On 6/17/2022 12:40 PM, Will Martin wrote:
I thought that long ago, we concluded that the prefix trick only worked with first or second person object implied by the prefix specifically because, as you say, if the prefix makes sense to refer to the direct object, the prefix is for the direct object, not an implied indirect object.
chab qanob. chab chonob.
I have not seen an instance where a third-person-object prefix worked for the prefix trick. I don’t think any context could make a prefix trick work with a third person indirect object.
Of course, I’m quite often wrong. Like the James Taylor song, “That’s Why I’m Here."
Go back and read the previous threads on this. Okrand said that when he only addressed first- and second-person objects, he was simplifying, and that it does work with third-person objects provided it's unambiguous that the object referred to by the prefix can't reasonably be the direct object of the verb. This is new information. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name