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ETYMOLOGY.
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crowns. Instead of noget used substantively may be said nogenting something, anything.

Note. Colloquially the plur. is always nogen, in eastern Norway pron. non, nœn.

mangen many a, neut. mangt; usually occurring in plur. mange many, gen. mangens, mangts, manges. Jeg har mange Penge I have much money. Mangen en many a, neut. mangt et. ingen none, neut. intet, plur. ingen, gen. ingens, intets. Ingen may be connected with a noun in plur. or in singular; plural is used whenever in affirmative case a plural would have been expected; Ex.: der var ingen Mennesker der there were no people there; intet Menneske har set ham nobody has seen him. Emphasized ingensomhelst none whatever. Instead of intet used substantively may be said ingenting nothing.

anden other, neut. andet, plur. andre, gen. andres etc. nogleandre some others, enen anden one–another.

al all, neut. alt, plur. alle, gen, alts, alles; the common gender sing. can cot be used as a substantive and accordingly cannot take the gen. s; subst. alting everything, altsammen, allesammen all and every one.

somme some is a somewhat antiquated word; somme Kjærringer ere slige some women are that way.



THE NUMERALS.


202. The following is a list of the numerals:

A. Cardinals. B. Ordinals.
1 en (een), neut, et (ét, D. eet, N. ett) förste
2 to andet
3 tre tredie