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:github_url: https://git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_uhg/src/branch/master/content/particle_demonstrative.rst
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.. _particle_demonstrative:
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Particle Demonstrative
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Summary
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Demonstrative particles function to direct the attention of a listener or reader.
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Biblical Aramaic has only a few demonstrative particles, with the two most common ones being הִנֵּה and הֵ֣ן. The specific function
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of a demonstrative particle is to draw attention to whatever immediately follows the particle, either a single word or an entire
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phrase. Similar to the :ref:`exhortation particle<particle_exhortation>`, demonstrative particles are sometimes left untranslated.
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Demonstrative particles can stand alone or take a :ref:`pronominal suffix<suffix_pronominal>` and/or a prefixed
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:ref:`conjunction<conjunction>`.
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Function
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Directs attention to a single word
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Directs attention to a phrase
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Directs attention to an entire sentence
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