Grammar of the Marathi LanguageAmerican Mission Press, 1854 - 182 pages |
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Page 165 - For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
Page 123 - ... which (of the two). 114. EULE OF SYNTAX. — Adjectives agree with the nouns which they qualify, in gender, number, and case; eg, Mater lonam ffliarn laudat.
Page 72 - Murathee ; but its use is very limited, compared with that of the English passive verb, and its place is generally supplied by intransitive verbs, or by circumlocution. The passive verb, when it is used, is nothing more than the past participle, joined...
Page 62 - He then hazards the conjecture that "the latter form is the true one, (the former being only contracted from it,) and that it is the subjunctive inflected : this much, however must be confessed that on that supposition the 3 and ff should have been joined together, though this is not quite decisive against the supposition.
Page 62 - This supine seems to be a noun of which the genitive cases only remain. Besides, each of these cases has two terminations differing considerably from each other, viz. siRrRr, 3lRr55T, &c. and sTrfTRT, &-c. affixes of the same meaning for the dative ; and srRT^f &,c. and afl^irPT for the genitive...
Page 147 - Discriminate in the use of NICELY. Don't say, when asked, " How do you do ? " " Nicely " ; " How are you ? " " Nicely." A critic calls such an answer "popinjay English." Discriminate in the use of NOT. When not stands in the first member of a sentence, it must be followed by nor or neither. " Not for money nor for influence will he yield " ; " He will not go, neither shall you.
Page 41 - Give the penknife to the man who comes for it ; literally whatever man shall come, to that man give the penknife...
Page 72 - ... its place is generally supplied by intransitive verbs or by circumlocution. " The passive verb when it is used is nothing more than the past participle joined with the different parts of the verb t?
Page 170 - Often words will occur, in which consecutive syllables will take nearly on quite equal stress of voice.