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Body paerts and verb prefixes

Se'noj le'umaS ([email protected])

• From: "Se'noj le'umaS" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Body paerts and verb prefixes
• Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:22:15 +0600
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When using verb prefixes, espesically imperatives, with the object of the 
verb being a body part, espescially the speaker's, is the body part 
considered part of the speaker?
i.e.
Which is correct: {{Sa'HutwIj HIchop}} pagh {{Sa'HutwIj yIchop}}?

Personally, I prefer the former, because if you bite my arse, you are, in 
effect, biting me, though I can see a possibility for it to be considered 
ungrammatical.

And yes, I do see that this example has real dangers of being taken 
literally, but that is another discussion for another time.

Se'noj

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