Function Words
Below are rules about the number of n’s in function words, which do not decline nor conjugate. Various function words which indicate movement end on –an and never –ann.
Examples:
- Hvaðan, austan, vestan, sunnan, norðan, innan, utan, ofan, neðan, framan, aftan, handan, undan, héðan, þaðan, meðan, áðan, saman, síðan, jafnan, jafnharðan, sjaldan.
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Famous quotes containing the words function and/or words:
““... The state’s one function is to give.
The bud must bloom till blowsy blown
Its petals loosen and are strown;
And that’s a fate it can’t evade
Unless ‘twould rather wilt than fade.””
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
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—Edmond De Goncourt (1822–1896)