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... gender . In the Southern dialect that was often the neuter of the definite article . ( 3 ) Same ( as the same , this same ) was used instead of the Southern thilke , modern thuck , thick , or thucky . ( 4 ) Thir , ther ( the plural of ...
... gender . In the Southern dialect that was often the neuter of the definite article . ( 3 ) Same ( as the same , this same ) was used instead of the Southern thilke , modern thuck , thick , or thucky . ( 4 ) Thir , ther ( the plural of ...
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... Gender . - As in Latin and Greek , gender is marked by the termination of the nominative , and also by other case endings . Substantives and adjectives have three genders - masculine , feminine , and neuter . ( 2 ) Declensions of ...
... Gender . - As in Latin and Greek , gender is marked by the termination of the nominative , and also by other case endings . Substantives and adjectives have three genders - masculine , feminine , and neuter . ( 2 ) Declensions of ...
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... gender of nouns . · - 7. Adjectives show a tendency to drop certain case - endings : - ( 1 ) The genitive singular masculine of the indefinite declension . ( 2 ) The genitive and dative feminine of the indefinite declension . ( 3 ) The ...
... gender of nouns . · - 7. Adjectives show a tendency to drop certain case - endings : - ( 1 ) The genitive singular masculine of the indefinite declension . ( 2 ) The genitive and dative feminine of the indefinite declension . ( 3 ) The ...
Page 53
... gender . ( b ) Gender of substantives is almost the same as in modern English . ( c ) -es is used as the ordinary sign of the plural . ( d ) -es , singular and plural , has become the ordinary suffix of the genitive case . ( e ) ...
... gender . ( b ) Gender of substantives is almost the same as in modern English . ( c ) -es is used as the ordinary sign of the plural . ( d ) -es , singular and plural , has become the ordinary suffix of the genitive case . ( e ) ...
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... gender - words that were once masculine or feminine becoming neuter . ( 3 ) Plurals in -en and -es often used indiscriminately . ( 4 ) The genitive -es becomes more general , and begins to take the place ( 1 ) of the older -en and -e ...
... gender - words that were once masculine or feminine becoming neuter . ( 3 ) Plurals in -en and -es often used indiscriminately . ( 4 ) The genitive -es becomes more general , and begins to take the place ( 1 ) of the older -en and -e ...
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