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An article explaining the odd nature of these semi-distal determinatives in Mozi.
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The Mosian language has many strange aspects you would find rare in other languages, one of which is how its demonstrative adverbs, like “here” or “there” in English, work. This article primarily focuses on the words “вило” and “випро,” as well as others similar to them.
What are they exactly?
Вило and випро are demonstrative adverbs. Like normal adverbs, they describe in what manner the subject acts. They mean, “left” and “right,” respectively, although hold different meanings and uses than in English.
For example, the word “вило” and mean “leftwards,” “to her/his/its left,” “to the left of,” “to something at its left,” and possibly more.
How do you use them?
They are used similarly to their English counterparts, specifically in sentences like “They turned left,” or “The plane spun right,” however, as said, they have more meanings than that.
These words come in two distinctions: Reflexive and anaphoric.
If one is reflexive, it means that it relates to the subject of that sentence, like in “the car drove right”.
If one is anaphoric, it means that it relates to a previously mentioned thing, somewhat like in “the man stood beside a building. He shined his flashlight leftward toward it.” Similarly, the last two definitions I mentioned for вило are all anaphoric.
Here are some example for both:
- На пеивменте я змитрих а вило и випро ежа билӥ.
on pavement.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument 1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument look.1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I.PASTPast tense (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech and left and right for car.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few.GENGenitive (case)
possessive
“I looked both left and right for cars on the pavement. enough
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