Hallmark Bird-of-Prey Christmas Ornament Commercial



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In this commercial Klingon commander Gowron (as seen in Star Trek: The Next
Generation
) rewards his officers for victory in battle by giving them a gift
– a Klingon Bird-of-Prey Christmas ornament. Gowron is played by Robert
O’Reilly, Crewman 1 by Guy Vardaman.



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Gowron
Qap­la’

Greetings!
Gowron
pIj ma­Suv­pu’ batlh ma­Suv­pu’ ’ej ma­Qap­bej­ta’

In our many battles, we have fought with honor and achieved...
victory!

Gowron
vaj ma­lop­meH tlhIH­vaD nob Sa­Suq­pu’

So to celebrate, I’ve gotten you all a gift.
Gowron
tlhI­ngan toQ­Duj­Hom ’oH

It’s a Klingon Bird-of-Prey ornament.
Crewman 1
toQ­Duj­na’ rur­chu’

It looks so real!
Crewman 2
Qap­qu’ wov­moH­bogh jan­Hom­mey

It even has working lights!
Speaker
Hallmark introduces the exclusive Klingon keepsake ornament. Call
1-800-HALLMARK for a Gold Crown store near you.
Crewman 1
(pegh­mo’ ... )

That was real nice of him.
Crewman 2
HI­ja’ <gibberish> wI­Suq­nIS

Yeah, we should get him a thank you card.


The last two lines are badly garbled. Whatever gibberish Crewman 2 is saying,
from the verb prefix wI- it should be a singular object noun, probably formed
from tlho’ (v) thank or tlho’ (n) appreciation, gratitude
*tlho’­meH nav/ghItlh “thank you card”?




Glen Proechel: “The commercial switches to Federation Standard displaying
the ship and giving the sales pitch. After that we see the warriors speaking
to one another as they leave through the door. ”





Marc Okrand: “I haven’t seen the commercial in a while, but I don’t think
wov was used as a noun there. Though the Klingons in the ad may have ad
libbed a bit, the phrase the one Klingon was supposed to say regarding the
little lights in the Bird of Prey ornament was: ‘wov­moH­bogh jan­Hom­mey’.
That is, little devices that cause (something) to be light or bright or
little devices that brighten (something) or little devices that light
(something) up
or the like. wov is a verb be light, bright followed
by the suffix -moH cause (thus, cause to be light).”