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CHAPTER 5
SYNOPSIS OF SWAHILI

The actual forms of the demonstratives are given below, with the concordial part of each underlined:

CLASS huyu series huyo series yule series
  sg. pl. sg. pl. sg. pl.
MU-WA huyu hawa huyo hao yule wale
MU-MI huu hii huo hiyo ule ile
LI-MA hili haya hilo hayo lile yale
KI-VI hiki hivi hicho hivyo kiie zile
N hii hizi hiyo hizo ile zile
U huu   huo ule

Locatives:

PA hapa hapo pale
KU huku huko kule
MU humu humo mle
(Ashton 327 , 58-9 Polomé 106-7)

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