How to use demonstrative pronouns in Mandinka

How to use demonstrative pronouns in Mandinka

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Mandinka demonstrative pronouns : this

Demonstrative pronouns are used with nouns to make them more specific. The English demonstrative pronoun 'this' is 'ñiŋ' in Mandinka.

Examples

ñiŋ sīraŋo
this chair
ñiŋ bullō
this building
ñiŋ tābulō
this table
ñiŋ dindiŋo
this child
ñiŋ kē
this man
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Step 6 : Mandinka demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns kitābō, sīraŋo and tawundaŋo (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Mandinka demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Mandinka demonstrative pronouns with the nouns kitābō, sīraŋo and tawundaŋo and the plural nouns kitābōlu, sīraŋolu and tawundaŋolu you can move on to Step 7 (Mandinka adjectives).

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