§§ 54-60.] 



PRONOUXS. 



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with which the comparison is made in the ablative case. Example, ^ iTT^ 

 '^iff TT^fl' 'f 't^^ i (jdcJiln oil gdchhi sa siindar cJihaik. "This gTove 

 is more beautiful than that." 



§54. (h) Superlative. This is formed either by prefixing ^vr ^ 

 sffl, the ablative case of ^nr sahh all, or the adjective bar (which is 

 liable to inflection according to gender) to the principal adjective. Examples ; 

 T 'tr^ ^ i gacJilti sahlt sa sundar clihaik " this is the most 



beautifid grove;" or 1^ TTTtft ^ i gachht bar sundar clihaik 



" this grove is very beautiful." 



§ 55. Certain comparatives and superlatives are also borrowed direct 

 from the Samskrit, which need not be noted here. 



Chapteb YT. 

 j^RONouNS ^iitTT Sarvandm. 



§ 56. The declension of Pronouns presents some important points of 

 difference from that of nouns, which must be carefully noticed. 



§ 57. While nouns remain imchanged before postpositions, pronouns 

 always change to some other form. They have an inflected base whicli is 

 different from the nominative, and which is used before all postpositions. 



§ 58. The accusative singular of pronouns is never the same as the 

 nominative. The pronoun of the second person ^^r^ apne or ^-ff alian, 

 and the interrogative adjectival pronoim ^ Id, tohat ? are the only exceptions 

 to this rule. In cii-cumstances corresponding to those in which the accusa- 

 tive of a noun takes the nominative form, the accusative of a pronoun takes 

 the form of the inflected base without any postposition. 



The genitive form of pronotms in ^ r is also to be noticed. 



In pronouns not only the accusative, but also the dative, is allowed to 

 drop tlie postposition ^ Ice. 



§ 59. Pronouns have the same form whether referring to masculine or 

 feminine nouns. They are declined throughout in the singular and plural 

 numbers. 



§ 60. With the exception of the pronouns of the second person, they all 

 want the vocative case. 



