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ii2 GRAMMAR 7. THE INDEFINITE PRONOUNS. Nepj neb, some or any. Neppeth, somewhat (neb peth, some thing), anything. Nebin (neb idn), some one. Nebas, somewhat, a little, a few ; also used to signify little, few, or hardly any. Pyupennak (sometimes bennak), whoever. Pa (or pandra) pennak, whatever. Papennak ol, whatsoever. Ketepj every. Kenifer, each ; kenifer ol, every one, as many as there are. Lhuyd gives a very emphatic form, pebs kenifer 8nen, which would mean "every single one." Pub or peb, all, every. Placed before the noun. Pub den, every man. dl (or til}, all. Placed before or after the noun. When placed before the noun the latter is preceded by an: SI an dis, all the people. Bith or vith, any ; travith, anything ; den vith, any man. With negatives it signifies at all ; ni wdr den vith, no man at all knoweth ; nynsyw travith, there is nothing at all. Mens (earlier myns], all, whatever ; SI mens o, all that there was ; cowsens den mens a vedn, let a man say all that he will. It is generally used as a relative com- bined with the antecedent " all," but is also used with- out an expressed verb to follow it, though in such case probably the verb substantive is understood. Kemmes, kebmes, as many as, whosoever ; kemmes a wrig bodh ow Thas, as many as have done the will of my Father. Nil or an nil and e gila (formerly nyl and y gyle) signify " the one " and " the other." Nil, originally an ail, the second, a word which, except in this case, has dropped out of Cornish in favour of secund and