Ferengi language

Rain

There are 178 different Ferengi words for rain.

glebbening - an especially severe rainstorm

• DS9 "Let He Who is Without Sin..."

Ferengi Lexis

• oo-mox - massage of the ears

• There is no word for crisp, since all food gets mushy on Ferenginar.

Examples of Ferengi spoken language

(Note: the following examples are from the script for DS9: "Little Green Men")

Pip im gren tovat. Yop bree gren skin law po far.

This is all your fault. I told you to check the ship

Yop im too, yoba. Yop sko ta yop ma.

I'm sorry, brother. I did the best I could

Goss uff wok ton. Goss uff wok ton.

Let us out of here. Let us out of here

Brik yop tal hopdrew, ki los hoem bog?

If I jumped off a roof, would you do that, too?

Gren fa hoe loth pex-pil?

Haven't you got that translator fixed yet?

Vo yop toe pah?

Can I have that?

Yop triska gleep do-sta gren-la.

I need that metal thing you're holding

Neep-gren.

Thank you

Deduced wordlist

• Gren = you
• Im = are/is
• Neep = thank
• Too = sorry
• Yoba = brother
• Yop = I/me