Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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|''jé'' (who);<br/>''ján'' (what) | |||
|''mé'' | |''mé'' | ||
|''ħé'' | |''ħé'' | ||
|''ŧá'' | |''ŧá'' | ||
|''navé'' | |''navé'' | ||
|''atiért;'' ''atié'', ''atián'' | |||
|''rṓg'', ''bást'' (adjective) | |''rṓg'', ''bást'' (adjective), ''cárbást'' (person) | ||
|''thivé'' | |||
|'' | |||
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!|Place | !|Place | ||
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**To express contempt | **To express contempt | ||
**As a second-in-line demonstrative, similar to obviation | **As a second-in-line demonstrative, similar to obviation | ||
The demonstrative pronouns can also be used in isolation to refer to people or objects: e.g. ''mé'' 'this man/thing', ''ħī́'' 'that woman near you'. | |||
In highly humble language (roughly equivalent to German ''Ihr''), the "near speaker" and "near hearer" demonstratives are used in epithets for 1st and 2nd person respectively in lieu of grammatical 1st or 2nd person. (e.g. ''clū́dílē mé'': "this humble subject", ''áchrē ħé/tīnā́ ħī́/sliévā ħī́'': Your Majesty/Highness; lit. "that king/hand/throne", ''domarvárlē/a̋thmavárlē ħé/ā́thmī́dī ħī́'', "that called one/sanctified one/holiness"; used to address a priest, ''mách/ħách'' generic humble language, used for locative obliques as substitutes for 1st or 2nd person inflected prepositions) | In highly humble language (roughly equivalent to German ''Ihr''), the "near speaker" and "near hearer" demonstratives are used in epithets for 1st and 2nd person respectively in lieu of grammatical 1st or 2nd person. (e.g. ''clū́dílē mé'': "this humble subject", ''áchrē ħé/tīnā́ ħī́/sliévā ħī́'': Your Majesty/Highness; lit. "that king/hand/throne", ''domarvárlē/a̋thmavárlē ħé/ā́thmī́dī ħī́'', "that called one/sanctified one/holiness"; used to address a priest, ''mách/ħách'' generic humble language, used for locative obliques as substitutes for 1st or 2nd person inflected prepositions) | ||