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5.3 - Non-personal clitics

Non-personal clitics include local and temporal clitics, as well as the modal/instrumental.

Local clitics distinguish three degrees of proximity: hic (referent is in reach), proximal (referent is in sight) and distal (referent is far away). The same way, temporal pronouns distinguish between nunc (right now), proximal and distal. They all have two forms: static, which involves no movement in space or time, and dynamic, which involves movement in space or time.

The modal/instrumental pronoun just has one form.

StaticDynamic
Local hicdatuu
proximaldamtuum
distalamnum
Temporal nunctitaa
proximaltimtaam
distalgigcuu
Modal/Instrumlab

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