Pronunciation Key:
Vowels:
a -- "a" in ball
ah -- "o" in hot if spoken about twice normal speed
ai -- "i" in nice
au -- "ou" in house
e -- "e" in bed
eh -- "e" in yet spoken about twice normal speed
ei -- "a" in same
ih -- as "i" in hit
i -- "ee" in seem
o -- "o" in home
oh -- "o" in throat with lips rounded, like a short Scandinavian "å"
oi -- "oy" in boy
u -- "oo" in soon
uh -- "u" in ugly but with lips more rounded
Doubling an individual vowel lengthens the sound, but doesn't change it.

Consonants -same as English except:
c -- not usually used, either k or s will be used depending on the sound
ch -- always hard as "ch" in cheese
kh -- close to the "ch" in German Bach or Scottish loch
j -- not usually used except at the beginnings of words, "dzh" is often interchanged with it
th -- always hard like "th" in thank
y -- always a consonant, as "y" in yellow
zh -- like the second "g" in garage

Doubled consonants:
ll -- drawn out, often slightly trilled
mm -- at the end of a word, almost like "muh"
nn -- at the end of a word, almost like "nuh"
rr -- drawn out, often slightly rolled
ss -- drawn out, almost like a slight hiss

Vulcan includes consonant combinations that never occur in English.
There are no silent letters, you must pronounce all letters.

Accentuation:
In words with 2 syllables, the stress gererally falls on the first syllable or vowel.
In words with 3 or more syllables, the stress usually falls on the second syllable or vowel.

Vocabulary (Vulcan to English)
[ A ][ B ][ C ][ D ][ E ][ F ][ G ][ H ][ I ][ J ][ K ][ L ][ M ][ N ][ O ][ P ][ R ][ S ][ T ][ V ][ W ][ Y ][ Z ]

A.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
ahn'-	ancient	"Amok Time" [TOS]
ahn'-wun	a ritual weapon rather like our bolo; a long leather strap with a round weight at each end	"Amok Time" [TOS]
aifa	these (very)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
ak'wikman	surprises	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
akarshif	long; a long time (for many seasons)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
akas-a		"Strange New World" [ENT]
akhla	among	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
akhla-mi	among us	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
amonak	temple on Vulcan	[VOY]
at	not	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
aushfa	animal (n.)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
aushfamaluhr	animal, beastly, savage (adj.)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]

B.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
bai'elkhrul-akteiben	attainment	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
bai'lak-pa	self-pity	"Gravity" [VOY]
banu	I speak of / about	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
ben	to us	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
bendii	a specific disease	"Sarek" [TNG]
borathas	I ?	"Strange New World" [ENT]
buhf	perfection	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
buhfik	perfect	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]

C.
 

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
chang	diversity	"Gravity" [VOY]
chu'lak	(male person name)	"Field of Fire" [DS9]

D.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
d'kyr	(ship name)	"Shockwave, part 2" [ENT]
d'vahl	granted (name of survey ship)	"The Search for Spock" [ST3] "Carbon Creek" [ENT]
dakh	cast out	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
delvok	(male person name)	"Melora" [DS9]
dif	long life	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
dif-tor	live long	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
dom	so!  (vocative exclamation)	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
donina	tradition	"Strange New World" [ENT]
du (singular; alone or      after a consonant sound)	you (compare with the word "tu")	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
dund-a	possible	"Strange New World" [ENT]
dung	will	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
dung-i-tu	will you?	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
dutar		"Strange New World" [ENT]

E.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
eh   (after a vowel sound)	and  (compare with the word "heh")	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
ei	from, which	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
ek'-	all	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
ek'zhirka	all emotion(s)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
estuhl	touch(es)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
etak	stone	"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]

F.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
fal	fusion, joining	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
fal-i-kal	to commense, to begin  (lit: to allow the joining)	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
falor	(male person name)	"Innocence" [VOY]
fal-tor	fuse, join	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
fal-tor-pan	refusion, ("the" Refusion of body and 'katra')	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
fal-tor-voh	healing fusion, (the cure for a specific degenerative neurological condition)	"Endgame" [VOY]
farr	mating; joining; bonding	"Amok Time" [TOS]
fas	we, us  (when a group leader is speaking)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1] "Strange New World" [ENT]
fas-ei	from us	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
fei'	your (lit: from you)	"Strange New World" [ENT]
fei'sahr	your weapon	"Strange New World" [ENT]
fi'-	on    (prefix)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
fi'aifa	on these (very)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
fi	challenge	"Amok Time" [TOS]
fo	play	"Broken Bow" [ENT] "Strange New World" [ENT]
fova	pretend	"Strange New World" [ENT]
foran	play-act	"Strange New World" [ENT]
foras	I am play acting	"Strange New World" [ENT]
foshuhl	shed; renounced	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
fullara	an obsolete technique used to repress memories and the emotions associated with those memories	"The Seventh" [ENT]

G.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
gaspar	a type of fruit	"Home" [ENT]
gishen	what one expects	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
gol	place on Vulcan	"The Motion Picture" [ST1] "Gambit" [TNG]
gor-an		"Strange New World" [ENT]

H.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
ha	emotional	"Alter Ego" [VOY]
haadok	(male person name)	"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
ha-lohk	affection, love	"Alter Ego" [VOY] "Gravity" [VOY]
ha-n	emotional patterns	"Alter Ego" [VOY]
heh   (alone or after a         consonant sound)	and    (compare with the word "eh")	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
heya	mountain	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
hif	to	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
hif-bi	to me  (superior)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
hirakis		"Strange New World" [ENT]
hokni'es	consciousness ("this consciousness" - one which is sensed)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]

I.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
i'-	now      (prefix)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
-i-	(used to join two root words to make a compound noun)	"Amok Time" [TOS]
ik	the one of which, the subject	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
ik-banu	the one of which I speak, the subject of discussion	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
ish'-	that	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
ish'taya		"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
ish'veh	he, she, it    (lit: "that-one")	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]

J.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
j'kah	a stone used in the Kohlinahr ritual	"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
j'ral	(a class of supernova)	"Civilization" [ENT]
jaral	We have the honor	"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
jossen	(male personal name)	"The Seventh" [ENT]

K.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
k'-	with  (prefix)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
k'etwel	here  (lit: with us)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
k'fai	through	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
k'fai'ei	through which	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
k'oh-     (k'oh'-)	with feeling, emotional	"The Motion Picture" [ST1] "Alter Ego" [VOY]
ka	mind, spirit	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
kash	mind(s)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
kahr	city, town	"Yesteryear" [TAS]
kahs'-	test of, ordeal of	"Yesteryear" [TAS]
kahs-wan	test of passage to adult hood, ordeal of Maturity (it lasts from 7 to 11 days)	"Yesteryear" [TAS]
kal	allowance, permission	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
kal-i-farr	does anyone object to the marriage? (lit: permission to mate?)	"Amok Time" [TOS]
kal-i-fi	challenge   (lit: allow the challenge!)	"Amok Time" [TOS]
kal rekk	holiday - day of atonement, silence , and solitude	"Meld" [VOY]
kal-tor	allow, let	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
kal-toh	a game described as Vulcan chess	"Alter Ego" [VOY]
-kam	(suffix denoting affection)	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
kanan	stun	"Strange New World" [ENT]
kash-kau	mind(s) (e.g. that are joined, melding, etc.)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
ka'tra	the living spirit; all that is not of the body	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
kau	melding	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
kel	has been born, has been generated, has been sent out	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
khaf	blood	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
khavorta	a posture in Vulcan neuropressure	"Raijin" [ENT]
ki'-	have, has  (participial, prefix indicating perfect past tense)	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
kilko(-srashiv)	answer  (n.)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
kinis	(male person name)	"In the Flesh" [VOY]
kir
ki'saka	have thought	"Strange New World" [ENT]
ki-tha-ra	structure of harmony	"Flashback" [VOY]
ki'sarlah	have come  (it has come)	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
kitok	else, other	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
kitok-wilat	elsewhere, another place	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
kling	not one, no-one, nobody	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
kling-akhlami	nobody        (lit: not one among us)	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
kohl	emotion purging mind exercise	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
kohl-i-nahr	Vulcan ascetic discipline designed to purge one of all emotions (lit: feelings-purge-exposed)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
kolu	mixture, combination	"Gravity" [VOY]
kol-u-chang	the Vulcan concept of IDIC	"Gravity" [VOY]
ko'min	human   (lit: emotional humanoid)	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
k'oh-nar	feeling of being completely exposed in a vulnerable situation	"Alter Ego" [VOY]
korseiven	saved from	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
koshtri	our race, species	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
koss	(male person name)	"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
kov	(male person name)	"Fusion" [ENT]
kroika	stop!, halt!, be still!, silence!, (order in the court!)	"Amok Time" [TOS]
k'tur	with out logic  (lit: with no-logic)	"Fusion" [ENT]
kulah		"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
-kuh	(suffix used to indicate a cardinal number) as	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
kun-	to separate	"Amok Time" [TOS]
kunat	bonding, marriage (lit: not separated)	"Amok Time" [TOS]
kunat so'lik	desire to become one's mate; a marriage proposal	"Blood Fever" [VOY]
kunat kal-i-fi	ritual marriage challenge  (mating or challenge)	"Amok Time" [TOS]
kup	able to, can	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
kup-stariben	able to speak   (can speak)	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
kwi'	from a distance, from afar	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
kwi'lari	focal points of body's bioelectric fields at the sides of the skull; chakras	"The Muse" [DS9]
kwi'shoret	calling from afar (calling from space)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]

L.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
lara	prefer to be	"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
le-matya	carnivorous leopardlike reptilelike animal with green-white diamand-shaped markings in its fur, it inhabits the deserts of Vulcan; its claws inflict a deadly poison	"Yesteryear" [TAS]
l'-	chief of	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
lik	desire for	"Blood Fever" [VOY]
lir-an		"Strange New World" [ENT]
lir-pa	a particular Vulcan weapon	"Amok Time" [TOS]
li'sala		"Strange New World" [ENT]
lo'-	without, lack of	"The Motion Picture" [ST1] "Strange New World" [ENT]
lojal	(male person name)	"The Forsaken" [DS9]
lohk	attachment, love	"Alter Ego" [VOY]
lorot	(male person name)	"Infinite Regress" [VOY]
lo'zhirka	logic     (lit: lack of emotion)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
luras	I implore / beg (you)	"Strange New World" [ENT]

M.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
ma		"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
-maluhr	-like	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
mas	best	"Strange New World" [ENT]
may'mora	(ship class)	"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
mazhiv	sands	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
menos	(male personal name)	"The Seventh" [ENT]
mestrahl	(male person name)	"Carbon Creek" [ENT]
mi	us	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2] "Strange New World" [ENT]
min	humanoid life	"Strange New World" [ENT]
min-shara	suitable for humanoid life	"Strange New World" [ENT]
mir-an	seen, known	"Broken Bow" [ENT]
mir-ot	not see	"Strange New World" [ENT]
moraya	are real, existing	"Strange New World" [ENT]
mos		"Strange New World" [ENT]
mosh	a being, person	"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
mot	precisely, exactly	"Strange New World" [ENT]
moyeht	right	"Strange New World" [ENT]
muro	put down	"Strange New World" [ENT]
murok	(male personal name)	"Cease Fire" [ENT]
murina	hear (me)	"Strange New World" [ENT]

N.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
nahp	thoughts	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
nahr	discipline	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
nar	exposed service	"Alter Ego" [VOY] "Fallen Hero" [ENT]
nar'ru	a food stuff that grows on vines	"Home" [ENT]
navorkot	an evasive duck-and-tumble technique (one of the simpler moves in "Suus Mahna" to master)	"Marauders" [ENT]
navun	success	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
ni	so	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
nirak	fool	"Kir'Shara" [ENT]
ni'var	(ship name)	"Shadows of P'Jem" [ENT]
nom	all	"The Savage Curtain" [TOS]
nuran	a thing for which there is no hope, something that is dying, that which won't survive	"Strange New World" [ENT]

O.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
oh	feeling	"The Motion Picture" [ST1] "Alter Ego" [VOY]
oratt	(male personal name)	"Stigma" [ENT]
orf	the past	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
orfik	pertaining to the past	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
orfik-kel	ancestors, forebearers, progenitors	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
oth	survival	"Displaced" [VOY]
ot-lan	lieutenant	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
ovsots	complete, total, pure purging	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]

P.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
pak	I	"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
pan	again, re-	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
par	sneaking (around)	"Strange New World" [ENT]
pash	a good night	"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
pashtah	have a good night	"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
p'jem	(place name)	"The Andorian Incident" [ENT] "Shadows of P'Jem" [ENT]
plak	(Vulcan) blood	"Amok Time" [TOS]
plak-tau	blood fever [during mating season]	"Amok Time" [TOS]
plom	a vegetable	"Amok Time" [TOS]
plom-is		"Strange New World" [ENT]
plom-ik	vegetable  (adj., as in "vegetable" soup)	"Amok Time" [TOS]
pok tar	a Vulcan food	"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
pon	time, period, cycle	"Amok Time" [TOS] "Bounty" [ENT]
pon-farr	mating cycle (lit: time of joining)	"Amok Time" [TOS] "Bounty" [ENT]
pon-fo	time-?	"Broken Bow" [ENT] "Strange New World" [ENT]
poprah	(to) receive	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
pralaya		"Strange New World" [ENT]
pura		"Strange New World" [ENT]
pyllora	meditation guide, a person who acts as a guide during a meld meditation	"Feedback" [VOY]

R.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
rani	purpose	"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
rolaya	the way	"Strange New World" [ENT]
ri	place	"The Final Frontier" [ST5]
rillan	a type of grease used in the Rumarie orgies	"Meld" [VOY]
rum'arie	an ancient Vulcan holiday	"Meld" [VOY]

S.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
s'-	the great	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
saavik	(female person name)	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
sahat	an analysis; an intellectual deconstruction/ breaking apart (lit: not put together)	"Alter Ego" [VOY]
sahr	weapon	"Strange New World" [ENT]
sahr-afel	trust (me)    (v.)  (lit: release the weapon)	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
saka	thought   (v.)	"Strange New World" [ENT]
sakar	(person name)	"The Ultimate Computer" [TOS]
sakas	(I) think	"Strange New World" [ENT]
sakkath	(male person name)	"Sarek" [TNG]
sakonna	(female person name)	"The Maquis" [DS9]
sarek	(male person name)	"Journey to Babel" [TOS]
sarlah	to come	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
satelk	(male person name)	"The First Duty" [TNG]
satok	(male person name)	"Gambit, part 2" [TNG]
sehlat	domesticated, bearlike animal native to Vulcan, often kept as a pet	"Journey to Babel" [TOS]
sek	(male person name)	"Hunters" [VOY]
selar	(female person name)	"The Schizoid Man" [TNG]
selek	(male person name)	"Yesteryear" [TAS]
senva	(person name)	"Prophet Motive" [DS9]
setebuhk	symbol	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
sha'-	execute, kill, dying	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
sha'ka-ri	Eden (lit: place of dead spirits)	"The Final Frontier" [ST5]
sha'koshtri	extinction (lit: dying of our race)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
shon-ha-lohk	the engulfment (love at first sight)	"Alter Ego" [VOY]
shan	dead	"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
shan-shot	dead-?	"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
shar	executioner, security force (police)	"Gambit, part 2" [TNG]
shara	secure, suitable for	"Strange New World" [ENT]
shau-kaush	passions	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
shaya	death, an execution	"Journey to Babel" [TOS] "Broken Bow" [ENT]
shi'kahr	(city name)	"Yesteryear" [TAS]
shin	we (as a race)	"Strange New World" [ENT]
shir'kahr	(ship name) (city name)	"Tears of the Prophets" [DS9] "Fusion" [ENT]
shoret	calling	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
sh'raan	(combat cruiser name)	"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
S'l'heya    (Seleya)	(proper noun for a specific mountain on Vulcan) (lit: the great, chief of mountains)	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
sloya	listen	"Strange New World" [ENT]
smusma	prosper	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
so'-	my (male)	"Blood Fever" [VOY]
so'lik	my desire for; a proposal	"Blood Fever" [VOY]
solkar	(male person name)	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
solok	(male personal name)	"Take Me Out To The Holosuite" [DS9]
son	romantic	"Gravity" [VOY]
sonak	(male person name)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
son-ha-lohk	the romantic kind of love	"Gravity" [VOY]
sopek	(male person name)	"Shadows of P'Jem" [ENT]
soral	(male person name)	"The Swarm" [VOY]
sorat	come	"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
soval	(male person name)	"Broken Bow" [ENT]
spock	(male person name)	"The Cage" [TOS]
srashiv	achievement	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
star-	make a noise (sound)     (root word)	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
star-i-ben	speak, talk (a language)   (lit: make a sound to us)	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
stonn	(male person name)	"Amok Time" [TOS]
strom	(male person name)	"Stigma" [ENT]
stron	(male person name)	"Carbon Creek" [ENT]
su-lak	third party (who trivializes a relationship)	"Alter Ego" [VOY]
surah'tahn	a posture in Vulcan neuropressure	"Raijin" [ENT]
surai	will do	"Strange New World" [ENT]
surak	(male person name)	"The Savage Curtain" [TOS]
suras	(I) do, make happen	"Strange New World" [ENT]
surat	don't do, does not happen	"Strange New World" [ENT]
suraya	do	"Strange New World" [ENT]
suurok	(ship class)	"Breaking the Ice" [ENT] "Shadows of P'Jem" [ENT] "Silent Enemy" [ENT]
suus mahna	a Vulcan martial art which takes years to master	"Marauders" [ENT]
sybok	(male person name)	"The Final Frontier" [ST5]

T.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
t'-	of; belonging to       (word prefix)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
tah	have	"The Motion Picture" [ST1] "Fallen Hero" [ENT]
tal'-	ritualistic, ceremonial	"Journey to Babel" [TOS]
tal'oth	a Vulcan ritual that required a young adult to survive for  four months in the desert with a ritual blade as their only possession	"Displaced" [VOY]
tal'shanar	type of religion	"Cold Front" [ENT]
tal'shaya	ritual execution by a quick painless breaking of the neck	"Journey to Babel" [TOS]
t'an	gamepiece used in kal-toh	"Alter Ego" [VOY]
tar'hana	a particular volcano on Vulcan	"Home" [ENT]
tasmiin	"Tazmeen", Autumn (season / month)	"Yesteryear" [TAS]
tau	burning, fever, on fire	"Amok Time" [TOS]
taurik	(male person name)	"Lower Decks" [TNG]
tavek	(male person name)	"Stigma" [ENT]
tavin	(male person name)	"Fusion" [ENT]
taya		"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
tehrai	goal	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
tellus	(male person name)	"Carbon Creek" [ENT]
terrup	earth	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
terrupik	earthly, earthling, human (adj.)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
t'forti	finally	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
t'han-sahat	intellectual deconstruction of emotional patterns	"Alter Ego" [VOY]
throks	give	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
ti	lay, lie (down), (and forgotten: must be searched for)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
ti'mur	(ship name)	"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
tish	to you	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
t'lar	(female person name)	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
t'lara	(female person name)	"Rules of Engagement" [DS9]
t'meni	(female person name)	"Hunters" [VOY]
t'mir	(female person name)	"Carbon Creek" [ENT]
t'nar	of service	"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
tok	(male person name)	"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
tolaris	(male person name)	"Fusion" [ENT]
tonat	kept from (lit: not let me have)	"Broken Bow" [ENT]
-tor	to do, to make  (suffix added to root to convert a noun to a verb)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
tos	(male person name)	"Broken Bow" [ENT]
tosh	individuals, people	"Fusion" [ENT]
t'paal	(female person name)	"Gambit" [TNG]
t'pan	(female person name)	"Suspicions" [TNG]
t'para	(female person name)	"Innocence" [VOY]
t'pau	(female person name)	"Amok Time" [TOS]
t'pel	(female person name)	"Data's Day" [TNG]
t'penna	(female person name)	"The Swarm" [VOY]
t'pera	(female person name)	"Blood Fever" [VOY]
t'plana-hath	(female person name) (survey ship name)	"The Voyage Home" [ST4] "First Contact" [ST8]
t'pol	(female person name)	"Broken Bow" [ENT]
t'pring	(female person name)	"Amok Time" [TOS]
tra	living	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
t'shanik	(female person name)	"Coming of Age" [TNG]
tu  (singular; after a          vowel sound)	you   (compare with the word "du")	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
tudanis	creature(s)	"Strange New World" [ENT]
tulara	your good life	"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
tun-an	(you) need	"Strange New World" [ENT]
tur	illogic, no logic	"Fusion" [ENT]
tura	is illogical, doesn't make sense	"Strange New World" [ENT]
tuvok	(male person name)	"Caretaker" [VOY]

V.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
V'-	Vulcan (adj.) , of or pertaining to Vulcans	"Fusion" [ENT]
vahklas	(older civilian ship)	"Fusion" [ENT]
valeris	(female person name)	"The Undiscovered Country" [ST6]
vanik	(male person name)	"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
veh	one	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
velik	(male person name)	"Strange New World" [ENT]
vestal		"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
v'lar	(female person name)	"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
voh	heal, make whole	"Endgame" [VOY]
vorik	(male person name)	"Blood Fever" [VOY]
vrav-shal	failed (have not yet attained)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
V'shar	Vulcan security force	"Gambit, part 2" [TNG]
V'tosh	Vulcans	"Fusion" [ENT]
vu	you-yourself	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]

W.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
wakli	in what manner, in what way	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
wan	adulthood, maturity	"Yesteryear" [TAS]
wel	us	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
wilat	where, a place (lit: not here)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
wimish	I am (called)	"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
worla	never	"The Wrath of Khan" [ST2]
wuh	one  (can be translated as the indefinite article "a" / "an")	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
wuh-kuh	(as) one	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
wun	weapon	"Amok Time" [TOS]

Y.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
yarahla	(ship name)	"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
yor-an		"Strange New World" [ENT]
y'-	for	"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
y'rani	for the purpose	"Fallen Hero" [ENT]

Z.

Vulcan Word or Phrase	Conjectured English Translation	Source
zhirka	emotion(s)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
zup	labor, work, job  (noun)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]
zup-tor	labor(ed) (and have proved worthy)	"The Motion Picture" [ST1]

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Grammar Rules
[ word order ]

Word Order in a Sentence:
(s = subject, v = verb, o = object, p = phrase)

V-S-O (Sees she the boy.)  for a present or future tense action.
S-V-O (She saw the boy.)  for a past tense action, or a past action which is continuing. (She saw and is still seeing the boy).
O-S-V (the ball you give) for imperative action.

P--P  (He - the boy.)  two phrases connected by an omitted verb of being (a dash is used to represent the omitted verb).

Noun-Verb pairs:
Add the suffix -tor to the root noun to create the verb form:

Noun form	Verb form
dif  (long life)	dif-tor  (live long)
fal  (fusion, joining)	fal-tor  (fuse, join)
kal  (allowance, permission)	kal-tor  (allow, permit, let)
zup  (labor, work, job)	zup-tor  (to labor, to work)

Noun - Adjective pairs:
Add -ik to the root word:

Noun form	Adjective form
buhf  (perfection)	buhfik  (perfect)
plom  (a vegetable)	plomik  (vegetable-based)
terrup  (earth)	terrupik  (earthly, human)

Verb - Noun pairs:
Add -aya to the root word:

Verb form	Noun form
sha (execute)	shaya (execution)

Verb Tenses:
 

Suffix	Examples	Meaning
*-a *-u *-uh *-au	shau	(basic verb form)
*-i	surai	will-* (future tense)
*-ish		to-* (infinitive verb)
*-l	jaral	*-ed (simple past tense)
*-o	muro	you-* (imperative verb)
*-s	sakas	I-* (1st person singular verb)
*-t	surat	does not * (negative verb form)

Noun conversions:

Suffix	Examples	Meaning
*-aush		(plural noun)
*-aya	shaya	*-tion  (noun)
*-n (after a vowel) *-an (after a consonent)		(noun)
*-iv	mazhiv	plural noun
*-r	shar	force which brings about *;   -act

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Examples of Vulcan dialogue:

from "Amok Time" [TOS] -

Kroika!
Stop!
Stop

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from "The Motion Picture" [ST1] -

Dakh     orfik-kel   aushfamaluhr shaukaush   fi'aifa   mazhiv
Castout  ancestors       animal       passion(s)   on-these  sands
Our ancestors cast out their animal passions here on these sands.

  Sha'koshtri       korseiven   bai'elkhrul-akteiben   t'Kohlinahr
dying of our race saved from         attainment           of Kolinar
Our race was saved through the attainment of Kolinar.

Kohlinahr -         k'fai'ei     ek'zhirka    t'forti       foshuhl
Kolinar: Through-which    all-emotion(s)   finally        shed
Kolinar: Through which all emotion is finally shed.

Zup-tor         vu          akarshif  - Spahkh     I'poprah          fasei   setebuhk  t'ovsots-i-lo'zhirka
Labor  you-yourself a-long-time,  Spock       Now-recieve this-here  symbol     of-total-logic
You have labored long, Spock.  Now receive from us this symbol of total logic.

Nahp    -     hif-bi  du   throks      Kashkau - Spahkh - wuhkuh  eh  teretuhr
Thoughts - to-me  you   give         Minds,        Spock,       one     and  together
Your thoughts, give them to me.  Our minds, one and together.

Tish         hokni'es          kwi'shoret -             Estuhl         terrupik  khaf - Spahkh
To-you consciousness calling-from-afar... has been touched Earthling blood, Spock
This consciousness calling to you from space... It touches your human blood, Spock.

Du   vrav-shal     srahiv       t'Kohlinahr    Ti   kilko-srashiv kitok-wilat        I'tah         tehrai         k'at-wel
You     failed   achievement      of-Kolinar     Lies      answer       elsewhere   Now-have   will obtain   with not-us
You have not achieved Kolinar.          His answer lies elsewhere.            He will not achieve his goal with us.

Dif-tor     heh smusma - Spahkh
Live-long and  prosper,   Spock
Live long and prosper, Spock.

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from "The Wrath of Khan" [ST2] -

Gishen                  worla              ik-banu
What-one-expects never the-one-of-which-I-speak
He's never what I expect.

Wakli               ak'wikman   - ot-lan?
In-what-manner surprises,    lieutenant?
What surprises you, lieutenant?

Ish'veh  ni  komin
that-one so human
He's so human.

Kling     akhlami   buhfik - Saavik-kam
not-one among-us perfect, Saavik-affection
Nobody's perfect, Saavik.

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from "The Search for Spock" [ST3] -

katra
living spirit

s'l'heya
specific mountain on Vulcan

Saavik    wimish.      Kup-star-i-ben?
Saavik I-am-called.  Able-to-speak?
I am Saavik.  Can you speak?

Dom - ki'sarlah
So,     have-come
So, it has come

Dungi tu sahrafel?
will    you   trust
Will you trust me?

Kal-tor fal-i-kal
Allow   to-commense
Let it commense

Fal-tor-pan
Refusion
the Refusion

Ben        d'vahl       navun
to-us      granted     success
Grant us success.

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from "Broken Bow" [ENT]
Pon      fo      miran
time for-play known

Shaya tonat (the script says: "esparan" but this word is never actually said on screen)
death  not-let have
You kept us from dying  - (The closest T'Pol would come to saying "Thank you")
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from "Strange New World" [ENT] -
(T'Pol in the cave.)
Par           shin               surat
Sneak we(as a race)  do not do
We-do not Sneak-around.

Muro fei'sahr
Put-down your-weapon
Put down your weapon.

(T'Pol reports that Tucker is ready to kill her.)
T'Pol:    Pralaya      mo-yeht,
             conversation  exactly-right?

T'Pol:    sakas fas    nuran
           I think  we won't survive
          I-think we're in a hopeless situation.

Sato:     Li'sala kanan dunda
            purge-blow  stun   possible?

T'Pol:    Tah     rolaya      mirot
            have   the way     not-see
           I don't see how.

(Playacting is not a Vulcan tradition, but will do her best.)
Sato: Suraya   mot    eh    sloya
            ?-tion  exactly and     ?
        "Listen and do exactly(-what-I-say)."

Sato: Moraya        tunan       fova       tudanis
         real-tion   you-need to-pretend the-creature(s)
       "You-need to-pretend the-creatures are-real."

T'Pol: Sakas  fas   nuran        lokanan   suras
          I think we won't survive before-stun I-do
         I-think (he) is-going-to-kill me before (I) can stun (him).

T'Pol: Tura        donina     foran
         Is-Illogical tradition play-acting
        Play-acting is-an-illogical tradition.

T'Pol: Mas surai
          best  will-do
         I will-do my best.

(T'Pol's speech to the rock-aliens.)
Murina luras!
hear-me  I-impore-you!

Pon-fo     borathas plom-is yoran!
time-to-play  I-??   vegetable-? n

Akasa   goran   foras     mi!
      v          n   I-am-play-acting   us!

Ki'saka        liran    mos
have-thought    n   person

T'Pol hirakihs pura dutar...
T'Pol  ???"   ?      v     ?

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from "Fallen Hero":
(When the Ambassador first comes aboard Enterprise)
T'Pol: T'nar        pak    sorat           y'rani
          of Service   I    not-?  for the purpose
           "I come to serve"

T'Lar:  T'nar        jaral
         of Service   honored
          "Your service honors us."

Pash             tah
Good-night  have
"Have a good night."

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from "The Andorian Incident":
Ishtaya kulah. Vestal ma etak J'Kah.
 /eesh-TA-yah koo-LAH.ves-TAHL mah EE-tok zhuh-KAH/
that-tion    v         v-ed    ?   stone of J'Kah
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In "Breaking the Ice":
(Archer calls in a guard to escort Vanik back to his ship, as he is leaving, he turns to T'Pol).
Shan-shot   tu        lar-a               ko-mosh
  dead-?     you  prefer-to-be  emotional-being
You're not a Vulcan, you would rather be an emotional Human

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from "Home" [ENT]:
Tar'hana
name of a particular volcano
Gree shan-tavi bush-tweena
Why is he here?
Po Tucker avaldi keru
Commander Tucker is my colleague
Mo ken fi to she keru
He wanted to visit Vulcan
Onevek avaldevek sofi nerun
This is the first time you've brought a colleague home with you.
nar'ru
a food stuff that grows on vines
gaspar
a type of fruit

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