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Acjjectives ending In a consonant remain the same.

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sundar l^edki

. gai^ib ladka

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alsi led_ka alsi lodki

beautiful girl, poor boy lazy boy lazy boy

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' Nanieś of animate objects are masculine or fem-

inine according to the sex. There are only two gen-ders in Hindi. NatAes of inanimate objects ending

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in a consonant and the vowel -a are generally masculine.

e-g

d|ikan, ped,- ghar etc.

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Names of inanimate obją^c.ts

generally feminine

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ending in -i are

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. sa<i i _y gac^i etc .

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.Names of days and mountains and most of the

metals except silver are masculine while those of .

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rivers are feminine.

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Sometimes adjectives like "bada!' may be JLengthened

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into '"badltena" or "badkani". ‘It is usually used to indicate the superlative degree; but may also be

used in comparison.

i homar bedkena bheiyye hei, may mean

or

This is my eldest brothej^/ ^w This is my *elder bro-ther.*

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