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===Demonstratives===
===Demonstratives===
Demonstrative pronouns and determiners are inflected on case, number and animacy.  Determiner, like [[#Adjectives|adjectives]], simply agree with the case of the noun, whereas pronouns have unique forms based on their case. Determiners mostly end in ''-s'' while pronouns mostly end in ''-t''.
Demonstrative pronouns and determiners are inflected on case, number and proximity (proximal or distal).  Determiner, like [[#Adjectives|adjectives]], simply agree with the case of the noun, whereas pronouns have unique forms based on their case. Determiners mostly end in ''-s'' while pronouns mostly end in ''-t''.
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|+ Elvarri demonstrative determiners
|+ Elvarri demonstrative determiners
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Genitive !! Dative !! Locative !! Instrumental !! Perlative
! colspan=2 | !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Genitive !! Dative !! Locative !! Instrumental !! Perlative
|-
|-
! rowspan=6 | Proximal
! rowspan=3 | Proximal
! rowspan=2 | Singular
! Singular
! inanimate
| ''omet'' || ''omit'' || ''omut'' || ''omeste'' || ''ometat'' || ''ometor'' || ''ometar''
| ''met'' || ''mit'' || ''mut'' || ''meste'' || ''metat'' || ''metor'' || ''metar''
|-
|-
! animate
! Paucal
| ''okmet'' || ''okmit'' || ''okmut'' || ''okmeste'' || ''okmetat'' || ''okmetor'' || ''okmetar''
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | Paucal
! Plural
! inanimate
| ''odmet'' || ''odmit'' || ''odmut'' || ''odmeste'' || ''odmetat'' || ''odmetor'' || ''odmetar''
|-
|-
! animate
! rowspan=3 | Distal
! Singular
| ''met''
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | Plural
! Paucal
! inanimate
|-
|-
! animate
! Plural
|-
! rowspan=6 | Distal
! rowspan=2 | Singular
! inanimate
|
|-
! animate
|-
! rowspan=2 | Paucal
! inanimate
|-
! animate
|-
! rowspan=2 | Plural
! inanimate
|-
! animate
|}
|}