argument structure k'u etc.

[Bruce Ingham]

On 2/4/05 6:39 pm, "ROOD DAVID S" <rood at spot.Colorado.EDU> wrote:


How fascinating.  Possibly also nis^ miye kte lo, mis^ niye kte lo.  Any
native speakers to solve the problem.  I only remember that in this
connection Boas and Deloria give similar play context exampples live imagmu
'I am a cat' and 'imaletka 'I am a branch'.

Bruce

What happens if you're planning a
> prank with role substitution, and you need to say "I'm going to be you,
> and you be me"  (note English "me", by the way)?  I'm going to guess it'd
> have to be "niye hemacha kte, miye henicha kte" and not *hemayacha or,
> abosultely out, *hechicha.  Actually, I bet the more likely construction
> would be niye (cha?) miye kte, which would confirm the "predicate"
> analysis -- but I don't know what might happen if you force the use of
> "hecha".
>