
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text
Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...indeclinable comparatives in e are formed from the declinable comparatives, and not from the positive degree. i tR L.. (declinable fiojbmiil. BciuKiB, great; comparative J, I indeclinable Co.ibme. My-n L-f declinable Meubliiift. MiUtifi, small j comparative I indeclinable M-ubuie. Xopfimlfl, good; comparative f I indeclinable iftine. f EpacBuH, fair; comparative xpawe. Obs. 5--From the comparatives SoJtniiii and MeH&miu, are derived the adjectives BaumuB,'' large,'' and MeBbmciH, ''small.'' BojtuiOH is used also instead of Bcniitiii, when it denotes a size, as: oaibinofi flOMi, ''a large house,'' instead of BeJUKiii Win.. The comparative of the following adjectives and adverbs must not be confounded: Adjecthes. Longer, jojbine. More distant, jaibme. Thinner, Trtiibme. Larger, oViibuie. Smaller, Mt-Hbine. Adverbs. Longer (time), ndxte. Farther, ja-ite. Thinner, TOBte. More, Oil.ite. Less, Meatc. Obs. 6.--The comparative of all other adverbs is exactly the same as that of the indeclinable adjectives they are derived from. I was here longer than you. 8 dutb 34tCb aojte neiK&iH Bh. This war was longer than that one. 3ra Boiiua fjbi.ni o.tbuie TOB. We went farther. Hu nouMH juJte. A little larger, IIo66.iTe. A little smaller, IIoMenie. Obs. 7.--The preposition no is added to the indeclinable comparative when the object compared is not mentioned, as: A larger house is taken. Hasan 40MI notiojime But when the object of comparison is mentioned, the comparative must be without the preposition no, as: Your house is larger and more Bami josi dojbme n npocrdpirte roomy than ours. nauicro. Obs. 8.--The preposition no, if used when the object of comparison is mentioned, modifies the comparative and signifies '' a little/ as: Your book is a...
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