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CHAPTER XII i. PREPOSITIONS are of two kinds, simple and com- pound. Simple prepositions govern various states of the initial. Compound prepositions, when, as is gener- ally the case, they are made up of a simple preposition and a noun, govern the first state, for the noun which follows is really in the appositional genitive. If a compound preposition govern a personal pronoun, the latter is often placed, in its possessive form, between the two component parts of the preposition, governing the initial of the noun-half of it. Sometimes, however, the second part of a compound preposition is a simple preposition, and in that case the government is that of the last preposition of the compound. SIMPLE PREPOSITIONS. a, of, from, governs second lebmen, lemmen, except, but. state. fy'a, wdja, after (older form, avel, vet, like, as. wose). Ms, up to, as far as (usque ad}, rag, for, because of. dadn or en dadn, under. der, dre, by, through, governs second state. dres, over, beyond, above. dho, to, governs second state. en, edn, et, in. 1 er, see war. gan, gans, with, by. neb, without, governs second state. kens, before (of time). re, by (in swearing), governs second state. reb, by, near, beside. saw, save, except, but. treba, tereba, until. troha, towards. tewa (tewaha, tyha, ttgh to- wards. war, on, upon (also er), gov- erns second state. worth, orth, at, to, against. 1 Older yn. When this is followed by a possessive pronoun of the first or second person the is dropped, and the possessive pronoun takes the form which follows a preposition ending in a vowel, em^^th. When the definite article would follow the two coalesce and en=en an.'