Telling time in Klingon.

Present

• jaj­lo’ - dawn
• po - morning
• pem - daytime
• pem­jep - midday
• pov - afternoon
• choS - twilight
• ram - night
• ram­jep - midnight

• DIS - year
• jar - month
• Hogh - week
• jaj - day (from dawn to dawn)
• rep - hour
• tup - minute (of time)
• lup - second (of time)

Past

• ben - years ago
• wen - months ago
• Hu’ - days ago
• ret - time period ago
• qen - recently, a short time ago

The words ben years ago, wen months ago, and Hu’ days ago can be immediately preceded by any number to form a time expression, while ret time period ago must be preceded by a number and the name of a time period. Here are some examples:

• wejvatlh ben - three hundred years ago, three centuries ago
• wa’maH wen - ten months ago
• wa’­Hu’ - yesterday, one day ago
• vagh tup ret - five minutes ago

Future

• nem - years from now
• waQ - months from now
• leS - days from now