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 176 GRAMMAR h. The verbal particles a and re and the interrogative particle a are followed by a verb in the second state. i. The prepositions a, der or dre, dh6, heb, re, and war, and compound prepositions ending in any of them, are followed by words in the second state. k. The conjunctions tre, tro, that, pan, when, erna, until, hedre, whilst, are followed by the second state. /. The adverbial particle en is followed generally by an adjective in the second state. m. The adverbs pur, very, ni, na, not, fraga, why, fatla, how, are followed by initials in the second state. 2. The Third State. a. The possessive pronouns ow, my, i, her, and aga, their, are followed by words in the third state. b. Ma, may, that, are sometimes followed by verbs in the third state, and sometimes by a variant, g be- coming h, and gw becoming wh. 3. The Fourth State. a. The particle ow, which forms the present parti- ciple, is followed by a verbal noun (or infinitive) in the fourth state. b. The conjunctions a, mar, mara, if, are followed by verbs in the fourth state. c. The adverb maga, as (in " as well," etc.) is followed by an adjective in the fourth state. d. Sometimes an adjective beginning with d, when preceded by the adverbial particle en, has its initial in the fourth state, and rarely a noun beginning with d, when it follows in the appositional genitive a word ending in tk. e. The verbal prefix d (y}, when followed by verbs whose radical initial is d, often changes that initial to the fourth state, and in the case of those beginning