26.4 Referring to Something at a Specific Location

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We can use this structure to refer to something at a specific location:

	Demonstrative Expression for Locations / Location Expression	Classifier	Noun
	呢度	張	枱	the table here
	ni1 dou6	zoeng1	toi2
	here	CL	table
	嗰邊	張	枱	the table on that side
	go2 bin1	zoeng1	toi2
	that side	CL	table
	前邊	張	枱	the table in front
	cin4 bin6	zoeng1	toi2
	front	CL	table
	入邊	張	枱	the table inside
	jap6 bin6	zoeng1	toi2
	inside	CL	table

We can add 呢 ni1 (‘this’) or 嗰 go2 (‘that’) to indicate whether the thing is close to us or far away from us.

	Demonstrative Expression for Locations / Location Expression	呢 / 嗰 ni1 / go2 ‘this’ / ‘that’	Classifier	Noun
	呢度	呢	張	枱	this table here
	ni1 dou6	ni1	zoeng1	toi2
	here	this	CL	table
	嗰邊	嗰	張	枱	that table on that side
	go2 bin1	go2	zoeng1	toi2
	that side	that	CL	table
	前邊	呢	張	枱	this table in front
	cin4 bin6	ni1	zoeng1	toi2
	front	this	CL	table
	入邊	嗰	張	枱	that table inside
	jap6 bin6	go2	zoeng1	toi2
	inside	that	CL	table