Editing Amharic (section)

====Demonstrative pronouns====
Like English, Amharic makes a two-way distinction between near ('this, these') and far ('that, those') [[demonstrative]] expressions (pronouns, adjectives, adverbs).  Besides number, Amharic – unlike English – also distinguishes between the masculine and the feminine genders in the singular.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-right: 20px;"
|+Amharic demonstrative pronouns
! colspan="2" |Number, Gender
! Near
! Far
|-
! rowspan="2" |Singular
! Masculine
|{{lang|am|ይህ}} {{Lang|am-latn|yǝh(ǝ)}}
|{{lang|am|ያ}} {{Lang|am-latn|ya}}
|-
! Feminine
|{{lang|am|ይቺ}} {{Lang|am-latn|yǝčči}}, {{lang|am|ይህች}} {{Lang|am-latn|yǝhǝčč}}
|{{lang|am|ያቺ}} <br />{{Lang|am-latn|yačči}}
|-
! colspan="2" |Plural
|{{lang|am|እነዚህ}} {{Lang|am-latn|ǝnnäzzih}}
|{{lang|am|እነዚያ}} {{Lang|am-latn|ǝnnäzziya}}
|}
There are also separate demonstratives for formal reference, comparable to the formal personal pronouns: {{lang|am|እኚህ}} {{Lang|am-latn|ǝññih}} 'this, these (formal)' and {{lang|am|እኒያ}} {{Lang|am-latn|ǝnniya}} 'that, those (formal)'.

The singular pronouns have combining forms beginning with ''zz'' instead of ''y'' when they follow a preposition: {{lang|am|ስለዚህ}} {{Lang|am-latn|sǝläzzih}} 'because of this; therefore', {{lang|am|እንደዚያ}} {{Lang|am-latn|ǝndäzziya}} 'like that'.  The plural demonstratives, like the second and third person plural personal pronouns, are formed by adding the plural prefix {{lang|am|እነ}} {{Lang|am-latn|ǝnnä-}} to the singular masculine forms.