The proximate demonstrative refers to persons and things which are close-by. It has the following paradigm:

MSC SG (NOM/N-NOM)	FEM SG	NTR SG	PL
dusse (dussen)	dusse	dut	dusse

It can be seen that the neuter singular is the most distinct form. The feminine is homophonous to the plural and to the MSC SG. And the opposition -e / -en is also used to express the contrast between nominative and non-nominative, which only exists for the masculine singular. The paradigm is almost the same as the one of attributive APs, except that APs do not have the distinction between nominative and non-nominative case, employing the -en form for the masculine singular.

The distal demonstrative and the emphatic distal demonstrative have been given below. The non-nominative form of the masculine singular has been given in brackets:

	MSC SG	FEM SG	NTR SG	PL
Distal	die (än)	ju	dät	do
Distal emphatic	krie (krän)	krju	krät	kro

Saterland Frisian developed an series of emphatic distal demonstratives based on the root kr-, which derives from the expression kiek ‘see’ followed by the demonstrative. The word kiek lost its final consonant and the vowel was weakened. In this way, the paradigm developed from the intermediate forms: kedie > krie, keju > krju, kedät > krät, kedo > kro. Note that this explanation fails to account for the presence of a -r- in krju, as there was no -d-. There must have been paradigmatic pressure to keep the same prefix throughout the paradigm. Thus the phrase kiek + demonstrative developed into the root kr- + demonstrative, which thus received the same rhyme as the non-emphatic demonstrative.

When used independently, the distal demonstrative (or definite article) functions as a topic pronoun. The following examples illustrate its use as a topic pronoun (put in bold):

Articles can also be used as pronouns in the middle field (not illustrated). It seems that the use of articles as pronouns in the middle field is on the rise in the language, at the cost of the ordinary pronouns. The distribution of antecedents for the demonstrative functioning as topic pronoun is rather a complex matter, as is the question of the relation of topic pronouns to ordinary (personal) pronouns. The example in (3) illustrates that the distal demonstrative 3SG functions semantically and syntactically as a 3PL, or, alternatively, the topic pronoun 3SG functions as such, for the same fact is found in West Frisian and Dutch. There’s an issue here which is diffuclt to formulate.

The k(r)- prefix is also found outside the paradigm of the distal demonstrative. It combines with nu ‘now’ to produce knu ‘recently’. And it combines with junder / junner ‘yonder, over there’ to produce kjunner / kjunder ‘yonder, over there’. And finally it combines with the adverbial pronoun of place deer ‘there’ to produce kreer ‘there’. Note that deer cannot be replaced with kreer, in case deer functions as a relative pronoun. Nor have we found kreer functioning as an adpositional complement, or as an introductory pronoun for indefinite sentences, but this should be further investigated. It should also be investigated whether Saterland Frisian allows of rightward placement of object NPs introduced by a distal demonstrative in imperative clauses. Finally, demonstratives feature prominently in epithets, which should be further investigated.