| hjem home | hjemme at home |
| ned down (to a place) | nede down (in a place) |
| op up (to a place) | oppe up (in a place) |
| ud out (to a place) | ude out (in a place) |
| siden since | for lang Tid siden long ago |
| saaledes |  |
thus | hvorledes | |
how. |
saadan
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hvordan
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saadan and hvordan may also be used as adjectives; saaledes and hvorledes only as adverbs.
The affirmative adverb ja is used in answer to a positive query, jo to a negative. Har Hr. Persen været her idag? Ja. Has Mr. P. been here to-day? Yes. Har ikke Hr. Persen været her idag? Has not Mr. P. been here to-day? Jo Yes.
Note. The more the better is in D.-N. jo mere desto (or des) bedre; jo mere vi gik, desto længere syntes vi at være borte fra tort Maal the more we walked along the farther we seemed to be from our destination; colloquially there may also be said jo mere jo bedre in the same meaning.
239. About the demonstrative local adverb der and the interrog.-rel. local adv. hvor can be noticed that they are used in many compounds without any local signification representing the dem. pronoun neuter det and the relative-interr. hvilket; derpaa thereupon; derefter thereafter; derfor therefore; hvorefter after which; hvorfor why.
THE PREPOSITIONS.
240. The prepositions do not in the language as it is to-day govern any case, except that in the pronouns which have separate forms for the subjective and objective case, the latter always follows the preposition: hos mig with me; til ham to
