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====Demonstratives==== | ====Demonstratives==== | ||
1) | 1) Pronominal demonstratives are listed in the table below; their possessive forms are parenthesised: | ||
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|Name || Locus || Singular || Dual || Plural | |Name || Locus || Singular || Dual || Plural | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Proximal || Near speaker || qi || qik || qit | | Proximal || Near speaker || qi (qin-) || qik (qikna-) || qit (qitna-) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Medial|| Near | | Medial|| Near listener(s) || qu (qun-) || quk (qukna-)|| qut (qutna-) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Distal || Away from speaker and | | Distal || Away from speaker and listener(s) || qa (qan-)|| qak (qakna-)|| qat (qatna-) | ||
|} | |} | ||
2) Pronominal demonstratives take case in the same manner as nouns. | |||
3) Adnominal demonstratives are formed by simply suffixing the appropriate pronominal demonstrative to the noun. The number indices of the demonstrative suffixes supersedes the nominal number suffixes in this case. Eg: kātuquk = those two cats | |||
=====Emphatic Pronouns===== | =====Emphatic Pronouns===== | ||
These are formed by addinɡ the auɡmentative suffix -iqpak to the appropriate pronoun. Eɡ: dimiqpak "you yourselves". | These are formed by addinɡ the auɡmentative suffix -iqpak to the appropriate pronoun. Eɡ: dimiqpak "you yourselves". | ||
=====Reflexive Pronouns===== | =====Reflexive Pronouns===== | ||