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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/18/2017 8:37 AM, David Holt wrote:<br>
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<p>ghItlh SapIr:</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I suspect that part of the
problem is that, for native speakers of </span><br>
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<div class="PlainText">English and most other European
languages, the most natural place for the<br>
subject is before the verb. Thus, when we see *Soj
vutlu'*, our<br>
instincts tell us that *Soj* is the subject, rather than
an object in a<br>
sentence that doens't have an overt subject.</div>
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<div class="PlainText"><span style="font-family: Calibri,
Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, "Apple Color
Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji,
"Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji",
EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;">I can't speak for others
who have asked this question, but placement of the
object had nothing to do with my question. I based my
question solely from the perspective that the pronominal
prefixes which normally indicate first- or second-person
subject are used with {-lu'}. My hope was that
following that model, we could also allow {-wI'} to see
the assumed object as the subject. There is a form of
"promotion" of object to subject, though admittedly
incomplete, especially since the explicit object
placement does not change. I admit that I couldn't
recall the results of previous discussions and so threw
it in as an additional possability to be discussed for
my purposes. I was not proposing it as my best
suggestion and knew there was a good chance others would
shoot it down. I accept their objections.</span></div>
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<p>The exact sentence TKD uses to explain the indefinite subject
prefixes is this: "Those prefixes which normally indicate first-
or second-person subject and third-person singular object (<b>vI-,
Da-, wI-, bo-</b>) are used to indicate first- or second-person
object." TKD is telling us that the object of a verb with <b>-lu'</b>
remains an object with <b>-lu'</b> there. The prefixes are being
reassigned; they no longer have their old roles when <b>-lu'</b>
is used. There is no promotion of object to subject.</p>
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