Page:A Danish and Dano-Norwegian grammar.djvu/109

Rh 196. Among the demonstrative pronouns are as a rule, counted the pronominal adjectives slig such; saadan such; begge both; samme same; selv self. Slig has n. sligt, pi. slige, saadan, n. saadant, plur. saadanne. All these forms can take the gen. -s if the word is used substantively. begge and samme can take the genitive -s when used alone, but are otherwise indeclinable. selv is indeclinable, except that when used before a noun with the postpositive def. article it may add an -e: selve Manden the man himself. Observe that selv in Dano-Norwegian is used alone: jeg skal gjöre det selv I shal do it myself. The adv. saa may in some cases be used as a pronoun: i saa Tilfœlde in such a case, i saa Maade' in that respect, i saa Henseende in that respect.

197. Interrogative pronouns are: hvo, hvem which, hvad what, hvilken which. (The initial -h is mute in all these pronouns, see §§ D. 58, N. 126). Hvo and hvem refers to persons and are only used substantively. They have the genitive hvis whose; hvo is becoming obsolete and is chiefly used in poetry and elevated style. Hvad when used substantively only refers to things; when used as an adjective it may qualify names of living beings as well as of things and irrespective of gender. Hvilken is used adjectively and has the neuter hvilket pi. hvilke. When the interrogative pronouns are ruled by a preposition, the latter can be placed before the pronoun or at the end of the sentence. Ex. Hvem er der who is there? Hvo ved, hvor nær mig er min Ende? who knows how near my end might be? Hvis Böger er det? whose books is it? Hvad siger De what do you say? Hvad Tjeneste kan jeg gjöre Dem