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<nowiki>*</nowiki> The use of the particles ‹''det''› and ‹''som''› as diminutive and augmentative particles respectively may not be confused with their use in other forms. For the former, for instance, forms such as "''x-ful''", "''very x'', "''having x (n.)''" or "''very x (adj.)''", since it is not bound to the word it modifies, neither as an affix+word lexification (as in ‹''detjalatti''›, ''expected'', from ‹''det''› -"''with, having''"- and ‹''i-alatti''› -"''expectation''"-); nor as an affix+word construction (as in ‹''det-hjol''›, ''with walls'', ''walled'', from ‹''det''› -"''with, having''"- and ‹''hjol''› -''wall''-). | <nowiki>*</nowiki> The use of the particles ‹''det''› and ‹''som''› as diminutive and augmentative particles respectively may not be confused with their use in other forms. For the former, for instance, forms such as "''x-ful''", "''very x'', "''having x (n.)''" or "''very x (adj.)''", since it is not bound to the word it modifies, neither as an affix+word lexification (as in ‹''detjalatti''›, ''expected'', from ‹''det''› -"''with, having''"- and ‹''i-alatti''› -"''expectation''"-); nor as an affix+word construction (as in ‹''det-hjol''›, ''with walls'', ''walled'', from ‹''det''› -"''with, having''"- and ‹''hjol''› -''wall''-). | ||
Many of this both forms, diminutives and augmentatives, have been lexicalized, mainly in derivation of nouns of inanimate and indeterminate grammatical gender. | |||
===Personal pronouns=== | ===Personal pronouns=== | ||