PRINCE— THE FAEROE LANGUAGE. 



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man.' In Icel., however, if the definite prefixed article is used, the 

 suffix may not be employed ; thus in F. one may say : hin govi 

 mavurin, but in Icel. either hinn godhi madhur or godhi madJmrinn. 

 Note in the F. def. neuter dat. sg., the -um (pr. -im) ending: hinun 

 gova hadninim, not kept in Icel. and the F. nom. ace. hini govu 

 bodnini as compared with Icel. hin and born-in. 



In spite of the apparent similarity shown by the above comparison 

 between F. and Icel., the difference of the F. phonetics makes this 

 dialect phonetically very distinct. This fact may be better illustrated 

 by a phonetic comparison between the respective 



Personal Pronouns and Numerals. 



1" The polite form of the 2 p. 



