This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ... rendered anbertfjalb (not jWettljatb). 2. Of rare occurrence are numerical expressions such as felbanber, fetbbritt, felbBiert, etc. (Sr fpeifl fetbbritt, e. g., means: he dines with two, he himself being the third. 164. The time of day by the clock is expressed by placing cardinal numbers before the substantive llbr: ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ... rendered anbertfjalb (not jWettljatb). 2. Of rare occurrence are numerical expressions such as felbanber, fetbbritt, felbBiert, etc. (Sr fpeifl fetbbritt, e. g., means: he dines with two, he himself being the third. 164. The time of day by the clock is expressed by placing cardinal numbers before the substantive llbr: as, 28 ift bret Uljr. It is three o'clock. Often the preposition unt is used, in which case llbr may be dropped: as, e8 ift ttm bret. Note also the following expressions: ( 3 ift ein Btertet auf Bier. It is a quarter past three. @8 ift bctlb Bier. It is half past three. @8 ift brei Btertet auf Bier. It is a quarter to four. 3ebn ajctnuten n a d) (or tiber) Ten minutes past four. Bier. S'inf 3JZinuten B o r Bier. Five minutes of four. The time of the day is added in the genitive; as, nttt fiittf Ub, r (beg) 3ftorgen---(beS) 9iad)tnittag8--(be8) Slbenbs. 165. Dates are expressed by ordinal numerals, either in the accusative or by the preposition an with the dative: as, ben erften SBicu or am erftett 2J?at, on the first of May. The question what day of the month is it? is translated ber wteuielte tft fyente? or ben toietrielten baben wtr beute? PASSIVE VOICE. For its conjugation table, see 51. 166. The passive voice is formed by the auxiliary Wer ben; the past participle of toerben, in this office, is to o r b e n. (c)ein is used in the second person of the Imperative only. 167. The Future Participle denotes possibility as well as necessity: Sent (c)ternbtlb tft jn feben. No constellation ia to be Sch. seen. Seine $ett tft tterfteren. No time is to be lost 1. "When used attributively the Future Participle takes a b before the endings: as, (Sin ju tabelnber (Sdjrttt. A step to be blamed It does not admit of the forms o
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