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N.Ramaswami

so ane ya:le 1 2 3	‘he is coming here’ 1 3 2
sosa sinaRa skiya:le 1 2 3	‘he is seeing the child’ 1 3 2
soya valiohane khazasok 1 2 3	‘he collected all the fallen 1 4 2
uut 4	fruits' 3

2.1.3.1.6. Third Person Feminine Singular: -sa

sa aso gotaRa ya:li 1 2 3 4	‘she is coming to our house’ 1 4 2 3
sasa guliyo buniya:li 1 2 3	‘she is tying the sticks’ 1 3 2
saya ba det 1 2	‘she ran’ 1 2

2.1.3.1.7. Third Person Plural: -te

te sukuluRa ya:len 1 2 3	‘they are coming to school’ 1 3 2
tesa maRa uniya:len 1 2 3	‘they are asking me’ 1 3 2
teya kRum kRumit 1 2 3	‘they did the work’ 1 3 2

2.1.3.2. Demostrative Pronoun:

There are two demonstrative pronouns, viz., proximate and remote. The proximate pronoun refers to a being or thing nearer the speaker and the remote pronoun to a being or thing further away from the speaker. The demonstrative pronouns are divided into singular and plural and the singular in turn is divided into masculine and feminine.

	Singular		Plural
Proximate:	Mas. homo	Rem. hamo	heme
Remote :	pho	pha	phe

The same forms are used as demonstrative adjectives also. These precede the noun.

homo byo ta:lo la 1 2 3 4	‘this boy is handsome’ 1 2 4 3
hamo mole ts:li la 1 2 3 4	‘this girl is beautiful’ 1 2 4 3
heme bye ta:le la:n 1 2 3 4	‘these boys are handsome’ 1 2 4 3
heme moleyo ta:li la:n 1 2 3 4	‘these girls are beautiful’ 1 2 4 3
pho mui:go la 1 2 3 4	‘that man is tall’ 1 2 4 3
pha tiga i:gi la 1 2 3 4	‘that woman is tall’ 1 2 4 3
phe mu i:ge la:n 1 2 3 4	‘those men are tall’ 1 2 4 3
phe tigayo i:gi la:n 1 2 3 4	‘those women are tall’ 1 2 4 3

2.1.3.3. Indefinite Pronoun:

There three indefinite pronouns someone, anyone and everyone are respectively e: kkuz&no, kiseRga and mu

ok.

sasa e:kkuin kiRmo pu daRaya:li
1 2 3 4 5

‘she is making someone give five rupees’
1 5 2 4 3

mase e:kkuino tiRa pene daRayahas
1 2 3 4 5

‘I am making someone give you money’
1 5 2 3 4

keseRga homo kRumpo kRumis unisula
1 2 3

‘anybody can do this work’
1 4 2 3

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