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148 TELOOGOO GRAMMAR. OF THE CASES OF SUBSTANTIVES, AND THE USE OF THE POSTPOSITIONS.

380 The reader has been already informed, that in nouns denoting inanimate things, the nominative is constantly used for the accusative. This will be % explained more fully when we treat of the government of nouns by verbs.

381 The genitive, possessive, or inflected case, seldom affixes the postposition ^oos" . We constantly find TT5$bo$ oxxix^ used for Tr>s5bo^oo?f coo ew Rama's home; S?o v &> / $' for f <9^&/ &c3oq?fj53f, the court of Indra; Sfttf^ JO^PrssSw f or Sv^c-kS^D?^ sycssSoo, the arrow of Cupid; and So^&fD^tfsSw f or ol35b'c^x>:lf_?5s&D, the wealth of Koobera (the God of riches) c. Deprived of this affix, the genitive in Teloogoo has fre- quently, as in English, the power of an adjective, &&>5$QX& means a beast of the forest that is, a wild beast, <53oo~5~ D oSSbiD the season of sun shine., or the sultry season; wo&Scooi&Jf the sand of the river, or river sand ; ^5bq5)feCJ the water of the lake, or lake water.

382 Two or more substantives relating to the same object agree in case ; but if they refer to different objects, the one governs the other in the genitive ; thus, or ~)^oo|_ c3o the favour of the deity, 5o&S3p o or 35b5apC the ims of men fyc.

383 The inflected or genitive cases of substantive nouns or pronouns, with the terminations of the neuter demonstrative pronouns affixed to them, viz. & in the singular, and S) in the plural number, are constantly used, without any verb, to denote the affirmation of possession ; as 3(3~3$x^ -r that property is mine, o>j-7 l 6e>3$fcewsp>9S) these horses are theirs, &S>~&*>X)$8> that is 6<9 Rama's, ax>3 v ^/^ra>a this belongs to the Bramin, o>n>&*&-&>v?& this garden is the Kings, 53^)_^^"^x)S6cn>^o^ia that book belongs to my father, oxn>awew;5^^o&3 ^JOft this house belongs to a Bramin.

384 The dative case has.generally the same force as the prepositions to, for iu English : thus, i f ^^^ra^^S&o-fta modesty is essential to women, "SooA' -^rooj&l? (5Co5bXCCS&o cmraye is requisite for men- It sometimes repre- sents the English genitive ; as, 3^&oo^!ny raxx)N>?C *xx> (/& soul of a promise