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Number is usually determined by context, but plurality can be indicated by either joining a cardinal number, a quantifier, or the plural marker ''no'' before the noun. The noun is always linked to these modifiers by the ''si-'' connective, as in ''no si-kurashno'' "the girls". | Number is usually determined by context, but plurality can be indicated by either joining a cardinal number, a quantifier, or the plural marker ''no'' before the noun. The noun is always linked to these modifiers by the ''si-'' connective, as in ''no si-kurashno'' "the girls". | ||
===== Demonstrative Clitics ===== | |||
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! Type !! Spatial !! English Translation !! Example | |||
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| '''Proximal '''|| =shkoro || this one near me; now || nan=ishkoro "this man here"; oriyat=hepi "today" | |||
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| '''Medio-Proximal''' || =hori, =ori || that one by you; just awhile ago|| nan=hori "that man next to you"; | |||
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| '''Distal''' || =nko, =kekori || yonder, that one near him/her/them; yesterday, a few days ago|| nan=inko "yonder man"" | |||
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| '''Invisible''' || =nanak || that one beyond the horizon, or occluded by a distant object|| nan=nanak "that man (e.g. on the other side of the mountain)" | |||
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! Type !! Spatial !! Temporal !! English Translation !! Example | |||
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| Proximal || =shkoro || =hepi || this one near me; now || nan=ishkoro "this man here"; oriyat=hepi "today" | |||
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| Medio-Proximal || =hori || =enmosh || that one by you; just awhile ago|| nan=hori "that man next to you"; | |||
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| Distal || =nko || =kekori || yonder, that one near him/her/them; yesterday, a few days ago|| nan=inko "yonder man"; oriyat=kekori "yesterday", ono=kekori "a few days ago" | |||
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| Invisible || =nanak || =sinkar || a long time ago|| nan=nanak "that man (e.g. on the other side of the mountain)"; oriyat=sinkar "a long time ago" | |||
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