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Genitive forms are adjectives and decline as such, cf. ''bícon ésuon esu ríté'' "my pen is blue", ''fú šoséreon ton bíconi rítéu ésuonno'' "I write with my blue pen". | Genitive forms are adjectives and decline as such, cf. ''bícon ésuon esu ríté'' "my pen is blue", ''fú šoséreon ton bíconi rítéu ésuonno'' "I write with my blue pen". | ||
====Demonstratives==== | |||
Cerian, as most Evandorian languages do, distinguishes between a series of "moving" demonstratives and a series of "static" demonstratives. Furthermore, it distinguishes between proximal and non-proximal demonstratives with, in the non-proximal, a further, more marked form, identifying a higher position. The "moving" series distinguishes number but not gender, while the "static" series is invariable. | |||
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! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | !! rowspan=2 | Static !! colspan=2 | Moving | |||
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! Singular !! Plural | |||
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! rowspan=2 | Non-proximal !! Same height | |||
| ''éon''<br/>that/those || ''aréso''<br/>that one moving || ''aréjé''<br/>those ones moving | |||
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! Higher | |||
| ''órion''<br/>that/those one(s) up there || ''óriéso''<br/>that one moving up there || ''oriéjé''<br/>those ones moving up there | |||
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! colspan=2 | Proximal | |||
| ''pán''<br/>this/these || ''péso''<br/>this one moving || ''péjé''<br/>these ones moving | |||
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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||