Am 13.03.2019 um 16:24 schrieb nIqolay Q:
On Facebook, Lieven posted a video where he was talking about some of the new words with Okrand. Okrand glossed {'an} as "be a waste", as a stative verb instead of a transitive one.
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Here we go, it's on Youtube. Convenient! https://youtu.be/f2cgPd-TBJE?t=3m49s
For those preferring "quotable facts", there's a summary of the video interview at the Klingon Language Wiki: http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/NewWordsQepa25 {'an} a verb meaning to be a waste as in That's a waste. Okrand: "But it's not like 'I waste the Coca Cola'; you need -moH for that." [...] "I sent him out there knowing he's not going to come back = I sacrificed him. [it's with -moH] because I caused him to be a waste, I caused that to be 'wasteful'." -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de