Demonstrative Pronouns: dieser, diese, dieses
చూపు సర్వనామాలు: ఈ, ఆ
"This/that" pointing words decline exactly like der/die/das from the last lesson — once you know the definite article table, you already know this one too, even though Telugu's own pointing words never change shape at all.
Grammar Comparison
వ్యాకరణ పోలిక
dieser declines exactly like der — a 'der-word'
dieser Mann (this man, masc.) / diese Frau (this woman, fem.) / dieses Kind (this child, neut.) — same endings as der/die/das
ఈ మనిషి / ఈ స్త్రీ / ఈ బిడ్డ (ఈ never changes, regardless of gender or case)
German groups dieser ('this') and jener ('that') into a class called 'der-words' precisely because they take the same gender/case endings as the definite article you already memorized — swap der for dies-er, die for dies-e, das for dies-es, and the rest of the pattern carries over untouched. Telugu's demonstrative ఈ/ఆ never changes at all, no matter the noun's class, number, or case, so the whole concept of a pointing-word taking an ending is new — but at least you're not learning a new ending pattern, just applying the one from your very first grammar lesson to a new word.
Vocabulary
పదజాలం
- Telugu
- ఈ మనిషిee manishi
- English
- this man
- Telugu
- ఈ స్త్రీee stree
- English
- this woman
- Telugu
- ఈ బిడ్డee bidda
- English
- this child
- Telugu
- ఈ మనుషులుee manushulu
- English
- these men (plural)
- Telugu
- ఆ రోజుaa roju
- English
- that day (more formal/literary)