parative in b. Every noun may in both be formed into a verb, while the verbs of both have some of those peculiar tenses which are not very easily translatable into English ; as for example,
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In Finnish, Laplandish, and Hungarian, the ad- jectives precede the nouns, except where a verb interposes. The singular number follows all nu- merals, as kilentz nap, nine day, not nine days. In both a superlative idea is often communicated by a repetition of the positive noun, as kieura, kieura almats, (Lap.,) Erös erös ember, (Hung.,) a strong, strong man. The verb to have is want- ing in the two branches; possession is expressed by, to be to, Le musne kirje, (Lap.,) van nekem könyvem—A book is to me, i. e. I have a book. Both frequently suppress the verb to be, as Jó az, that (is) good, and both employ it in the ge-
