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====Demonstratives==== | ====Demonstratives==== | ||
There are three demonstratives in Gothedish: near (or proximal), middle (or medial), and far (or distal). | Demonstratives can be used independently as pronouns, or postnominally as determiners. There are three demonstratives in Gothedish: near (or proximal), middle (or medial), and far (or distal). | ||
The near demonstrative is used for objects near to the speaker. It is declined as a regular strong adjective with the stem ''iss-''. | The near demonstrative is used for objects near to the speaker. It is declined as a regular strong adjective with the stem ''iss-''. | ||
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| jänes || jänes | | jänes || jänes | ||
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====Articles==== | |||
The definite article occurs before a noun to show that the noun is definite. <!--It is used less often then in English.-->It always unstressed, and is declined as below: | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|+ Gothedish definite article | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | !! Nominative || Accusative || Dative || Genitive | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="4" | Singular !! Masculine | |||
| þes || þen || rowspan="3" | þem || rowspan="4" | þes | |||
|- | |||
! Neuter | |||
| þet || þet | |||
|- | |||
! Unmarked | |||
| þe || þe | |||
|- | |||
! Feminine | |||
| þe || þe || þes | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="3" | Plural !! Masculine | |||
| þe || þes || rowspan="3" | þem || rowspan="3" | þes | |||
|- | |||
! Neut./unm. | |||
| þe || þe | |||
|- | |||
! Feminine | |||
| þes || þes | |||
|} | |||
There is no indefinite article. | |||
====Interrogative pronouns==== | ====Interrogative pronouns==== | ||