lastead of pu, the discriioinative mark of iht 

 plmal, the particles ica or egeyi may be U3e4 

 affixed to the uotm, or que placed between the 

 adjective and substantive whea tbej^ ci to- 

 gether. Thus Cora, will maJke in the plw**l 

 either Caraicat or Caraegeri, or Cumeque Caret, 

 the good cities. 



From he;ice it will be seen iha^t^ contrary to 

 the practice in the modern, languages of Europe, 

 the article in the Chiliant is aflixed to the naun^ 

 This m^ode of declension, sometimes occui^s i the 

 Greek and Latiu. languages, in which we meet 

 with a few nouns declined in this manner^ though 

 more variously, as mnsa in .liatin, and soma la 

 Greek. The Chilian abounds with adjectivei 

 both primitive and. derivative. The latter ar 

 formed ft'omi every part of speech by certain in- 

 variable rules, as from tue, earth, comes tuetu^ 

 terrestrial; from <jiw/;7i^/i, to know, quimcJii,yvise ; 

 and these, by the interposition of the particle wOj, 

 beco'.i.e negative, as tuenptUj not terrestrial ; 

 quimiiochi, ignorant. Although these adjective* 

 have all different terminations, they aj;e> never- 

 theless, like the English adij^ctives, unsusceptible 

 of number, or of gender. The same is the case 

 with the participles and the derivative pronouns, 

 from vvheuce it may be said that the Chiliaa 

 possesses but one gender. Whether this defect 

 ig real or only, apparent, it is well compensated 

 by the. advantage which the. language possesses 



