"Īlon kēlia pōntot tepi."

Translation: We are giving them the lions.

[Nuha302093]

Shouldn't this use the verb "irughagon" instead of "tepagon" because the recipient "pōntot" is third person plural?

[Joel__W]

I don't know where this rule comes from and can't find any citations, but there are several sentences using tepagon with a third person recipient on the wiki, and this course itself only uses tepagon on the page explaining the dative case, and uses it with third person recipients: https://www.duolingo.com/skill/hv/Dative/tips-and-notes. So it might be some earlier idea that Peterson had that was forgotten or discarded, applied inconsistently, or not even an actual rule at all.

Edit: I also can't find any sentences using irughagon, but many with tepagon. So irughagon itself seems quite forgotten.

Edit 2: Some news on this issue: https://dedalvs.tumblr.com/post/180601132580/what-is-the-difference-between-tepagon-and
It seems the rule is still valid, just applied inconsistently.

[Ctxkh1Me]

The subject is first person, so tepagon is perfectly valid. Irughagon is only required, as I understand it, when all of the subject, direct object, and indirect object are in the third person.