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Demonstrative Pronoun
A demonstrative pronoun is often used instead of using a noun in a sentence. It is used to identify someone or something. It sets this person or thing apart from other people or things.
A demonstrative pronoun is often translated as this, that, these, or those.
What is the form of a demonstrative pronoun?
- Case- Case is the form of a word that helps someone to know the function of the word in a sentence. Case helps the reader to know what the word is doing in a sentence.
- Number- Number is the form of a word that helps someone to know whether there is one or more than one person or thing. With a pronoun, it must be the same as the noun it replaces.
- Gender- The gender of a word helps the reader to know how that word is connected to each person or thing referred to in the sentence. With a pronoun, it must be the same as the noun it replaces.
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How else can a demonstrative pronoun be used in a sentence?
It can be used as an adjective. When it is used as an adjective, it will have the same case as the noun it is describing.