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At, this; man at, this man; buks at, these books; del &auml;t, this very day.

Et, that; pul et, that boy ; jipuls eit, those very girls.

It, -self, man it, the man himself ; vom it, the woman herself; ob it, I myself; obs iet, we, our own selves.

Ot, same; tidel ot, the same teacher, tid &ouml;t, just the same instruction.

Ut, that, before a relativ; man ut, kel vilom bin&ouml;n libik, that man (or the man) who wishes to be free.

Som, such; dog som, such a dog; kats s&ouml;m, just such cats.

The emphatic forms are rarely used and may be dispenst with altogether. = EXERCISE 11 =

Dom at binom l&ouml;d&ouml;p obsik. Man et labom cilis kil; sevob cilis ab no mani it. Zif at labom domis tum e menis veltum. Mans, voms e cils binoms mens. Sevol tideli e tedeli; ob sevob manis ot. Man ut, kel l&ouml;dom in dom et, binom lautel, e penom bukis.

This country is mine. I live in that house. The men who live in that town know us. We live in the same town. These animals are horses.

THE RELATIV
The relativ pronoun is kel, who, which, what. It has the force or a conjunction and a pronoun. It is used independently or as an adjectiv.