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24 parts (see § 75): de‘ri Jiar De Ret there you are right, han gik derfra‘ med tungt Hjerte he left (literally: went thence) with a heavy heart; e‘ngang once (but no more), enga‘ng once upon a time; desvæ‘rre alassalas [sic], desu‘den besides (but de‘sforuden besides), desli‘ge in the same manner, de‘suagtet never the less, de‘sangaaende thereabout; also adverbs compound with saa- and hvor- change accent according to the logical importance of the component parts: saasna‘rt (som) as soon as (but saa‘snart so soon), saa‘meget so much, saamæ‘nd indeed, saavi‘dt as far as (but saa‘ledes thus, saa‘som because), hvornaa‘r when, hvorle‘des how (but hvo‘rledes in what manner), hvorda‘n how, hvorve‘l albeit, hvorvi‘dt whether. Compound adverbs consisting of a preposition with a following substantive or adjective used as substantive as a rule have the accent on the second part; Ex.: igæ‘re going on, afste‘d off, overa‘lt everywhere, itu‘ a sunder, efterhaa‘nden by and by, oversty‘r to naught, (komme) overe‘ns (to come) to terms, foru‘den outside of, foro‘ven above, forne‘den below, tilsa‘mmen together. (But o‘verhaands, o‘vervættes exceedingly, a‘fsides apart, fo‘rlods in advance). Furthermore may be noted: alde‘les wholly, fremde‘les further, særde‘les especially, allere‘de already, alli‘gevel though, maaske‘, kanske‘ perhaps, monstro‘ I wonder.

72. In words compound with the (originally German) prefixes be-, er-, for-, ge- the accent as a rule is on the syllable following next to the prefix; Ex.: begri‘be to understand, erfa‘re to learn, Forsta‘nd sense, Gehø‘r (musical) ear. The originally German prefix for (Ger. ver) is to be distinguished from the originally Danish prefix of the same sound corresponding to English fore in such words as Fo‘rmiddag forenoon, Fo‘rløber forerunner.

73. The Danish prefix u-, Eng un-, takes the accent