<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 9:32 AM SuStel <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wrote:<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div></div>
<p>So unless there's an example I can't think of, we don't have
anything conclusive. I tend toward <b>Duj 'ar wIghaj,</b> because
the noun that <b>'ar</b> is attached to is not allowed a plural
suffix, so why not avoid a plural prefix as well?<br></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>David makes an interesting case, though I don't know that I agree with it. <br><br>Rather, I think this is a great opportunity to subtly indicate the attitude of the speaker and take advantage of the rule that nouns don't need to be marked with a suffix to be seen as plural.<br><br>Imagine a scenario in which our speaker has been told to prepare for a hopeless battle. In one version, the speaker is depressed but realistic. In another version, the speaker is crazily optimistic. Something like this would go a long way to driving the pronoun choice (at least for me).<br><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><div style="text-align:left">That said, David has spent much more time pondering this and similar details of grammar. I'm just popping in because this one caught my attention.<br><br>Lawrence</div><div style="text-align:left"><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>