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... endings , the pronouns and particles , and , in general , the words which are in most frequent and familiar use , have come to it from the Anglo- Saxon . With all its mixture of foreign elements , it is still a Teutonic language , like ...
... endings , the pronouns and particles , and , in general , the words which are in most frequent and familiar use , have come to it from the Anglo- Saxon . With all its mixture of foreign elements , it is still a Teutonic language , like ...
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... ending , which has dropped off from the English men , feet , mice , but which is still heard in the German plurals , männ - er , füss - e , mäus - e . § 16. Numbers . The Indo - European inflexion distinguished three numbers , singular ...
... ending , which has dropped off from the English men , feet , mice , but which is still heard in the German plurals , männ - er , füss - e , mäus - e . § 16. Numbers . The Indo - European inflexion distinguished three numbers , singular ...
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... endings were in their origin pronouns , appended to the verb , and denoting its subject . The Gothic , in general , dis- tinguishes the three persons of the singular and those of the plural by as many different endings . 20 A BRIEF HISTORY ...
... endings were in their origin pronouns , appended to the verb , and denoting its subject . The Gothic , in general , dis- tinguishes the three persons of the singular and those of the plural by as many different endings . 20 A BRIEF HISTORY ...
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... endings , after the root or stem of the verb . They are further characterized by that variation of the radical vowel ( internal inflexion ) , which has been already noticed as a striking peculiarity of the Teutonic . To the second class ...
... endings , after the root or stem of the verb . They are further characterized by that variation of the radical vowel ( internal inflexion ) , which has been already noticed as a striking peculiarity of the Teutonic . To the second class ...
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... except in the eastern part of the island . A trace of their existence here is still seen in Ashby , Rugby , Whitby , and many other names of places with the same ending ; for -by is the Icelandic THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 29.
... except in the eastern part of the island . A trace of their existence here is still seen in Ashby , Rugby , Whitby , and many other names of places with the same ending ; for -by is the Icelandic THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 29.
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