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THE VERB t)0 beiC
extent. The following are the principal in-
stances : —
i. •corn', to my.
•00*0', to thy.
•o'a, to his, her.
2. forti', under my.
■pco', under thy.
-p n-A, under his, her
3. Any, in my.
a*o', in thy.
a n-A, or 'nA, in his,
her.
4. tern', with my.
Le*o/ with thy.
te n-A, with his, her.
5. ótti', from my.
óx)', from thy.
ó n-A, from his, her.
■o'fcji, to our.
•oo bun, to your.
•o'a, to their.
•jro'-p, under our.
■po bun, under your.
ipo n-A, under their.
'ti^H, in our.
Ann bun, in your.
Ann a or 'ua, in their.
te An, ^ e Y> with our.
te bun, with your,
te n-A, with their.
ó An o'n, from our.
ó bun, from your,
ó n-A, from their.
Obs.— The best authorities recommend that these com-
binations should, for the sake of clearness, be written as
above with hyphens connecting the adventitious letters and
with apostrophes to show where a letter or more has been left
out. These forms are in frequent use, especially in poetry.
The full words are sometimes used, as "oo tno instead of
•ootn' to my, Sec. Am' at>\ &c, are in constant use in a
peculiar idiom relating to the use of cÁ, which verb can never
ascribe a predicate to its subject without the use of the pre-
position a or Ann, in, as he is a man must be rendered, zo.
fé 'tiA feAn, he is in his man (that is, perhaps, in the state
of a man). 1r, however, does not require this construction.