ær hǝt uf d'r schtuul k'hǝkt, un hǝt n f'rbrǝchǝ. _He sat on the chair and has broken it._ G. Liebe deinen Nächsten, als dich selbst. _Love thy neighbor as thyself._ PG. Liib dei˛ nochbǝr ass wii dich selwer. G. Lēgĕ das Buch auf dēn Tisch. _Lay the book on the table._ PG. Leeg s buch uf d'r tisch. Here, if 'den tisch' were used in PG. it would rather mean '_this_ table,' because there is a tendency to use articles as demonstratives, saying 'dær' for G. _dieser_, and 'sellǝr' (G. selbiger) for G. _jener_,--'sel' (G. selbiges) being its neuter, and 'selli' (G. selbige) its feminine and plural. This 'sel' is found in Swisserland, and other parts of the Rhine region. Its Alsatian form _tsel_, with initial _t_, shows that it is akin to G. _d_as_sel_be. Notwithstanding its resemblance in form and function to Provensal _sel_ or _cel_, French _celui, celle_, they are without etymologic relation. See Ch. VII., §2. p. 43, and §4, p. 45; and _Ellis_, Early English Pronunciation, p. 662, note 15. 'Das' (the) and 'es' (it) have a tendency to confusion under the short form 's used for both. 'Dass' (that) remains, and the neuter nominative article is changed from G. _das_ to PG. 'des' as in 'des buch' (the book)--but as 'des buch' may mean _this book_, the function of the article is performed by reducing this 'des' to 's, as in-- 's buch iss mei˛ _the book is mine_--des buch iss mei˛ THIS _book is mine._ "Donn hab ich gedenkt [not _gedacht_], _=des=_ is doch now ordlich plain deitsch," ... (_Rauch._[38]) _Then I thought,_ THIS _is at-any-rate 'now' tolerably 'plain' Dutch._ Dær mann iss krankǝr (not _kränker_) wie d'r annǝr. THIS _man is sicker than the other._ (G. als der andere.) G. Ein Mann und eine Frau waren hier diesen Morgen. _A man and a woman were here this morning._ PG. Es war ǝn mann un ǝn fraa hiir den márighǝ. _There was a man and a woman here this morning._ G. Ich wünsche dass er komme. _I wish that he come._ PG. Ich wǝtt (or wott, for _wollte_) dass ær deet [G. thät] kummǝ. _I would that he would come._ Swiss--I wett, asz er chäm. _Stalder_, 1, 112. Swiss _asz_ for _dass_ is often used in PG., as in-- Wann ich geglaabt hätt 'ass er mich net betsaalt (or betsaalǝ deet), so hätt ich 'm gar net gebárikt (or gebaricht). _If I had believed that he would not pay me, I would_ (gar nicht) _not at all have_ (geborgt) _trusted him._ Wann ich gedenkt [not G. _gedacht_] hätt 'ass es net woor wæær, dann hätt ich 's net geglaabt. _If I had not supposed it to be true, I would not have_ (geglaubt) _believed it._ G. Wäre er reich, er würde nicht betteln. _Were he rich he would not beg._ G. Wenn er reich wäre, so würde er nicht betteln. PG. Wann ær reich wæær, deet ær net bettǝln. _If he were rich, he would not beg._