9.2.3.5. Demonstrative pronouns

ᦀᦲᧉʔii³500nounthis thing; like thisᦵᦣᧆ ᦀᦲᧉ ᦶᦙᧃᧈ ᦣᦱᧈ?Is this the right thing to do?ᦎᧂᧉ ᦶᦎᧈ ᦵᦙᦲᧈ ᦵᦣᧃ ᦷᦎ ᦓᧃᧉ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦵᦖᦲᧃ ᦀᦲᧉ ᦵᦠᦲᧃᧉ.Since the time they went to school it had been like this.ᦉᧂ ᧞ ᦀᧁ ᦷᦆ ᦙᦱ ᦜᦻ ᦉᧄᧈ ᦀᦲᧉ ᦣᦱ?Why have you brought us so much stuff?ᦟᧅ ᦂ ᦶᦑᧉ ᦖᦱᧅ ᦃ ᦶᦐᧆ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦵᦖᦲᧃ ᦀᦲᧉ ᦣᦱᧈ?Are pineapples really like this?9.2.3.5Demonstrative pronounsᦀᦲᧇᧈᦀᦲᧉᦌᦲᧄᦌᦲ
ᦵᦋᦲᧉᦓᦲᦰᦵᦋᦲᧉᦐᦱᧉcɤɤ⁶niʔ⁵cɤɤ⁶naa³nounone thing and another; this and thatᦋᦱᧂᧈ ᦵᦂᦲᧆᧈ ᦙᦲ ᦂᦱᧃ ᦵᦋᦲᧉ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦵᦋᦲᧉ ᦐᦱᧉ.Accidents of one kind or another can occur.9.2.3.5Demonstrative pronounsᦵᦋᦲᧉᦓᦲᦰᦐᦱᧉ
ᦵᦋᦲᧉᦓᦲᦰᦑᦱᧂᦐᦱᧉcɤɤ⁶niʔ⁵taaŋ⁴naa³nounone thing and another; this and thatᦑᦱᧃᧈ ᦑᧂ ᦞᧃ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦅᧂᧈ ᦵᦣᧆ ᦶᦔᧂ ᦆᦸᧇ ᦷᦆ ᦵᦋᦲᧉ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦑᦱᧂ ᦐᦱᧉ.All day he would hurry to make one thing and another.9.6.3.2Markers of emphasis 9.2.3.5Demonstrative pronounsᦵᦋᦲᧉᦑᦱᧂ1ᦓᦲᦰᦐᦱᧉ
ᦑᧁᧈᦓᧃᧉtaw⁵nan⁶1post-verbonly that; that's allᦃᦱᧉ ᦂᦱᧁᧈ ᦅᧄ ᧚ ᦑᧁᧈ ᦓᧃᧉ.I only said one word.ᦙᦲ ᦶᦎᧈ ᧑、᧒ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦑᧁᧈ ᦓᧃᧉ.There are only one or two people.8.1.5.7Only2post-verbthat muchᦅᦹᧆ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦑᧁᧈ ᦓᧃᧉ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦢᦸᧅᧈ ᦂᦸᧃᧈ ᦀᦸᧃ ᦺᦓ ᦋᦸᧂ ᦙᦱ ᦠᦱ.He thought it through that much and then he called together the village leaders.9.2.3.5Demonstrative pronounsᦑᧁᧈ1ᦓᧃᧉ
ᦓᦲᦰniᦓᦲᧉ5001demonstrative adjectivethis. [Note: Used with a classifier.]ᦗᦸᧇ ᦐᦽᧈ ᦓᦲᦰ.This book.9.2.3.5Demonstrative pronouns2demonstrative adjectiveas for. Marks the end of the topic in a topic-comment constructionᦎᦴ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦵᦋᦲᧉ ᦘ ᦍᦱ ᦟᦲᧂ ᦷᦍᧆ ᦺᦊᧈ.As for me, I am of a line of great monkey kings.ᦓᦱᧂ ᦑᧂ ᧒ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦕᦴᧉ ᦺᦡ ᦈᧅ ᦵᦂᦲᧆᧈ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦍᦲᧂ?Of these two women, which one will give birth to a girl?3.5.1.2.9Be about, subjectᦓᦲᦰᦐᦱᧉᦚᦳᧂᦓᦲᦰᦛᦱᧂᧈᦓᦲᦰᦞᧃᦓᦲᦰᦡᦱᧁᧉᦓᦲᦰᦡᧂᧈᦓᦲᦰᦢᧆᦓᦲᦰ
ᦓᦲᦰᦐᦱᧉniʔ⁵naa³demonstrative adjectivethis and that (can be separated)ᦙᦲ ᦵᦞ ᦟᦱ ᦍᧂ ᦋᦱᧂᧈ ᦶᦟᧃᧈ ᦺᦔ ᦢᦱᧃᧉ ᦑᦳᧂᧈ ᦑᦸᧂᦰ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦑᦸᧂᦰ ᦐᦱᧉ.Sometimes he would go to the village to look at this and that.ᦷᦓᧅ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦢᦲᧃ ᦺᦔ ᦈᧇ ᦵᦝᧀ ᦺᦙᧉ ᦂᦸ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦂᦸ ᦐᦱᧉ ᦊᦴᧈ.The bird flew around perching on the branches of this and that tree.9.2.3.5Demonstrative pronounsᦓᦲᦰᦐᦱᧉᦈᦳᦓᦲᦰᦟᦻᧈᦐᦱᧉᦵᦋᦲᧉᦓᦲᦰᦵᦋᦲᧉᦐᦱᧉᦵᦋᦲᧉᦓᦲᦰᦑᦱᧂᦐᦱᧉ
ᦓᧃᧉnan⁶ᦓᧃᧈ5001demonstrative adjectivethat. [Note: Used with a classifier.]ᦉᧅ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦖᦱᧅ ᦠᦲᧃ ᦟᦴᧅ ᦓᧃᧉ ᦢᦲᧃ ᦗᦸᧅ ᦺᦔ ᦣᧂ.She grasped that stone in her beak and flew back to her nest.ᦍᦱᧄ ᦓᧃᧉ ᦵᦉᧂ ᦓᦱᧆ ᦶᦓᧃ ᦙᦱ ᦅᧄ ᦵᦡᧁ.At that time there was suddenly the sound of guns.9.2.3.5Demonstrative pronouns2demonstrative adjectiveas for. [Note: ᦓᧃᧉ marks the end of the topic in a topic-comment construction. It also marks the end of a relative clause.]ᦵᦙ ᦓᧃᧉ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦺᦃᧉ, ᦀᧁ ᦺᦔ ᦊᦱ ᦑᦲᧈ ᦷᦣᧂ ᦊᦱ.The wife - she was ill. They took her to the hospital for treatment.ᦙᦲ ᦷᦓᧅ ᦍᦳᧂ ᦷᦎ ᦁᧃ ᦃᧅ ᦺᦅᧉ ᦖᧃᧈ ᦠᦱ ᦓᧃᧉ ᦷᦎ ᧚.There was a peacock who was diligent in hunting for food.9.6.2.2Limitation of topicᦺᦐᦓᧃᧉᦑᧁᧈᦓᧃᧉᦺᦡᦓᧃᧉ