23 Jun
2016
23 Jun
'16
5:20 a.m.
On 22 June 2016 at 15:17, André Müller <esperantist@gmail.com> wrote:
Theoretically there could be a situation in which you might want to say {jIH ghaH mayqel'e'}, which would be similar to "Michael is me!". E.g. when you notice that a person named mayqel is impersonating you, like an actor or something (though then {Da} might be a better choice. But I would say that this way of saying it is probably pragmatically marked.
Even then, I'd say something like {mayqel jIH'e'} "I, and only I, am Michael" (see the example using {jIH'e'} in TKD 3.3.5). For extra emphasis, maybe even: {jIH *jIH* mayqel'e'} for "Michael is *me*"! :-) I think it's weird to refer to oneself using {ghaH}, but as you say it's marked. -- De'vID