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 THE CONSTRUCTION OF SENTENCES 175 Pandrellen (i.e. pan dra wrellen). What should I do? Pdndres (i.e. pan dra es}. What is there ? Pandryu (.e.pan dra yu). What is ? Pandresses (i.e. pan dra wresses). What shouldst thou do ? Fatla genough why (pron.fatta genawhy}. How^ are you ? Trova (i.e. tre o-va), that he was. 6. RULES FOR INITIAL MUTATIONS. i. The Second State. a. A feminine singular or masculine plural noun (or adjective used as a noun) preceded by the definite article an, the, or the numeral idn, one, has its initial in the second state. b. An adjective which follows and qualifies a. feminine singular noun, has its initial in the second state. c. A noun preceded by an adjective qualifying it, of whatever gender or number, has its initial in the second state. d. If the adjective preceding and qualifying a femi- nine singular noun follows the article an, the, the initial of the adjective is also in the second state. e. A noun in the vocative preceded by the particle a, O (expressed or omitted for the sake of verse), has its initial in the second state. f. The possessive pronouns dha, thy, and e, his, are followed by words, whether nouns, adjectives, or verbal nouns (infinitives) in the second state. The form 'th, thee or thy, generally puts the word which follows in the second state, but sometimes in the fourth, or changes b to/", not v. g. The verbal prefix a (older y, yth}, is generally followed by a verb in the second state.