"adjectival pronoun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adjectival pronouns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} adjectival pronoun (plural adjectival pronouns)
  1. (grammar) A pronoun that accompanies a noun, such as our in English. Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: pronoun [adjective], pronoun adjective Related terms: determiner Translations (pronoun): adjektiva pronomo (Esperanto), pronom adjectif [masculine] (French), adjektivisches Pronomen [neuter] (German), Adjektivpronomen [neuter] (German)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2002, Ronald F. Feldstein, Steven L. Franks, Polish, Lincom Europa, page 68:",
          "text": "This section will present the declensions of the demonstrative, interrogative/relative, and possessive categories. These pronouns can be termed adjectival on the basis of the fact that they substitute for adjectives. However, most adjectival pronouns have a declension that differs from that of adjectives in an essential property: […]",
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          "ref": "2014, N. M. Gwynne, Gwynne's Latin: The Ultimate Introduction to Latin Including the Latin in Everyday English, Random House (ebook without page numbers; the italic words were originally bold)",
          "text": "Meus and tuus are called adjectival pronouns […]"
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          "our",
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          "sense": "pronoun",
          "word": "adjektiva pronomo"
        },
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          "sense": "pronoun",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pronoun",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        }
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      "word": "adjektiva pronomo"
    },
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      ],
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      "sense": "pronoun",
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        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pronoun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Adjektivpronomen"
    }
  ],
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}

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