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accusative adjectives adverb auxiliary verb Baum Blume Bruder Buch cæsura consonant copula dative declension declined definite article denotes dieſes diphthongs einige ending English erst Ersten expressed feminine Frau Freund Garten geben gegeben gehen Geld geleitet geliebt genitive German German language gesehen Gott groß Großen gute guten habe Haus hundert imperative imperative mood imperfect indefinite infinitive inflection intransitive intransitive verbs iſt Jahre Kind Kinder Knabe kommen können Latin letters Liebe lieben manche Mann Masc masculine Menschen mood morgen muß names of males Neut neuter gender nominative Note participle personal pronoun Pferde PLUPERFECT Plur plural preceded predicate prefix preposition pronunciation proper names radical consonant Rath remains unaltered schöne schöneren schönsten ſein sentence seyn signification ſind Sing Sohn Söhnchen Sophas sound stands subjunctive subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable tense termination thou thun Tisch unsere Vater viel vowel weiß wenig werde wollen words würde zwei
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Page 200 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Page 115 - Fret, ©ercotben, become. CHAPTER II. THE CONJUGATION OF THE REGULAR VERB The verb is regular when the vowel or diphthong of the radical syllable remains the same in all its parts, and the imperfect ends in te, and the participle in et, or t. Transitive verbs have an active and a passive voice. Those verbs are called transitive which express an action that passes over to an object: as, id) liefce ben Jtnafcen, I love the boy ; id) lofce feinen 5leifj, 1 praise his industry.
Page 15 - Adjectives. 7. The Numerals. CHAPTER I. THE ARTICLES. The Articles are, 1, the definite, and 2, the indefinite. In the nominative case of the singular number, the definite article has distinct terminations for the three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter; and, consequently, indicates the gender of the substantive before which it stands: ie by the article it 16 is seen, whether the substantive is of the masculine, or feminine, or neuter gender.
Page 58 - The Second Form Is used when the adjective is preceded by the definite article, and those pronouns and indefinite numerals which, like the definite article, indicate the gender: as, ber, bie, bag, (def.
Page 126 - Cyprum et victor dicione tenebat. tempore iam ex illo casus mihi cognitus urbis Troianae nomenque tuum regesque Pelasgi. ipse hostis Teucros insigni laude ferebat, seque ortum antiqua Teucrorum a stirpe volebat. quare agite o tectis, iuvenes, succedite nostris. me quoque per multos similis fortuna labores iactatam hac demum voluit consistere terra : non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco.
Page 91 - SBttterung gefaUt mir md)t/ fie ift ju roatm/ this weather does not please me, it is too warm. 1 1 . In addressing one another, the Germans use the second and third sing, and the second and third plur., but with a particular discrimination. The second pers. sing, is used in addressing God. It implies familiarity founded upon affection and fondness ; and is employed by parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, addressing one another. With friends it is a mark of intimacy or acquaintanceship...
Page 280 - Adverbs of time, and such substantives as may be regarded as adverbs of time, generally precede the object (unless it is a pronoun) and the adverbs of place; and when the time denoted by the adverb is more particularly stated by a substantive, this substantive stands after the adverb.
Page 262 - Turandof). 2. The imperfect tense is used: — (a) To express an action, which not only took place, or a state which not only existed at a past time, but at a past time which is specified by another past event: as...
Page 266 - In sentences in which either words or ideas of another person, or of the person who speaks, are merely quoted without containing either a positive assertion or negation...
Page 56 - THE FIRST FORM is used when the adjective is not preceded by any article, pronoun, or numeral. In this form it ends in the characteristic letters which indicate the cases and genders, like the definite article.