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===Demonstratives=== | ===Demonstratives=== | ||
The demonstrative pronouns function as demonstratives, determiners, | The demonstrative pronouns function as demonstratives, determiners, and third person personal pronouns. There is no distinction made, what so ever. | ||
The feminine demonstrative pronouns have been subjected to loaning, explaining the diverseness in roots. However, the remaining roots are derived from the root √t, which is translated as ''one, pertaining to unity''. | The feminine demonstrative pronouns have been subjected to loaning, explaining the diverseness in roots. However, the remaining roots are derived from the root √t, which is translated as ''one, pertaining to unity''. | ||
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*The instrumental forms transform verbal nouns to adverbs after verbs. | *The instrumental forms transform verbal nouns to adverbs after verbs. | ||
*The locative forms transform nouns to locational or directional adverbs after verbs. | *The locative forms transform nouns to locational or directional adverbs after verbs. | ||
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====Proximal demonstratives==== | ====Proximal demonstratives==== | ||
The proximal demonstratives signify a close distance of the deictic and the speaker, equivalent to the English demonstrative "''this''", and it is marked through prefixing an ⟨e-⟩ to the stems of the distal demonstratives. Any collisions with vowels conclude in the deletion of the | The proximal demonstratives signify a close distance of the deictic and the speaker, equivalent to the English demonstrative "''this''", and it is marked through prefixing an ⟨e-⟩ to the stems of the distal demonstratives. Any collisions with vowels conclude in the deletion of the original vowel. This has led to a great deal of irregularity in the proximals. | ||
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These demonstratives are however quite archaic, and are being replaced by the previously complementive proclitic ⟨e-⟩. They are still valid as pronouns, but rarely determine frases, instead replaced by the proclitic, which is added to the modified noun. | These demonstratives are however quite archaic, and are being replaced by the previously complementive proclitic ⟨e-⟩. They are still valid as pronouns, but rarely determine frases, instead replaced by the proclitic, which is added to the modified noun. Unless the word starts in a vowel, in that case, the demonstratives are preferrable. | ||
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