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=+der+ and +die+= must be used as relat. pronouns in reference to a personal pron. of the 1st and 2nd pers. sing. and pl., and also in reference to the pers. pron. of the 3rd person pl. (+Sie+), S. 78, N. 7.

=do=, used in sentences of entreaty, rendered by +doch+, S. 92, N. 9.

+=doch=+, adv., = ‘do’ in sentences of entreaty, S. 92, N. 9.

+=er=+, suffix, used to form names of male persons from names of countries and places, S. 157, N. 4.

+=ernennen=+, requires the prep. +zu+, S. 27, N. 4.

+=erwählen=+, requires the prep. +zu+, S. 27, N. 4.

+=es.=+ Used as grammatical Object in principal clauses, S. 51, N. 13. Used as grammatical Subject, S. 104, N. 19.

=fact=, the, how to render, S. 115, N. 2.

=fond= (to be — of), how to render, S. 20, N. 2.

=for=, rendered by +seit+ in sentences expressing the duration of an action up to the time of speaking, S. 145, N. 17.

=for years=, S. 166, N. 10.

=from=, referring to time and place, how to render, S. 102, N. 4.

=full of=, how to render, S. 74, N. 14.

+=gehen=+, always construed with +sein+, S. 29, N. 3.

+=Gemahlin=+, wife, consort, S. 101, N. 5.

+=Genitive=+, the, of a proper noun stands generally before the governing noun, S. 14, N. 3.

=gentleman=, how to render, S. 88, N. 2.

+=gern(e)=+, adv., denotes liking, S. 20, N. 2.

=Gerund=, the. How to render, S. 1, N. 3; S. 34, N. 10. Preceded by a possess. adj. and a prep., how to render, S. 161, N. 21.

+=giebt=+ (+es+) = the matter is, S. 63, N. 9; = there is, there are, S. 82, N. 7.

=go=, to, how to render when = to travel, etc., S. 233, N. 4.

=going= (to be — to), how to render, S. 67, N. 2.

+=Hafer=+, not used in the pl., S. 22, N. 1.

=have=, to, rendered by +müssen+, S. 62, N. 4.

=head= = +Haupt+ in elevated diction, S. 127, N. 8.

=home= and at home, how to render, S. 63, N. 8.

=Hyphens= required to show the connection between compound nouns that have the last part in common, S. 71, N. 2.

=I=, should, if possible, not begin the sentence, S. 115, N. 1.

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