A Short Introduction to Swedish Grammar: Adapted for the Use of Englishmen |
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accent adjective älskad äro auxiliary verb blef blifva blifver blifvit bord change the vowel changeable consonants Conjugation declension definite Eders English feminine finna finnen fiskar funnit genitive gerund glad hafva Hafve hafver hata hatad hatat hated hatens hatt hemma Herre Herrn Hvar hvilket Imperative Mode imperfect tense indefinite infinitive mode inflected Jofur konung Kör lägga långt låt Ledsnaden Lindra lycklig Mamsell måtte monosyllabic neuter gender neutr nominative nouns ending observed öfver Optative Mode participle particle penningar Plåga plur plural number Pres Present tense Pret preterite pronoun rätt resa retain rixdollar sade Såg satt Sätta sentence signification sing singular number sjelf skepp skjorta skrifvet Slå Slät soft söka Söke sökt sound speaking stå stora stort substantive Swedish Alphabet Swedish language syllable termination thou väg Våga vägen varda varder värma vorden vowel words write
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Page 93 - At aught thy wisdom has denied, Or aught thy goodness lent. Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 91 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way!
Page 93 - If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way!
Page 93 - Through this day's life or death ! This day, be bread and peace my lot All else beneath the sun, Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not, And let Thy will be done. To thee, whose temple is all space, Whose altar, earth, sea, skies! One chorus let all Being raise ! All Nature's incense rise ! MOEAL ESSAYS, m FOUR EPISTLES TO SEVERAL PERSONS.
Page 13 - An adjective has generally three degrees of comparison, viz. the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative.
Page 93 - Mean tho' I am, not wholly so, Since quick'ned by thy Breath ; Oh lead me wheresoe'er I go, Thro' this day's Life or Death. This day, be Bread and Peace my Lot : All else beneath the Sun, Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not; And let Thy Will be done.
Page 70 - The pronoun he, she, it, ought to agree in gender and number with the noun to which it refers. But it often happens that it has to be used with reference to the individuals of a class that may consist of both sexes, distributed by means of the singular indefinite pronouns ' each ' and
Page 45 - Such are under, under ; bfver, over ; pa, uppa, on or upon ; efter, after ; fr&n, from ; i, uti, in, &c. Of the Interjections, or words that express any sudden emotion of the mind, from the sensation either of pleasure or pain, the...
Page 62 - ... horrid to look on ; and I therefore deem all further observations on this subject superfluous. An adjective, (pronoun or participle, used as an adjective) agrees with its substantive in gender and number, as star man, start hus...
Page 91 - Jehovah, Jove, or Lord? Tliou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense contin'd To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself an?