There are too many demonstrative pronouns. To put it bluntly, it couldn't be harder to understand.
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Demonstrative
//dɪˈmɒnstɹətɪv//
Synonyms for "demonstrative" (172 found)
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Strong matches (51)
Related words (86)
illuminativeimplicativeincarnatingincarnationalindicatingindicativeindicatoryindividuallanguishinglovelornlovesicklovesomelovingmanifestativematerializingmaternalmeaningfulmeltingmetaphoricalnaming
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51 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δεικτικός adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Armenian
2 entries- ցուցադրական adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- ցուցական adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Bulgarian
4 entries- демонстративен adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- нагледен adj (given to open displays of emotion)
- показателен adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- показателен adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Catalan
2 entries- demostratiu adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- demostratiu adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 指示词 noun (demonstrative word)
Czech
1 entries- ukazovací adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Danish
1 entries- demonstrativ adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Finnish
4 entries- avoin adj (given to open displays of emotion)
- avomielinen adj (given to open displays of emotion)
- demonstratiivinen adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- demonstratiivinen adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
French
2 entries- démonstratif adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- démonstratif adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
German
3 entries- demonstrativ adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- demonstrativ adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
- hinweisend adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Greek
2 entries- δεικτικός adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
- εκδηλωτικός adj (given to open displays of emotion)
Icelandic
1 entries- ábendingar adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Irish
2 entries- taispeántach adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
- taispeántach noun (demonstrative word)
Japanese
2 entries- 指示詞 noun (demonstrative word)
- 指示語 noun (demonstrative word)
Mongolian
2 entries- заах үг noun (demonstrative word)
- ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠬᠤ ᠦᠭᠡ noun (demonstrative word)
Norman
2 entries- dêmonstratif adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- dêmonstratif adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- påpekende adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- påpeikande adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Portuguese
4 entries- demonstrador adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- demonstrativo adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- demonstrativo adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
- ilustrativo adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
Romanian
2 entries- demonstrativ adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- demonstrativ adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Russian
4 entries- демонстрати́вный adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- нагля́дный adj (given to open displays of emotion)
- показа́тельный adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- указа́тельный adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Spanish
2 entries- demostrativo adj (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove)
- demostrativo adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Swahili
1 entries- kionyeshi adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Walloon
1 entries- mot d' mostraedje noun (demonstrative word)
Welsh
1 entries- dangosolyn adj ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
As Tom isn't very demonstrative, it's hard to tell how he feels about my good news.
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"This" and "that" are English demonstrative pronouns.
Source: tatoeba (2866192)
Mary came from a very physically demonstrative family.
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