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28 3) the definite form of monosyllabic substantives (with stop) and corresponding adjectives or participles (without stop).

4) past participle plural of some weak verbs (with stop) and the corresponding imperfect tense (without stop): Ex. :

(de bleve) pi*nte they were tortured; (de) pi‘nte they tortured;

5) some proper nouns (with stop) and corresponding appellatives (without stop).

6) present tense of some verbs (with stop) and the corresponding nouns (without stop):

7) the definite form of some monosyllabic substantives (with stop) and verbal nouns ending in -en (without stop):

79. Vowels and open consonants can be long or short; shut consonants (stops) are in the Danish language always short.