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Rh When “you” and “your” refer to one person, the singular words  and  are used in Irish,, your father (when speaking to one person), , your father (when speaking to more than one.)

Those of the above combinations which are alike in form are distinguished by the initial effect they cause in the following word; as,, from his house; , from her house; , from their house.

The above combinations may take the same emphatic increase as the uncompound possessive adjectives;, from my own house; , from my fine large house.

Demonstrative Adjectives. The demonstrative adjectives are, this; , that; and , that or yonder.

is frequently written when the vowel or consonant preceding it is slender.

These words come after the nouns they qualify, and should the noun be followed by any qualifying adjectives, or  comes after the last qualifying adjective.

It is not enough to say or  for “this man” or “that woman.” The noun must