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... definite , as when it is connected with the definite article , or 18 A BRIEF HISTORY OF.
... definite , as when it is connected with the definite article , or 18 A BRIEF HISTORY OF.
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... definite and indefinite adjective is preserved in modern German , but is wholly lost in modern English . In substan- tives , the English still shows a trace of the N- declension , in a few plurals , like oxen , children , brethren ...
... definite and indefinite adjective is preserved in modern German , but is wholly lost in modern English . In substan- tives , the English still shows a trace of the N- declension , in a few plurals , like oxen , children , brethren ...
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... definite declension . Adjectives of one syllable , which end in a single consonant preceded by ä , take a , instead of ä , when a vowel follows in the inflection : as , smäl , small , smälne , smälra , but smalu , smales , smalum , etc ...
... definite declension . Adjectives of one syllable , which end in a single consonant preceded by ä , take a , instead of ä , when a vowel follows in the inflection : as , smäl , small , smälne , smälra , but smalu , smales , smalum , etc ...
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James Hadley. § 72. Definite Declension . When the sub- stantive to which the adjective belongs is definite , - as when it is connected with the definite article , or with a demonstrative or possessive pronoun , or with a genitive case ...
James Hadley. § 72. Definite Declension . When the sub- stantive to which the adjective belongs is definite , - as when it is connected with the definite article , or with a demonstrative or possessive pronoun , or with a genitive case ...
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... definite article , and as a relative pronoun . Plur . Sing . Masc . Fem . Neut . Nom . se seó thät tha Gen. thäs thäre thäs thara ( thära ) Dat . tham thare tham thêm ( thæm ) Acc . thone tha thät tha Ins . thy , the 2. thes , theós ...
... definite article , and as a relative pronoun . Plur . Sing . Masc . Fem . Neut . Nom . se seó thät tha Gen. thäs thäre thäs thara ( thära ) Dat . tham thare tham thêm ( thæm ) Acc . thone tha thät tha Ins . thy , the 2. thes , theós ...
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