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"Common" third-person pronouns refer to objects, akin to the use of English "it", while "neuter" third-person pronouns refer to people, akin to the use of English singular and plural "they". Ancient Yeldha has no attested singular first-person pronoun; these are always inferred from the inflection of the verb. | "Common" third-person pronouns refer to objects, akin to the use of English "it", while "neuter" third-person pronouns refer to people, akin to the use of English singular and plural "they". Ancient Yeldha has no attested singular first-person pronoun; these are always inferred from the inflection of the verb. | ||
===Demonstratives=== | ===Demonstratives=== | ||
Ancient Yeldha demonstratives can be used as determiners | Ancient Yeldha demonstratives are inflected on number(singular, plural) proximity(proximal, distal) and connectivity(conjunctive, disjunctive). Only conjunctive forms can be used as determiners; they are placed postpositionally. | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||
! !! Singular !! Plural | ! colspan=2 | !! Singular !! Plural | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Proximal | ! rowspan=2 | Proximal | ||
! conjunctive | |||
| ''na'' || ''ná'' | | ''na'' || ''ná'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Distal | ! disjunctive | ||
| ''tá'' || '' | | ''nam'' || ''naigh'' | ||
|- | |||
! rowspan=2 | Distal | |||
! conjunctive | |||
| ''ta'' || ''tá'' | |||
|- | |||
! disjunctive | |||
| ''tam'' || ''tagh'' | |||
|} | |} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references group="lower-alpha"/> | <references group="lower-alpha"/> | ||