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eg all the water Swedish, Danish, Dutch and Geiman prescribe
separate words (see table on p 283) for ail before a plural noun and
all tke,i e the whole The English word only can qualify a verb, adjective,
or noun As an adverb, i e qualifier of a verb or adjective, its usual
TEUTONIC POINTER-WORDS  AND LINK PRONOUNS*

ENGLISH | SWEDISH | DANISH | DUTCH | GERMANf
(at) Demonstratives (see pp  144-5^

THIS

denna (c s )
detta (n s )
dessa (pi )

denne (c s )
dette (n s )
disse (pi ;

deze (c s )
dit (n s )
deze (pi )

dieser (m s )t
dieses (n s )
diese(f s &mnfpl )

THAT

den
det
de

die
dat
die

jener
jenes
jene

WHICH

vilken
vilket
\ilka

hvilken
hvilket
hvnke

welke
welk
welke

welchei
welches
welche

Link Pronouns (s« pp 144-5)

THAT | ATT                 |               AT | DAT | DJiSS

WHO, THAT, 'WHICH
(as subject)

SOM

die(cs &cn t>l)
dat (nsg)

DER (m)
DAS (n )
die (f s & m n f pi )

WHOM, THAT, WHICH (as object) | | | DEN (m) DAS (n) die (f s & m n f pi

TO WHOM
TO WHICH

TUX VILKEN (C )
TILLVXLRBT (r )
TILL VILKA (pi )

TIL HVILKEN
TIL HVILKET
TIL HYIUkE

AAN WIE
(persons')
WAARAN(rAlK^)

dem (m n )
DER (f )
DENZ^V (c pi )

WHOSE,
OF WHICH

VEMS

HVE>

VW WIE
(persons)
WAARVAN(r/Mn£s)

dessen (m n )
DEREN(f s&mnfpl )

WHOM, WHICH
(after all other
prepositions)

(h)vilkek (c )
(h)vilket (n )
VILKA                    HVILKE(pl)

prep +WIE
(persons')
WAAR -f- prep
(thtfjgs)

as for whom
above after pre-
positions on page
263,   otherwise   as
tor to whom

WHAT | VAD | HVAD | WAf | WAS
meaning is the same as merely As an adjective its usual meaning is
solitary or single Swedish, Danish^ Dutch., and German prescribe
separate words (see pp 283 and 341) for only as adverb meaning
merely and as adjective meaning single
* c common, n neuter, m masculine, / feminine, gender .s singular,
pi plural For conventions respecting capitals, see p 371
f Nominative case-forms only given here (see p 293)
$ In common speech btiessed der., die, das, replace dieser, etc /e g der Mann
with stress on Mann means tJie man, but with stress on der it means this man,