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Of Nouns. 

 Nouns are of two genders, masculine and feminine, distinguished by 

 their specific prefixes. U, denotes the masculine, and Ka, the femi- 

 nine. 



U tanga, husband. Ka tanga, wife. 



U hanmen, elder brother. Ka hanmen, elder sister. 



U para, younger brother. Ka para, younger sister. 



U skei, buck. Ka skei, doe. 



U kla, tiger. Ka kla, tigress. 



U Sier, cock. Ka Sier, hen. 



In a few instances, distinct terms are used to denote the male and 

 female members of a family, as Kapa, father ; Kami, mother. Yet the 

 prefixes are seldom or never omitted. 



U kapa, father. Ka kami, mother. 



U kapana, pat. uncle. Ka sangkenkha, pat. aunt. 



U kani, mat. uncle. Ka kamina, mat. aunt. 



The feminine particle Ka, is prefixed to the names of most inanimate 

 objects. 



Nouns are the same in both numbers. The plural is distinguished 

 by the use of the prefix Ki, in both masculine and feminine nouns. 

 U mon, a man. Ki mon, men. 



Ka sim, a bird. Ki sim, birds. 



Ka knam, an arrow. Ki knam, arrows. 



The various relations of nouns, usually termed cases, are represented 

 in Kassia by prepositions. 



The Genitive case is donoted by the particle Jong. 



Ka karteng Jong u mon. The name of the man. 

 Ki baniat jong u kla. The tiger's teeth. 

 When the particle is omitted, the case is indicated by the juxtaposi- 

 tion of the two substantives, the latter being understood to be in the 

 genitive case. 



Ka reng u blang. The goafs horn. 



The other cases of Sanskrit nouns are represented by such particles 

 as, la, to ; Na, from ; Bad, with ; Ha, or Sha, in ; Hapoh, into, &c. 

 Of Adjectives. 

 Adjectives are generally placed after the nouns they serve to qualify. 

 U kanna babha. A good child. 



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