Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Persian: Demonstratives

Demonstrative contractions:

اینجا  ‹injâ› (“here”)
آنجا ‹ânjâ› (“there”), colloquially pronounced ‹unjâ›
چنین ‹conin› (“like this”), colloquially pronounced ‹cenin›
چنین ‹conân› (“like that”), colloquially pronounced ‹cenun›
همین ‹hamin› (“this [very] same”)
همان ‹hamân› (“that [very] same”), colloquially ‹hamun›
کجا ‹kojâ› (“where”)


Demonstrative pronouns:

آنها ‹unhâ› (“those there”) or just "those", special case where ها is always joined
اینها  ‹inhâ› (“these here”), second special case where ها ‹hâ› is always joined

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