Finally, as explained in the transitive animate verbs section, there are circumstances of animacy hierarchy with direct objects in Powhatan. Instead of the hierarchy going 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person, there is a pattern of 2nd person, 1st person, 3rd person. For example, to say "I strike him" it would be "nepakamāw", where the "ne-" prefix for 1st person is first and the "-āw" for 3rd person is at the end. However to say something like " I feed you", it would be "keassakmes" with the "ke-" prefix for 2nd person at the beginning and a different "-es" suffix for 1st person at the end. This might be a result of a practice of respect for others before oneself. "It is one of the few languages that give greater importance to the listener than the speaker," Dr. Blair Rudes, the linguist that worked on reconstructing the language for the movie The New World, remarked in an interview.