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====Demonstratives==== | ====Demonstratives==== | ||
There are three demonstratives in Kola: proximal | There are three demonstratives in Kola: proximal, referential, and distal. Demonstratives can function as pronouns or adjectives. | ||
#'''Proximal:''' ''-no'' (takes pronominal concord prefixes) | |||
*''' | #*Used for things near the speaker ("this/these"). | ||
*'''Distal:''' ''-la'' (takes pronominal concord prefixes) | #*Can be used in contrast with the referential for something that were mentioned earlier ("the former"). | ||
#'''Referential:''' reduplication of extended pronominal concord (except for 1st and 2nd person, which use the regular pronouns) | |||
#*Used for things far from the speaker but near the listener ("that"). | |||
#*Also used for something that was mentioned earlier without reference to its distance. | |||
#*Used in contrast with the proximal for something that was mentioned later ("the latter"). | |||
#*Formally equivalent to the corresponding personal pronouns. | |||
#*Loses reduplication upon addition of prefixes. | |||
#'''Distal:''' ''-la'' (takes pronominal concord prefixes) | |||
#*Used for things that are far from both the speaker and listener ("that over there"). | |||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== |