Suaka is stronger than Nela. When demonstrative adjectives are compared, "ai-in" is combined with them, thus:-- He sakor he saw ai sawn ashang zawk. This horse here that than there is taller. This horse is taller than that. "Saw saw ai-in" being replaced by "Saw-ai sawn." When no object of comparison is mentioned "ai-in" is omitted. Nangma lo azao zawk. Your jhum extensive more. Your jhum is more extensive. The superlative is formed thus:-- Lalzong zinga Khuma a vin ber. Chiefs among Khuma he bad tempered most. Khuma is the most bad-tempered of all the chiefs. Khuma lalzong ai-in a vin ber. Khuma chiefs than he ill-tempered more. Khuma lalzong a a vin ber. Khuma chiefs of he ill-tempered most. Khuma a vin ber. Khuma he ill-tempered most. Khuma is the most ill-tempered. The numerals are very simple:-- 1 = pa khat 6 = pa ruk 2 = pa hnih 7 = pa sari 3 = pa thum 8 = pa riat 4 = pa li 9 = pa kua 5 = pa nga 10 = shom 11 = "shom leh pa khat," 12 = "shom leh pa hnih," and so on to 20 = "shom hnih"; then "shom hnih leh pa khat" &c., to "shom thum" = 30, "shom li" = 40, "shom nga" = 50, and so on to "za" = 100, "za leh pa khat" = 101, and so on to "shang" = 1000. "Shing" = 10,000 and "nuai" for 1,000,000 are hardly ever used; 8,975 = "shang riat, leh za kua leh shom sari leh pa nga." It will be seen that the real numerals are "khat," "hnih," "thum," &c., pa being equivalent to unit. It is usually omitted when animals or things are mentioned, but retained when speaking of human beings. Lal pa sari = seven chiefs. Sebong nga = five cows. With numbers above ten the name of the thing enumerated if a monosyllable, is often repeated. Thus:-- Ni shom hnih leh ni nga. Days twenty and days five. Ordinals are formed by adding "na" to the cardinals, thus:-- In shom na lutrawh. Enter the tenth house. But-- Ni thum ni a lo-kalraw. Day three day on come. Every other day = Ni khat dan a. Every third day = Ni hnih dan a, and so on. Numeral adjectives are formed thus:-- Voi nga, voi shom leh voi khat. Times five, times ten and times one, eleven times. Demonstrative adjectives are:--