6 Oct
2016
6 Oct
'16
8:01 a.m.
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. -- De'vID