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Some example possessed nouns include ''wiyet-he'' ‘my boat’; ''ana-sa'' ‘her mother’. | Some example possessed nouns include ''wiyet-he'' ‘my boat’; ''ana-sa'' ‘her mother’. | ||
==== | ==== Demonstratives ==== | ||
Skerre has a three-way distinction in demonstrative pronouns and adjectives (identical forms are used for the two classes of function): | |||
{| class="bluetable" | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="3" |Demonstratives | |||
|- | |||
! proximal | |||
| tii || this (associated with 1st person) | |||
|- | |||
! medial | |||
| tena || that (associated with 2nd person) | |||
|- | |||
! distal | |||
| taar || that, that yonder (associated with 3rd person) | |||
|} | |||
==== Interrogative ==== | ==== Interrogative ==== | ||