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Adjectives. 
24. Many Adjectives are formed from the Nonn of Agency of the 
Verb, as follows :— 
1. less kudum kul, 
2. ividarl, 
3. pott zarl , 
4. zidn karol , 
good work doing, industrious, 
fearing, timid, cowardly, 
road knowing, guiding, 
loss-making, destructive, malicious, 
5. Idlu kul, 
6. less ushp pH sir nishel, 
7. tanvocke toil, 
8. pputt lattri rangal 
harmful. 
song making, singing. 
on a horse good sitting, equestrian. 
sword beating. 
on road property taking, highway 
(ngal ?), 
robber. 
The above can be used as Substantives or Adjectives : thus No. 2 is 
either timid or a coward; No. 3 is guiding or a guide; No. 7 sword smiting 
or an executioner. 
25. Adjectives formed in English from a Substantive, by adding y or 
ly , such as foxlike, foxy, etc., are formed in Bashgali by adding to the 
Substantive either ohdr, or ay Hr , or agyur, pirstha, purstha, prishtha, as— 
krul , dog; krul chor, 
doglike. 
Degrees op Comparison. 
26. The Comparative is formed by using the Positive together with 
f\j 
the Ablative case (post-position td, ste) of the Noun to which it refers, 
as— 
Mirak drgr manohl asset, Mirak is a tall man. 
Mirak Chain td drgr azz, Mirak is more tall than Chanlu. 
tu kur id kure ta, dl ess , Your ass is bigger than mine. 
r\j 
emd manchi pachan wan id Our men are braver than the enemy. 
damtol aslit, 
ind se po se ste kachwach This year fruit is scarcer than last 
chagh ess, 
year. 
27. The Superlative is formed by using a Noun of multitude or 
quantity with the Positive, as, Bastl sundl manchion td damtol azz, BastI 
is the most powerful of all men, 
