resources. Are there any you can recommend, or any that will be coming out soon?

Also, for Britton Watkins (/u/salondebu) in case you're reading this:

Grẽ snu ėlìbbyén siinyamda yũ' namdó iilsnoì kad bwøng. Tanya ttyiil ėlìbbyė?

("Siinyamda will survive after the movie, you said two years ago. Does it still live?")

^{I apologize for butchering several of your languages; the only one I'm fluent in is Klingon. tagha' reDDIt Dapawta'mo' jIQuch, Hol qonwI''a'!}

Or talk to the Dogecoin Foundation.

If this gets even 10% of what dogecar got, that'd be enough to pay for a center stall for over a year.

^{We should probably be careful not to get too attached to this particular idea just because it was the first thing suggested; it may be that after discussing it further with the girl and her parents, there may be some other funding goal which would be better for helping them towards reaching a stable economy.}

^{Or perhaps a set of goals, so that we don't put all our eggs in one basket. Like, maybe in order to fully utilize a central stall over a long period of time, they may need to increase their means of production, or something like that.}

^{In any case, it'd be awesome if we could do something for them.}

It's a bit complicated, because Klingon uses the same word for "Lady" and "Lord", but I'd still go with wIj jaw ("m'lady/m'lord"). With normal grammar it'd be jawwI' or joHwI', but using wIj instead of the -wI' suffix makes the sentence excessively familiar; it's the sort of thing you'd use to refer to and old friend.

You might also use something like 'o be'! ("O woman!").

Another way to be disgustingly deferent is to use the honorific -neS suffix to somebody who doesn't actually outrank you.

bIval.

= "You are wise."

bIvalneS.

= "You are wise, your honor."

Edit: Some jatlhwI'pu' have asked why I recommend the affectionate wIj jaw rather than the more standard joHwI' or jawwI'. The reason for this is that I consider the use of this term in Reddit's common portrayal of a *mongrol* to be slightly flirtatious, and more than a bit presumptuous. I also opted for jaw rather than joH purely on the grounds that it is the less common of the two, which I feel contributes to the antiquated feel of the expression, but the two words can be used interchangeably.

If you want something that is purely deferent without being excessively familiar, then I recommend sticking to joHwI' or jawwI'.

Edit 2: Anybody who thinks that I don't understand the question or that this comment is "10% actual knowledge and 90% bloated idiocy" is free to tell me so and provide a better answer, rather than writing it behind my back.

Don't be sad; it will all be worth it once Peace Day comes around \/, (◕ ‿ ◕)

nuqneH?

^{This has been a public service announcement by the Klingon Language Police - Reddit Division}