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Occasionally in a few words F changes in the second state to F, and in one case to H. S rarely changes to Z. There is one change of D to N (like what is called the nasal mutation in Welsh). This is in the word dôr, earth, which after the article an is nôr.

In the following tables cases of the use of mutations are shown. It is to be noted that e, his, is one of the words which govern the second state, and ow, my, the third state, and agan, our, the first state, while the particle ow of the present participle governs the fourth state.

Examples of the use of the first, second, and third states:

		First State.	Second State.	Third State.
Tenues	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Agan Pen, our head	e ben, his head	ow fen, my head
		Agan Car, our friend	e gar, his friend	ow har, my friend
		Agan Tâs, our father	e dâs, his father	ow thâs, my father
Mediæ	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Agan Blew, our hair	e view, his hair	ow blew, my hair (no change)
		Agan Gras, our grace	e 'ras, his grace	ow gras, my grace (no change)
		Agan Golow, our light	e wolow, his light	ow golow, my light (no change
		Agan Dên, our man	e dhên, his man	ow dên, my man (no change)
		Agan Mab, our son	e vab, his son	ow mab, my son (no change)

Examples of the use of the fourth state:—

		First State.	Fourth State.
Tenues	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Palas, to dig	ow palas, digging (no change)
		Cara, to love	ow cara, loving (no change)
		Kelmy, to bind	ow kelmy, binding (no change)
		Terry, to break	ow terry, breaking (no change)
Mediæ	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Bewa, to live	ow pewa, living
		Gǒrra, to put	ow cǒrra, putting
		Gwelas, to see	ow qwelas, seeing
		Dôs, to come	ow tôs, coming
		Môs, to go	ow môs, going (no change)