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810 SYNTHETICAL PERIOD. [Par. 570, 571.

570 To explain the modern forms "she," "that,"
"they," "1them," we must have recourse to the old
declinable Definite Adjective:DEFINITE ADJECTIVE, Modern "THE."
SINGULAR. PLURAL.
Maso. Fern. Neut.
Norn......se seo thae-t t ha"
Gen. thae-s thae-re thae-s tha'-ra
Dat. tha-m thae-re tha-m tha-rn
Ac......tha-ne tha that th&a
Instrumental Case, thli, th'e tht, the

RELATIVE PRONOUN, MODERN "1THiAT."
"The" (Indeclinable).
57I Origin of "she," "they," "them," &c.
Just as in Latin is and ille diff er so little that
they may be easily interchanged, so in Engulish
"he" and "se," both meaning, "that man, were
interchan gred, e.g."ICh ami the (lie) that spec (spake)."1
The interchange of the Feminine forms "heo"
and "1seo " became so common that"1 seo " (possibly
as being less similar to "he,"~ and therefore less
I Morris.