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598 GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE II Grammatical Questions Senior Division How is the genitive case pointed out in foreign proper names ending in sibilant letter Give examples How is the expression "but for" referring to present participle to be rendered into German Translate -The beams of the sun would have scorched up the soil long ago but for the fresh breeze blowing from the mountains In which instance is the reflective from generally preferred in German to the passive voice Give examples When must the preposition "of" be rendered by the genitive when is it entirely omitted and when is it to be translated by 011ט or ju Give examples Junior Division Give the imperfect and past participle of the following words gcbm-laufen bringcn-grf cn- fcf affcn-fr&rn Write down the present of the indicative of the following verbs -biirfcn-tt iiTm-niogrn Which of the following prefixes are separable and which inseparable -cut-ab-nnp-be-untrr- roibcr- wicbcr How is the past participle of separable compound verbs formed and how of inseparable ones Give examples Conjugate- φ auSrufjm in all the tenses of tbe indicative except pluperfect and in the imperative mood How many declensions are there in German and how are they distinguished Illustrate your definition by examples