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The demonstratives are ''ŋo'' 'this' and ''ri'' 'that'. With nouns, demonstratives may either precede or follow the noun but there's a difference in connotation. For example, "this bird" is either ''ʔes-xod ŋo'' or ''ŋo ʔes-xod'', but the latter has the force of "this very bird". | The demonstratives are ''ŋo'' 'this' and ''ri'' 'that'. With nouns, demonstratives may either precede or follow the noun but there's a difference in connotation. For example, "this bird" is either ''ʔes-xod ŋo'' or ''ŋo ʔes-xod'', but the latter has the force of "this very bird". | ||
===Adjectives=== | |||
====Mishkalim==== | |||
Nouns and adjectives have various mishkalim, or patterns, that have different declension paradigms. | |||
Adjectives in ''-in'' decline as follows: | |||
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|+ ''năþâgin'' 'Netagin' | |||
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! !! Singulative !! Collective !! Plurative | |||
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!Masculine | |||
|| ''năþâgin'' || ''năþâginu'' || ''năþâginâ'' | |||
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!Feminine | |||
|| ''năþâgiyö'' || ''năþâgiyönu'' || ''năþâgiyöb'' | |||
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===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
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! 3 | ! 3 | ||
| ''heh'' (m)<br/>''han'' (f) || ''hènnâ'' | | ''heh'' (m)<br/>''han'' (f) || ''hènnâ'' | ||
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