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HINDUSTANI LANGUAGE.
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of different persons or things are compared ; bnt adjec-
tives immediately preceding are, like it, made to agree
with the substantive to which they have reference : so,
^ J <*/,•« gfJ ^ 15/ Jb L U .$.<L zvhose face (is)
like the moon ; hair, like the cloucls; eyes, like the deer’s;
^3\j ^ jlj mouniain-like nights, or, tedious nights of sorrow;
C „ . 00
a g’00^ hke me 1 J'j l5^ 0 hoy-like
girl; a little wine ; \jJ L>% a hlackish horse;
j' Jjj ^ JJ 011 a hlackish horse; JjJ ^ J\& hlackish
mares; ^ ff f rom hlackish horses; LA for L UJ\
/ p
like this; Ljj for L J\ like that; and, upon the same prin-
ciple, LL and L->. and Lj for L LJ iike what? L like
which, L fjjs like thai.
When used with adjectives, this adjunct seems in some
mstances alrnost superfluous, though to certain words of
that description it usually imports a degree of intensity ;
9 ?' 9
as, Jjb ^ J much love, or very much
love, existed betzveen those two; cjb ^ J this is
indeed a very little matter : and, when joined to pronouns
in their uninflected state, it has a discriminative meaning;
so, Lj A which ? what f what sort of? Ljj>- whichever, L)J
that, L Jf some one, certain, somebody.
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of different persons or things are compared ; bnt adjec-
tives immediately preceding are, like it, made to agree
with the substantive to which they have reference : so,
^ J <*/,•« gfJ ^ 15/ Jb L U .$.<L zvhose face (is)
like the moon ; hair, like the cloucls; eyes, like the deer’s;
^3\j ^ jlj mouniain-like nights, or, tedious nights of sorrow;
C „ . 00
a g’00^ hke me 1 J'j l5^ 0 hoy-like
girl; a little wine ; \jJ L>% a hlackish horse;
j' Jjj ^ JJ 011 a hlackish horse; JjJ ^ J\& hlackish
mares; ^ ff f rom hlackish horses; LA for L UJ\
/ p
like this; Ljj for L J\ like that; and, upon the same prin-
ciple, LL and L->. and Lj for L LJ iike what? L like
which, L fjjs like thai.
When used with adjectives, this adjunct seems in some
mstances alrnost superfluous, though to certain words of
that description it usually imports a degree of intensity ;
9 ?' 9
as, Jjb ^ J much love, or very much
love, existed betzveen those two; cjb ^ J this is
indeed a very little matter : and, when joined to pronouns
in their uninflected state, it has a discriminative meaning;
so, Lj A which ? what f what sort of? Ljj>- whichever, L)J
that, L Jf some one, certain, somebody.