_Sing._ 1. Ik ben 1. Ik }
2. ? 2. Th['u] } Was.
3. Hi is 3. Hi }
_Plur._ 1. Wi } 1. Wi }
2. I } Send 2. I } Weron.
3. Hja } 3. Hja }
_Subjunctive._
_Present._ _Past._
_Sing._ 1. 2. 3. Se 1. 2. 3. W['e]re.
_Plur._ 1. 2. 3. Se 1. 2. 3. W['e]re.
_Infin. Wesa._ _Pr. Part._ Wesande. _Past Part._ E-wesen.
The Frisian numerals (to be compared with those of the Anglo-Saxons, p.
43), are as follows:--_['E]n_, _tw['a]_, _thrj['u]_, {54} _fj['u]wer_,
_f['i]f_, _sex_, _sj['u]gun_, _achta_, _njugun_, _tian_, &c. Of these the
first three take an inflection, e.g., _En_, like _Gode_ and the adjectives,
has both a definite and an indefinite form, _en_, and _thet ene_; whilst
_twa_ and _thrj['u]_ run as follows:--_Nom._ and _Acc. Neut._ twa; _Masc._
twene; _Fem._ twa; _Dat._ twam; _Gen._ twira.--_Nom._ and _Acc. Neut._
thrju; _Masc._ thre; _Fem._ thrja; _Dat._ thrim; _Gen._ thrira.
In respect to the Pronouns, there is in the Old Frisian of Friesland no
dual number, as there is in Anglo-Saxon. On the other hand, however, the
Frisians (whilst they have no such form as _his_) possess, like the
Icelandic, the inflected adjectival pronoun _sin_, corresponding to the
Latin _suus_: whilst, like the Anglo-Saxons, and unlike the Icelanders,
they have nothing to correspond with the Latin _se_.
s. 95. In Frisian there is between the demonstrative pronoun used as an
article, and the same word used as a demonstrative in the limited sense of
the term, the following difference of declension:--
THE ARTICLE.
_Neuter._ _Masculine._ _Feminine._
_Sing. Nom._ Thet Thi Thj['u].
_Acc._ Thet Thene Th['a].
\----------\/--------/
_Dat._ Th['a] There.
_Gen._ Thes There.
\--------------\/-------------/
_Plur. Nom._ Th['a].
_Acc._ Th['a].
_Dat. _ Th['a].
_Gen._ Th['e]ra.
PRONOUN.
_The Demonstrative in the limited sense of the word._
_Neuter._ _Masculine._ _Feminine._
_Sing. Nom._ Thet Thi Se.
_Acc._ Thet Thene Se.
\---------\/--------/
_Dat._ Tham There.
_Gen._ Thes There.
\-------------\/---------------/
{55}
_Plur. Nom._ Se.
_Acc._ Se.
_Dat._ Th['a]m.
_Gen._ Th['e]ra.
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