Building Blocks of Low Saxon (Low German): Demonstrative Pronouns (Phonemic Representation)

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Drempels un Tegels vun’t Neddersassische (Nedderdüütsche, Plattdüütsche)

Building Blocks of Low Saxon (Low German)

Demonstrative Pronouns: Phonemic

Simple Forms:

				Nominative	Objective
Near	Singular	(this)	masculine	dise ~ düse	disen ~ düsen
			feminine		dise ~ düse
			neuter	dit ~ düt
	Plural	(these)	masculine	dise ~ düse
			feminine
			neuter
Far	Singular	(that)	masculine	dei	den
			feminine		dei
			neuter	dat
	Plural	(those)	masculine	dei
			feminine
			neuter

Compound Forms:

Occasionally, these basic pronouns occur with following location indicators; e.g.:

dit hiir ~ düt hiir (“this here”, neuter)

dei daar (“this here”, feminine, masculine, plural)

dat daar (“that there”, neuter)

As in some non-standard English dialects, and unlike in German, these compound forms may stand in adjectival position; e.g.:

düt hiir bouk (“this here book”)

dat daar huus (“that there house”)