or eauxwxo to be affixed to the nominative singular, if the substantive Neuter తగ్గమము adjectives in ము, instead of affixing అxు. అయిన o 291 అయినటువంటి, may, like the దేశ్యము adjectives, change the final ము, to పు or ంపు ; thus, we may say సర సపు or సర సంపు పలుకు or పలుకులు a mellifluent expression or expressions (literally, words full of quintessence.) Sanscrit adjectives ending in the terminations and, when adopted 292 into Teloogoo, change them, in the masculine gender to వంతుఁడు and మంతుఁడు; in the feminine, to వంతురాలు and మంతురాలు, or వతి and మతి ; and in the neuter gender, to వంతము and మంతము, or వత్తు and మత్తు. బలవతి బలవత్తు బుద్ధిమత్ ..sensible--బుద్ధిమంతుఁడు .. బుద్ధిమంతురాలు (బుద్ధిమంతము బుమతి (బుద్ధివత్తు భాగ్యనర్ happy, rich భాగ్యవంతుఁడు భార్య వయరాలు భాగ్యవంతము (భాగ్యవతి భాగ్యవత్తు తత్సమము adjectives, pieceding తత్సమము substantives, often drop all their 293 Teloogoo terminations, and are compounded with the substantive in their un inflected or crude state, according to the rules of Sanscrit grammar; thus, 291 295. 296 దుష్టుఁడు ....wicked and .... రాకు సుఁడు a giant may become దుక్షు రాకునుఁడు [a wicked giant. ·· ధనవత్ప్రభువు [an opulent master. whatever class, are conavoc, to sub In the common dialect, neuter adjectives in 3, of stantly prefixed, with the particles x-avd or stantives of all genders and numbers promiscuously; thus, మయిన or సుందరమయినటువంటి - పురుషుఁడు - పురుషులు - స్త్రీ - స్త్రీలు-ము PIN - INPIwes &c, a handsome man-men-woman-women-face, -faces, &c. The rules respecting and I substantives are also es plicable to adjectives of the same descriptions. OF ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS. ap The adjective pronouns may be divided into the same classes as the substantive pronouns of the third person, viz, definite and indefinite, with the addition of the possessive pronouns. POSSESSIVES. The possessive pronouns consist of the possessive or genitive cases of the respective substantive pronouns, without the postposition . viz. ɔş. 297 7 298 ........ their M. & F. (remote) their N.(do.) I...... ..his, her, its their &................her or its (proximate) These pronouns are indeclinable; they are prefixed to nouns in the same man ner as the adjectives, but without affixes of any kind; thus, ve లు my house, J✪xx their horses, &c. DEFINITE PRONOUNS. Each of the definite adjective pronouns consists of one long vowel; viz. the 299 demonstrative proximate, or, as it is vulgarly written, a, meaning this; the demonstrative remote & that; and the interrogative or, as it is commonly written,, what? When prefixed to substantives, these pronouns are sometimes converted into their corresponding short vowels, and the following congonant is then doubled; thus, WOLD or HEJ or, as it is commonly written, శమలము or యిశ్రమలము this lotus, ఆకాలము or అక్షా లము that time, ఏకాలము or ఎ క్కాలము or as it is vulgarly written యే కా Lw or Bow what time? When the vowel is shortened, the § is doubled, པ་ in each of these examples. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS. The indefinite adjective pronouns are prefixed to plural substantives, with- 300 out any intermediate affix; they are merely the nominative cases of the indefinite substantive pronouns of the third person, viz. The indeclinable particle o, commonly written Co, meaning the 301 whole, in full, &c. affixed to substantives, has the same force as the pronouns అందయి or అన్ని prefixed to them; thus, అందఱకు నుష్యులు or మనుష్య అంత all men, అన్ని వస్తువులు or వస్తువులంత all things. CHAPTER FIFTH. VERBS. Teloogoo verbs are of four kinds; neuter, active, passive, and causal. 302 These verbs are divided into two parts, the affirmative, and the negative; and 303 each of these two parts has an indicative mood, an imperative mood, participles, and a verbal noun. The affirmative verb has an infinitive, but the negative verb bas none. INDICATIVE. The indicative mood, in the affirmative verb, has, properly, only four tenses; the present, the past, the future, and the aorist. In the negative verb, the aorist is the only tense. Each of these tenses has two numbers, the singular and the plural; and in each number there are three persons; but there is no distinction of gender, except in the third person. In the singular number of most of the tenses, the third person masculine is distinguished from the third person feminine and neuter, both of which are the same. In the plural, the third person masculine and feminine are one; and the neuter is, in general, different from both. In a few cases, however, the third person is the same for all genders. IMPERATIVE. 304 The imperative has two numbers; the singular and the plural. This mood, 305 in the affirmative verb, has two persons; the 2d in the singular, and the 1st and 24 in the plural. In the negative verb, it has the 2d person only in each number. PARTICIPLE S. The participles are of two distinct kinds: the one we shall denominate verbal, 305 and the other relative, participles. The affirmative verb has two verbal participles; the present and the past. 307 |