Gen. gai-te of love.
Dat. eu-gai to love.
Acc. gai love.
Abl. tung or tsung gai, from or by love. And the same in the plural.
Give me your book,
Keu go ne-te shoo.
Dear to men,
Quei eu jin.
Come you with him,
Ne-lai tung ta.
The adjective is also formed from the genitive of the noun as pai, whiteness; pai-tié white; je heat; je-tié hot; lee, reason; lee-tié, rational; hau goodness; hau tié, good. But when the adjective precedes the noun, as it generally does, the particle tié is omitted as,
hau jin, a good man.
pai-ma, a white horse.
je-swee, hot water.
The plural of nouns is expressed by prefixing some word signifying plurality, as to-jin, many men; to-to jin, a multitude of men; chung jin, all men; and sometimes by a repetition of the word as jin-jin, men.
Adjectives are compared by placing the particle keng before the comparative, as
yeou, soft; keng yeou, softer.
hau, good; keng hau, better.
My book is newer than yours,
Go-te shoo keng sin ne-te.