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Manner deictics indicate how an action is performed or in what state something is. They are also used to refer to abstract things (discourse deixis). | Manner deictics indicate how an action is performed or in what state something is. They are also used to refer to abstract things (discourse deixis). | ||
Manner deictics are always grammatically feminine. The default manner deictic is ''si'' "like; the way/manner/ | Manner deictics are always grammatically feminine. The default manner deictic is ''si'' "like; the way/manner/condition of –", which must occur as the head of a nominal phrase. The instrumental ''sis'' "like –; in the way of –; –ly" is used when describing actions. | ||
:e.g. ''care si'' "an angry way; angrily"; ''shari si'' "like a dog; the way of a dog" (notice that ''shara'' "dog" is in the genitive) | :e.g. ''care si'' "an angry way; angrily"; ''shari si'' "like a dog; the way of a dog" (notice that ''shara'' "dog" is in the genitive) | ||
::''Usú <b>shari si</b>.'' "He is '''like a dog'''." (lit.: "He is '''the way of a dog'''.") | ::''Usú <b>shari si</b>.'' "He is '''like a dog'''." (lit.: "He is '''the way of a dog'''.") | ||