... "; ▁" das ▁M äd chen , ▁es ..." ▁ ▁Inter rog ative ▁pron oun s ▁▁▁ ▁Gener ally , ▁pre pos itions ▁that ▁need ▁to ▁be ▁followed ▁by ▁either ▁case ▁merge ▁with ▁" was " ▁to ▁form ▁new ▁words ▁such ▁as ▁" w ov on " ▁(" where of " ▁/ ▁" wh ence ▁[ from ▁where ] ") ▁or ▁" w es w egen " ▁(" for ▁what ▁reason "). ▁ ▁Rel ative ▁pron oun s ▁ ▁Poss ess ive ▁pron oun s ▁▁ ▁Poss ess ive ▁pron oun s ▁are ▁treated ▁as ▁articles ▁in ▁German ▁and ▁decl ine ▁the ▁same ▁way ▁as ▁kein ; ▁see ▁Ind ef in ite ▁article ▁above . ▁ ▁Dem on str ative ▁pron oun s ▁▁ ▁These ▁may ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁place ▁of ▁personal ▁pron oun s ▁to ▁provide ▁emphas is , ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁sentence ▁" Den ▁se he ▁ich " ▁(" I ▁see ▁that "). ▁Also ▁note ▁the ▁word ▁ordering : ▁den ▁corresponds ▁to ▁" that ", ▁and ▁ich ▁corresponds ▁to ▁" I ". ▁Pla cing ▁the ▁object ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁sentence ▁places ▁emphas is ▁on ▁it . ▁English , ▁as ▁a ▁generally ▁non - decl ined ▁language , ▁does ▁not ▁normally ▁show ▁similar ▁behavior , ▁although ▁it ▁is ▁sometimes ▁possible ▁to ▁place ▁the ▁object ▁at ▁the ▁front ▁of ▁a ▁sentence ▁for ▁similar ▁emphas is , ▁as ▁in : ▁" H im ▁I ▁see , ▁but ▁I ▁don ' t ▁see ▁John ". ▁ ▁The ▁table ▁is ▁the ▁same ▁as