When we speak of inanimate objects we use often dezelve, inftead of the perfonal pronouns hen, haar, them. Waar zijn de pennen? hebt Where are the pens? have gij dezelve ? you them? EXERCICES, on the perfonal pronouns. N°. 34. Who is there? I, he, and fhe. Who fpeaks there? They and I. To whom do you speak? To you, to him, to her, and to them. He loves me; fhe hates her. They punish us. We refpect them. You bring them. Do you write a letter to him, to her, or to us? He imagines that when he is rich, he is happy; but he is mistaken. Who was calling me? It was not I. Do you know that Lady? Yes Sir, I know her Have fince long; fhe is the coufin of my friend. you feen her yesterday? No, but I have feen her next week. Where are my brothers, have you spoken to them? Yes Sir, and I have given them the books and the pencafes. Will your fister go out to day? I don't know, I have not feen her. Send them fome fruits, or fome other refreshments. They are tired, give them fome rest. Let him come himself, I will be at home. She has done it herself. They will write the letter themfelves. We have spoken to her ownself. He had promised it to him, but he gave it to me. He would not fell it them, but he would give it to her. Carry it to him or to her, but not to them. He has written a letter, and fhown them the two first lines. I will lend them fome very pretty books, but they must render them to day a fortnight. Let...come, I will be, Done, Promised, laat...komen. S 2. Of reciprocal pronouns. Over de wederkeerige Voornaamwoorden. There is but one reciprocal pronoun in the Dutch language, viz: zich, one's felf, used in the reciprocal verbs. It is declined in the following manner: I. 2. Zijns, or, van zich, of himself. 3. Zich, or, aan zich, to himself. In the genitive feminine fingular and plural one ufes alfo harer, and for the genitive masculine plural hunner. EXERCICE on the reciprocal pronoun. N°. 37. Let him be prudent, he expofes himself. They wash themselves, they will go out immediately. I dress myself, I will be foon ready, have patience. Your fister applies herself to ftudy. He warmed himself when we entered. We faw ourselves expofed to a great danger. They find themfelves obliged to go there. We fhall fubmit ourselves to that judgment. Of posfesfive Pronouns. Van de bezittelijke Voornaamwoorden. These pronouns are called posfesfive, becaufe they always denote property or possesfion. They are divided in two forts, viz: adjective and fubftantive. The adjective are fo called because they are always joined to a fubftantive: mijn boek, my book; uwe pen, your pen; zijn huis, his houfe; haar tuin, her garden; onze meid, our fervant; hunne tafel, their table. The fubftantive ftand always alone, as: de mijne, mine; de uwe, yours; de zijne, his; de hare, hers; de onze, ours; de hunne, theirs. The posfesfive pronouns of the first and fecond perfon denote only the gender of the posfesfion; but thofe of the third perfon denote the genders of both, of the posfesfion and of the posfesfor. Speaking of a man we fay: zijn vader, his father; zijne moeder, his mother; but of a woman; haar vader, her father; hare moeder, her mother. It is the fame in the plural; of feveral men we fay: hun huis, their houfe; hunne huizen, their houfes; and of feveral woman: haar huis, their houfe; hare huizen, their houses. Declenfion of the pronouns posfesfive adjective. Masculine. Singular. 1. mijn tuin, my garden. 2. mijns tuins, or, van mijnen tuin, of my garden. 3. mijnen, or, aan mijnen tuin, to my garden. 4. mijnen tuin, my garden. |