SuStel:

> And yes, the petaQmey is used for beings > capable of using language. They're not  

> scattered all about in the passage, so it's  > being used insultingly.

I can't understand though, why the {-mey} instead of {-pu'}. Is this some special case, as in {Dojmey}, which has {-mey} even if referring to beings capable of language ?

SuStel:

> But in your sentence, the action of the 

> insult is completed, and your English 

> sentence is conveying it that way. 

> Therefore this should be vIghro'wIj tIQ 

> tIchpu' petaQvam This p'takh insulted my

> ancient cat.

Oh yes, you're right, I obviously dropped the ball on this one..

~ hkkhhk