Part of the pronoun can be attached to a verb as a prefix to indicate the object that the verb is affecting. See these examples:
- sib eng endege “the rain hit me”
- sib nong nendege “the rain hit you”
- sib ong wendege “the rain hit him”
- sib ig yogendege “the rain hit us”
- sib yog yogendege “the rain hit you pl.”
- sib wog wogendege “the rain hit them”
- magog wogesigom “I gave the beetlenut to them”
- magog wog wogesigom “I gave the beetlenut to them”
- magog nesigom “I gave the beetlenut to you”
- magog nong nesigom “I gave the beetlenut to you”
- nonn notuwolumum “I covered you”
- eng nong nohipangabigom “I cut you”
#12 shows that the object prefix precedes the manner prefix hi-.
The prefix rules
Generally it seems to be:
e-
no-
nothing
yog-
yog-
wog-
We see in endege and nendege that the rule needs some careful thought to work.
Spellcheck rule
The spellcheck rule that attempts to auto-generate the object prefix needs work.