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#*Used for things near the speaker ("this/these"). | #*Used for things near the speaker ("this/these"). | ||
#*Can be used in contrast with the referential for something that were mentioned earlier ("the former"). | #*Can be used in contrast with the referential for something that were mentioned earlier ("the former"). | ||
#'''Referential:''' | #'''Referential:''' equivalent to corresponding personal pronoun | ||
#*Used for things far from the speaker but near the listener ("that"). | #*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. | #*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"). | #*Used in contrast with the proximal for something that was mentioned later ("the latter"). | ||
#* | #*In third person, formed by reduplication of extended pronominal prefix (but reduplication is lost upon the addition of a prefix). | ||
#'''Distal:''' ''-la'' (takes pronominal concord prefixes) | #'''Distal:''' ''-la'' (takes pronominal concord prefixes) | ||
#*Used for things that are far from both the speaker and listener ("that over there"). | #*Used for things that are far from both the speaker and listener ("that over there"). | ||