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* Three demonstrative series, all declining for gender but not for number: proximal '''nenė''' (parrot), '''nenayes''' (dragon), '''nenayem''' (lotus); medial '''nunū''' (p.), '''numves''' (d.), '''numvem''' (l.); distal '''nanā''' (p.), '''nanās''' (d.), '''nanām''' (l.). | * Three demonstrative series, all declining for gender but not for number: proximal '''nenė''' (parrot), '''nenayes''' (dragon), '''nenayem''' (lotus); medial '''nunū''' (p.), '''numves''' (d.), '''numvem''' (l.); distal '''nanā''' (p.), '''nanās''' (d.), '''nanām''' (l.). | ||
* The possessives: '''liliā''' (''lilem, liles''); '''meyā''' (''meyem, meyes''); '''sāmiā''' (''sāmim, sāmes''); '''negā''' (''negem, neges''); '''tamiā''' (''tamim, tames''); '''tašñā''' (''tašñem, tašñes''); '''demiā''' (''demim, demes''). | * The possessives: '''liliā''' (''lilem, liles''); '''meyā''' (''meyem, meyes''); '''sāmiā''' (''sāmim, sāmes''); '''negā''' (''negem, neges''); '''tamiā''' (''tamim, tames''); '''tašñā''' (''tašñem, tašñes''); '''demiā''' (''demim, demes''). | ||
Note that both the demonstrative and the possessives are often not declined for gender in common speech in certain areas, most notably the densely populated area of the Jade Coast, including Līlasuṃghāṇa, Līlta, Galiākina, Ilėnimarta, and a few areas near Līṭhalyinām, Talliė, and Lāltaṣveya — an area inhabited by around 100 million people. This also happens in and near Līlikanāna, fourth largest city of the Inquisition, largest in the Southern Far East.<br/> | |||
Among younger speakers in some areas the Jade Coast, most notably in Līlasuṃghāṇa, Taitepamba, and Mileyīkhā, they are not inflected at all, e.g. ''lili nanā phėcamu mišau'' "I saw that cat", standard ''lili nanāmu phėcamu mišau''. | |||
In addition, '''yani''' is an emphatic pronoun not properly part of common speech (''demi'' is used instead) but sometimes found in high style. Archaic Chlouvānem had a demonstrative series consisting of proximal '''ami''' (''em, es''), medial '''uteni''' (''utam, utas''), and distal '''āteni''' (''ātam, ātas''), which declined in use throughout Classical times, when they were replaced by the newer ''nenė — nunū — nanā'' forms. | In addition, '''yani''' is an emphatic pronoun not properly part of common speech (''demi'' is used instead) but sometimes found in high style. Archaic Chlouvānem had a demonstrative series consisting of proximal '''ami''' (''em, es''), medial '''uteni''' (''utam, utas''), and distal '''āteni''' (''ātam, ātas''), which declined in use throughout Classical times, when they were replaced by the newer ''nenė — nunū — nanā'' forms. | ||