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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 prepositions 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,