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
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On 6 October 2016 at 13:18, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@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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