404 Languages of the various tribes inhabiting the [March, 



This case is expressed merely by the juxta-position of the two substan- 

 tives ; the former, according to general usage in most Indian languages, 

 being undestood to form the genitive case ; as in Songo phai, a man's 

 house. Kurta bi, the horse's leg. 



To mark the distinction of Gender the terms pho and mo are gener- 

 ally affixed to the substantives. Thus : 



Sayung, a deer. Masc. Sayungpho, Fern. Sayungmo. 



Lang-che, an elephant, Masc. Lang-che-pho, Fern. Lang-che-mo. 



Kurta, a horse, Masc. Kurta-pho, Fern. Kurta-mo. 



To distinguish the male and female of certain animals, the terms 

 lago or thongpho, male, and damo, female, are sometimes used ; as in 

 Khu, a dog, Masc. Khu-lago, Fern. Khu-damo. Raba, a goat, Masc, 

 Raba-thdng-pho, Fern. Raba-damo. 



When it is necessary to mark the distinction of gender emphatically, 



the adjectives Nyi-an-pho and Nyi-anp-mo are usually placed after the 



generic noun. 



Of Adjectives. 



The principle of placing the adjunct after the object to which it is 

 attached causes the adjective generally to follow the substantive ; as 

 in KM-mong ba-lungbo, white cloth. Aba chang-16, a black crow. 



Words originally expressing ideas in their nature substantives, are 

 often used to express the quality they originally denote as existing in 

 another substantive by the addition of the genitive sign. Shing, wood : 

 Shing-ga langle, a wooden plough. 



The general mode of forming comparison is that of describing a per- 

 son or thing as possessing some quality more than or beyond others. 

 This method requires that the substantive with which the comparison 

 is made be put in the ablative case. Examples : — 



Ri-gai changpd, colder than water. 



Mi-gai sopd, hotter than fire. 



Jang-gai iyet po, greater than L 



Changing the noun for the word Thamche, all, we have the form of 

 the superlative degree. 



Thamche-gai iyetpo, greater than all. 



Another mode of forming this degree of comparison is by such ex- 

 pressions as great of the great, the first word being put in the form of 

 the genitive case. Ex : Iyet-po-ga iyetpo. 



Ring-bu-ga ringbu, long of the long, or the longest. 



