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Re: Mandarin demonstratives (Re: Charyan novel! (was: Re: [CONLANG] I'm back!))

From:Cheng Zhong Su <suchengzhong@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 21:10
 --- Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...> wrote: >
>From: "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> > >Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 10:26:35 -0500 > > > > > Q: wo3de ke4ben3 zai4 na3li? Where is my text > book? (my textbook at > >where?) > > > A: zai4 wo3 zhe4li. Here. (At my here.) > > > or A: zai4 ni3 na4li. There. (At your there.) > >[snip] > > > >Hmm, I'd think of it more like "over here where I > am" and "over there > >where you are". I'm not sure the pronouns here are > possessive. (But then > >again, that's just my "gut-feeling" understanding > of the language.) > > > > > >T > > BTW, what does Hokkien do with this?? > > Adam
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