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when the first member is in the possessive: krigsrnand;
(2) when the first member is a verb stem: trakfugl,
stikord, sl&ngord; (3) when the following are prefixed
to verbs :
av, fra, frem, ind, med, ned, mot, und, op, an,
gjen. (N.B. Nouns derived from verbs by adding -ing
and -else have the same accent as the verb :
frem'stilling,
mot'sigelse).
ARTICLES.
INDEFINITE ARTICLE.
21. The indefinite article is derived from the
numeral en, from which it differs in not taking stress.
It is evident that this article can only be used in the
singular; its place in the plural may be filled by the
indefinite pronoun no gen: Her er en mand (nogen
mcznd) som ml tale med dig. It is also evident that the
indefinite article can only be used with the real common
nouns, that is, nouns designating classes of things that
can be counted. But when ,so used the article does not
designate one of the class as opposed to
a certain other
number, but as opposed to all the other members of
the same class. However, this article is sometimes used
with abstract nouns: en uendelig kjcerlighet. In such
cases that which is designated by the noun becomes individualized.
The same principle holdes good in the
case of the indefinite article used with names of substances.
use of the indefinite article differs from English
chiefly in the following: The article is not used with
unmodified predicate nouns (i) that denote position or
profession : Han
er larer, Han er prest, Han er farmer;
(2) that denote religion: Han er lutheraner; (3) that
denote nationality; Han er amerikaner. (The predicate