Category:demonstratives

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Overview of three types of demonstratives found in Lushootseed

  • adjectival demonstratives (also known as demonstrative adjectives)
    Proximal (nearby)
    This house is large.
    These houses are large.
    Distal (far away)
    That river is long.
    Those rivers are long.
  • pronominal demonstratives (also known as demonstrative pronouns)
    Proximal
    This is a large house.
    These are large houses.
    Distal
    That is a long river.
    Those are long rivers.
  • adverbial demonstratives (also known as demonstrative adverbs)
    Proximal
    A large house is located here.
    Large houses are located here.
    Distal:
    A long river is located there.
    Long rivers are located there.

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Adjectival demonstratives

Set I: used for masculine/neutral nouns and plural feminine nouns
Northern Southern pastəducid Technical description
tiʔəʔ ti this proximal adjectival demonstrative
tiʔiɫ / tiiɫ tiiɫ that distal adjectival demonstrative
ti šə a/the particular one adjectival demonstrative of unique reference
a/the non-contrastive/neutral adjectival demonstrative
kʷi kʷi a, any, some hypothetical/remote adjectival demonstrative
tiʔacəc tiʔacəc specific reference adjectival demonstrative



Set II: used for singular feminine nouns and small animals
Northern Southern pastəducid Technical description
tsiʔəʔ tsi this proximal adjectival demonstrative
tsiʔiɫ tsiiɫ that distal adjectival demonstrative
tsi a/the particular one adjectival demonstrative of unique reference
tsə tsə a/the non-contrastive/neutral adjectival demonstrative
kʷsi kʷsi a, any, some hypothetical/remote adjectival demonstrative
tsiʔacəc tsiʔacəc specific reference adjectival demonstrative

Pronominal demonstratives

Set I: used for masculine/neutral nouns and plural feminine nouns
Northern Southern pastəducid Technical description
tiʔəʔ ti this, these proximal pronominal demonstrative
tiʔiʔəʔ, tiiʔəʔ these
tiʔiɫ / tiiɫ tiʔiɫ that, those distal pronominal demonstrative
tiʔiʔiɫ, tiiʔiɫ those



Set II: used for singular feminine nouns and small animals
Northern Southern pastəducid Technical description
tsiʔəʔ tsi this proximal pronominal demonstrative
tsiʔiɫ tsiʔiɫ that distal pronominal demonstrative

Adverbial demonstratives

Set I: used for masculine/neutral nouns and plural feminine nouns
Northern Southern pastəducid Technical description
diʔaʔ dišaʔ here proximal adverbial demonstrative
tiʔaʔ right here proximal adverbial demonstrative (more specific)
tudiʔ / tadiʔ over there, over yonder distal adverbial demonstrative
taʔa right over there, right over yonder distal adverbial demonstrative (more specific)
kʷədiʔ that way over there remote adverbial demonstrative



Set II: used for masculine/neutral nouns and plural feminine nouns
Northern Southern pastəducid Technical description
tsiʔaʔ here proximal adverbial demonstrative
tsudiʔ / tsadiʔ over there, over yonder distal adverbial demonstrative
tsaʔa over there, over yonder distal adverbial demonstrative (more specific)



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Subcategories

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Pages in category "demonstratives"

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