Hm, why only for first and second person? I don't have my KGT at hand right now, but I think in those situations where a third person object is actually marked on the verb by a prefix, the prefix trick (aka dative shift) should be possible, shouldn't it?

Cf.:
Situation: The soldiers will give you (e.g. their prisoner) to the emperor.
{ghaHvaD SoH nInob.} = They give you to him.
{SoH lunob.} = They give him you.

Y'all seem to have excluded this variant. Did Okrand explicitly rule this out or state that the prefix trick only works for 1st and 2nd person? Or was it an assumption?

- André

2016-10-06 15:14 GMT+02:00 mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com>:

De'vID:
> tIqwIj Sa'angnIS

"I need to show you (plural) my heart". Since I see no ambiguity here, I'll take that as a "yes", and add to my notes that the prefix trick can be used for first and second person plural objects as well.

If I'm wrong in this conclusion, then someone please do correct me.

qunnoH
I love you all


On 6 Oct 2016 4:07 p.m., "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
On 6 October 2016 at 14:24, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 ?

tIqwIj Sa'angnIS.

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