'adtu1var'imaw 'adtu1dem adjthat event, person, place, thing or situation, identified as far in place, prior reference or time'Adtu or 'imaw 'adtu is followed by nga and a noun or noun phrase it modifies. It functions both as an adjective and a determiner.Ka'āyu 'adtu nga pabayli kay tanan nga manga myimbru hay nagka'unyun gid nga magtugpa, nagbinuligan sinda.That benefit dance was good because all the members worked together in their assigned tasks; they helped each other.Hay 'imaw 'adtu nga gab'i nagahigda' 'aku hay sigūru manga 'alas syīti; ma'āyu na 'ang 'ākun katūyug.It was that night that I was lying down in bed about seven o'clock in the evening; my sleep was already sound.dem adj'Adtu + nga = 'adtung.'Adtung manga tabūnan nga pāra sa lagang hay waya' pa gihāpun nadidiskarga ni Rūdi.Those deep sea fish traps for the chambered nautilus mollusks were no longer able to be unloaded by Rudy.dem adj'Adtu is commonly followed by determiners 'ang, nang, ning, or sa and a noun or noun phrase that it modifies to indicate case relationships.'Adtu 'ang dagku' nga tināpay, sa panadirya ka gid magbakay!Those large buns, buy them at the bakery!Nang 'adtung būlan, baya 'adtu nang Pibrīru, 'ini 'ang manga madri hay nagpangbayaybayay diri sa 'ilāya nang Lūnus hasta dira' sa 'ilāwud.During that month, about that February, these nuns went from house to house here in the interior of Lunos until [they reached] the beach.'Ang binisyu da kunu 'adtu nang 'āmun lūla sa kahadluk, ginbūkut 'ang 'iya banig.That done, they say, by that grandmother of ours in fear, [was that] her mat was used [by her] to cover [her body].dem adjNang sometimes precedes 'adtu; the latter is followed by nga or a contraction -ng and a substantive.Waya' pa da 'aku nakapangutāna kay Pari Lu'is, kung pila 'ang kīta' nang 'adtu nga gab'i.I was not yet able to ask Friend Luis how much the income of that night was.Magsāyud ka na nang 'adtung tūbi' nang kabūhi' bāgu mag'alas dūsi nang gab'i!You catch that water of life now before it will become twelve midnight!Gahambay gāni' sinda sa 'ākun, "Sa di'in baya diri 'ang ginapangasawa ni Tyāgu?" Kay nagakinānam pa 'aku 'adtu ning bakingki'.They were saying to me, "Where is the one being courted by Tiago?" Because I was still playing that game of hopscotch.Waya' da 'adtu magliwat 'adtu 'ang nagadīga sa 'ākun kay humalin gid 'adtu sa 'ākun pungkū'an kag nagkadtu sa 'ākun manga ka'ibāhan.The [boy] who was showing romantic interest towards me did not do it again because he left that place where I was sitting and went to my companions.dem pronthat, that one, that place; reference is to an event, person, place, thing or situation far in place, prior reference or time'Adtu is commonly followed by personal noun determiners 'ang, nang, ning, or sa and a noun or noun phrase that it modifies to indicate case relationships.'Adtu si Dulu hay ga'istar sa 'ikapitu nga būkid.That Dolo lives on the seventh mountain.'Ang pūnu' nang 'isturya nāmun kahāpun hay 'adtu 'ang nagpangawat ning kwarta.The main topic of our conversation yesterday was about that one who extensively stole the money.Gustu ni Tatay nga 'imaw 'adtu 'ang mapapangasāwa ku.Father wants that that one will really become my spouse.dem pron'Ādtu with a following or preceding singular or plural third person pronoun occurs in various grammatical contexts. The third person pronoun adds emphasis to the construction.'adtu nang 'ūna1at that time'adtu niya'Ang sūhuy 'adtu niya sa paglaba hay bukun 'inadlaw kundi' pinidāsu.The wage of that one in washing clothes was not by the day but by the piece.'adtu sinda, sinda 'adtu'Ayaw na kamu magpangakat kay, 'adtu sinda, hay dāmu'!No longer challenge them because, as for those ones, they are many!Kung patugāhan ku sinda ning bābuy waya' da sinda ning bābuy nga patyun kay 'igwa lang sinda 'adtu 'ang 'uruk.If they will be asked by me for a pig, they have no pig that could be killed because those ones only have a piglet.'adtu siya, siya 'adtuKung waya' 'adtu na'ūbus 'ang 'inda tawūhan, sigūru waya' da 'adtu siya nabu'uy.If their associates were not all killed, maybe that one would not have been caught.Siya 'adtu midyu ya' pa da naganabdus; manga 'isa pa ka tū'ig siya bāgu nagnabdus.That one was not yet pregnant; [it was] about one year before she became pregnant.'imaw 'adtu ('imaw 2a)That's the reason or that's the time something happens.sa 'iya 'adtuMaskin 'ang kantidad lang 'adtu nang 'iya bāru' nga 'iya nabakay hay subra lang 'isa ka gatus, sa 'iya 'adtu hay kamahaymāhay.Although the price of her dress which was spontaneously bought by her was just over one hundred [pesos], for that one it was very expensive.syn'imaw2 cf'ina'3 'ini2 'itun tiyad 'adtu2like thatcfmatyadni
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