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The other cases are rendered by suffixes.

Ka in a daraw. Ka in a tang in laraw. Aizawl
My house in put. My house from bring. Aijal

a kalraw

to go.

Adjectives follow the words they qualify, but are not
inflected in any way.

Mipa tha = a good man. Htnaichhia tha = a good woman.
Nula-te tha = good girls.

When a noun is used as an adjective it precedes the noun it
qualifies, as, "Lung in/' stone house.
Adjectives are compared thus

Suaka Nela ai - in a chha k zawk.

Suaka Nela than he stronger.

Suaka is stronger than Nela.

When demonstrative adjectives are compared, "ai-in" is
combined with them, thus :—

He sakor he saw ai sawn ashang zawk.
This horse here that than there is taller.
This horse is taller than that.
" Saw saw ai-in " being replaced by " Saw-ai sawn."

When no object of comparison is mentioned " ai-in" is
omitted.

Nangma lo azao zawk.
Your jhum extensive more.
Your j hum is more extensive.

The superlative is formed thus :—

Lalzong zinga Khuma a vin ber.

Chiefs among Khuma he bad tempered most.
Khuma is the most bad-tempered of all the chiefs.
Khuma lalzong ai-in a vin ber.
Khuma chiefs than he ill-tempered more.
Khuma lalzong a a vin ber.

Khurna chiefs of he ill-tempered most.
Khuma a vin ber.

Khuma he ill-tempered most,
Khuma is the most ill-tempered.

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