[tlhIngan Hol] [English] Using "pong" as a verb to say "my name is..." ?

mayqel qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Thu Oct 6 05:24:43 PDT 2016


maj. and as far as the previous question goes, what's the answer ?

the prefix trick is used only for first and second person singular object,
or it can be used for first and second person plural object as well ?

qunnoH
I love you all

On 6 Oct 2016 3:01 p.m., "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6 October 2016 at 13:18, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> > and since we're on the subject, it would be great if someone could
> explain,
> > why the prefix trick applies only to first and second person object
> > (singular or plural).
> >
> > why can't I say {vIghro' DInob jay'} for "we give them the f*** cat" ?
>
> Because {vIghro' DInob} means "we give the cats", {vIghro'} being the
> object of {nob}. The suffix {-mey} is optional, and the plurality of
> the cats comes from the {DI-} prefix. If it were possible to apply the
> "prefix trick" here, the sentence would have an ambiguous meaning.
>
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