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The demonstrative pronouns in their various forms replace the definite article. The equivalent of the English adverb ‘here’, as well as its variations, is often treated as a demonstrative pronoun in the native language. These natives do not seem to have the abstract idea of a man, an emu or other similar subjects, but speak always of a particular man or animal and, as a consequence, make use of a demonstrative, such as: ‘this man’, ‘the emu over there’ and so on. If they want to specify that they do not have just one object in view, they do it by using the plural which can be considered a replacement for our indefinite article.