Demonstratives – Neaseno

Animate Plural Demonstratives

Gode nenwik – These men

Gi nenwik – Those men

Égi nenwik – Those men over there

Node gokbenagnen – These baskets

Ni gokbenagnen – Those baskets

Éni gokbenagnen – Those baskets over there

Animate singular demonstratives

Ode nene – This man

O nene – That man

Ago nene – That man over there

Demonstratives are used to indicate the degree of closeness of a person or object. They must agree with the animacy or inanimacy of the object

Inanimate Singular Examples:

Ode gokbenagen – This basket

I gokbenagen – That basket

Éi gokbenagen – That basket over there