On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 9:17 AM mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:

There's this alien..

She loves fruits (apples, oranges, strawberries, bananas, etc..), but she hates vegetables (lettuces, cauliflowers, broccoli, cabbages, etc..).

maj. And now I ask.

Since we have just one word for both "fruit" *and* "vegetable", how in the glorious name of qeylIS the unforgettable are we supposed to say "the alien loves fruits, but hates vegetables"?

What's the actual difference that makes the alien prefer one to the other?

A na'ran is a Klingon plant that would probably be considered a fruit from the culinary/cultural perspective (since it's described as similar to an orange), so maybe na'ran rurbogh naHmey muSHa' nov The alien loves edible plant parts that are like na'rans would suffice. (From a culinary perspective, fruits are typically sweeter than vegetables, so the fact that na'ran rur is an expression for "be sweet" also helps.) Or maybe pormey Qechjemmey joq bIHbogh naHmey'e' muS nov The alien hates edible plant parts that are leaves and/or stalks.

I'm also curious to know about a Klingon word specifically for the botanical "swollen plant ovary" notion of fruit, though sadly it's probably not happening any time soon.