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& th is not pronounced like tho thin think. The sound is formed by placing the tip of the tongue against tho front palate, not against the teeth as when we say think.

Tt is almost exactly the sound made by an Irishman saying attack, The same position of the tongue is required to form the letter q dh.

(3) The not in Assamese is declined as follows

Nominative huhu a dog hukurbilik dogs Genitive kukurav of a dog hukurbildkar of dogs Dative hukuralat to a dog hukurbilakalat to dogs Accusative kukwak a dog kukurbilakak — dogs Locative kukurat .ina dog hukurbilakat — in dogs Instrumental = dukurere by or witha dog kuburbildkere — Dy or

with dogs Assamese grammarians givo an additional case, dudnrarpard, from a dog ; this is, however, not a case, but the use of the Gonitive caso with the, post-position pard., Other forms of the plural usod instead of bila aro bor and date as in kukurbor, ov lavdha't, boys,

Ha" is only used in roferonce to inforiors, bor in roference to inferiors and inanimate objects, Their declension is the sume as (hat of biluk.

Nouns ending in a vowel are declined ag follows +—

Nominative ya a hody gabor bodies Genitive gay of abody gaborary of bodies Dative gular to a body yaboralat to bodies Accusative gah a body gaborak — bodies Locative. gat in a body gaberat in hodies

Instrumental géve by or wilh a body ydborere by or with bodios

Nominative ndo & boat ndobor Genitive ndwar of a boat ndoborar Dative ndwalat to a hont nioboralat Accusative ndwak a boat ndoborak Locative ndwat = ina boat ndoborat

Instrumental adwere — by or with a bout ndoborert