Demonstrative

PRONOUNS: DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN

Demonstrative Pronouns are only used as nouns, if the noun itself is not mentioned.

✓ They can be declined.

✓ They have plural forms, which can also be declined.

✓ They have plural forms, which can also be declined.

The plural auxiliaries and plural nouns are used with demonstrative pronouns.
In modern Armenian the pronoun դա is used to mean it.

Singular	Plural
սրանք-these	սրանք-these
Դա-that ,it	դրանք-those
Նա-that one over there	նրանք-those over theres

Ի՞նչ է սա։	What is this.	Սրանք մատիտներ են։These are pencils.
Դա գիրք է։	That is a book.	Դրանք գրքեր են։ Those are books.

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS FUNCTIONING AS ADJECTIVE.

Այս-this	Is used to refer to nouns that are closed to the speaker in time or space.
Այդ-that	Is used to refer to nouns that are not close to the speaker.
Այն –that one over there	Is used to refer to nouns that are even farther away.

These demonstrative adjectives can be used with both singular and plural nouns.

Այս գիրքը- this book

Այս գրքերը-these books

Այն is used to mean both this and these.