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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |est | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |est | ||
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |ajel | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |ajel | ||
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These roughly correspond to English “this here” "this / that" and “that over there,” with the remote determiners having a farther spatial distance than English “that.” For this reason, many speakers use ''est'' when referring to objects that in English would normally be determined with “that.” The singular determiner can be used as a pronoun. | These roughly correspond to English “this here” "this / that" and “that over there,” with the remote determiners having a farther spatial distance than English “that.” For this reason, many speakers use ''est'' when referring to objects that in English would normally be determined with “that.” The singular determiner can be used as a pronoun. For added emphasis, contracted forms of the adverbs ''ací'' (''ci'') can be added to the end of the modified noun, and for the two remote determiners the forms of ''elaz'' (''laz''). | ||
===== Interrogative Determiners ===== | ===== Interrogative Determiners ===== | ||