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saadan and hvordan may also be used as adjectives; saaledes and hvorledes only as adverbs.

The affirmative adverb ja is used in answer to a positive query, jo to a negative. ''Har Hr. Persen været her idag? Ja''. Has Mr. P. been here to-day? Yes. Har ikke Hr. Persen været her idag? Has not Mr. P. been here to-day? Jo Yes.

239. About the demonstrative local adverb der and the interrog.-rel. local adv. hvor can be noticed that they are used in many compounds without any local signification representing the dem. pronoun neuter det and the relative-interr. hvilket; derpaa thereupon; derefter thereafter; derfor therefore; hvorefter after which; hvorfor why.

240. The prepositions do not in the language as it is to-day govern any case, except that in the pronouns which have separate forms for the subjective and objective case, the latter always follows the preposition: hos mig with me; til ham to