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MAHRATTA GRAMMAR.


4. The accusative of words signifying animals is formed from the nominative by affixing (Symbol missingIndic characters) or (Symbol missingIndic characters). Words signifying inanimate substances take no inflection in this case, unless they are personified. If personified th ey are inflected like masculine or feminine nouns.

5. The instrumental is formed by affixing (Symbol missingIndic characters) or (Symbol missingIndic characters). It is expressed by by, through, and sometimes for.

6. The dative is uniformly the same with the accusative.

7. The ablative of nouns which mean inanimate things is frequently made by (Symbol missingIndic characters), (Symbol missingIndic characters) or (Symbol missingIndic characters). Some other word, as (Symbol missingIndic characters), upon, (Symbol missingIndic characters), near, or a word meaning some particular part of the body, is generally put between nouns meaning animals and the above affixes. Ex. (Symbol missingIndic characters), from upon the horse.