Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de> schrieb am Fr., 31. Juli 2020, 18:45:
This idea came from a discussion in the Facebook Learn Klingon group, and I find it quite interesting to compile such a list.
Are you aware of any Klingon noun+verb combinations which look anusual from an English point of view?
Very often, Okrand explains Klingon usage by saying like "This idea is expressed by using the verb xy". For instance, at qep'a' 27, we just heard that to say "nostalgize", you actually say "experience nostalgy" or {ngonDer SIQ}. We learned the slang expression {mInDu' yIv} for blink the eyes.
Do you remember any other where you know that noun X is always used with the verb Y, but very different from English usage?
Also from this year: {maySon} is "superconductivity". In English, we say "be (super)conductive", not "express (super) conductivity". (I think he might've been poking fun at the "Klingon uses verbs when English uses nouns" idea with this year's vocabulary.) -- De'vID