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====Demonstratives==== | ====Demonstratives==== | ||
There are two demonstratives: ''' | There are two demonstratives: '''yun''' (= "this") and '''ledh''' (= "that"). The first demonstrative matches perfectly the first person, whereas the second one matches both the second and the third person: | ||
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!'''1st''' | !'''1st''' | ||
|'' | |''naudh'' (= here) | ||
| | |yun | ||
|this | |this | ||
|- | |- | ||
!'''2nd''' | !'''2nd''' | ||
|rowspan="2"|'' | |rowspan="2"|''cys'' (= there) | ||
|rowspan="2"|ledh | |rowspan="2"|ledh | ||
|rowspan="2"|that | |rowspan="2"|that | ||
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Demonstratives don't inflect and always follow the nouns they are referred to, and the nouns take also the article, ex.: | Demonstratives don't inflect and always follow the nouns they are referred to, and the nouns take also the article, ex.: | ||
* ''To | * ''To ailur yun'' - This cat. | ||
* ''Yv en to | * ''Yv en to oic yun'' - I'm in this house; | ||
* '' | * ''Ergu e tho oicoi ledh'' - I come from those houses. | ||
====Possessives==== | ====Possessives==== |
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