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APPENDIX. 
On Adjectives. 
Adjectives are not very numerous. The want of them forms 
one of the most serious deficiencies in the language. They 
admit of no inflexions whatever, of gender, number, or case. 
Some adjectives are roots in the language, as, tsar a , good ; 
ratsy, bad ; tonta , old. 
Many adjectives are formed by affixing ma to the roots; 
as, from 
loto comes maloto, dirty 
tavy - matavy, fat 
hery - mahery, strong, 
ditra - maditra, obstinate 
rofy - marofy, ill. 
Adjectives are frequently compounded of two adjectives of an 
opposite signification, which destroy the force of one another, 
and form adjectives of an intermediate signification ; e. g. 
tsa’ratsy hiany—neither good nor bad, indifferent: lavit’akeiky 
hiany—neither far nor near, not very distant: lavidavitr’akeiky 
hiany—farther, near; rather farther off, but at some distance: 
yet many adjectives are used before nouns, having some word 
to be understood, as Kara, in Greek; mafy sofina, i. e. hard as 
to the ears, deaf, wilfully stupid, doltish; “ maty havana,” 
dead as to relations, i. e. one whose relations are dead. 
Degrees or Comparison. 
The Comparative degree is formed in two ways: 
1. By prefixing no ho (than) to the objects with which the 
positive is compared, as, 
Tsara ity no ho ny sasany—this is better than the rest. 
Hendry izy no ho ny zanany—he is wiser than his son. 
2. By repeating the positive, and adding ko koa, as, 
Tsara—good ; tsara tsara ko koa—better, 
hendry—wise ; hendry hendry ko koa—-wiser. 
But here also, if the object is expressed, no ho must follow : 
hendry hendry ko koa no ho ny sasany—wiser than the rest. 
The Superlative is made by 
1. Adding indrindra, an adverb, signifying, exceedingly, 
chiefly, principally; as, tsara indrindra, best; lehibe indrindra, 
greatest. 
2. By repeating the positive term, and inserting dia before it, 
as, tsara dia tsara—good and also good ; i. e. very good, exceed¬ 
ingly good. 
