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to a pronoun, as w»%j.9 4 pees “ Are they going?” The pronoun 
of the second person singular feminine is (# z instead of s , thus 
ars “thy (feminine) book,” wb ( for Si ) “Did he escape 
thee?” 
Instead of the J introducing the apodosis of a condition, 
wl is used, as cy} may wf oI WIL ol way) “Had you 
brought me the book, I would have gone yesterday.” 
he Passive of the triliteral is as instead of Js thus, wit 
ktub for Lis kutiba. 
Verbs are sometimes incorrectly followed by prepositions 
thus, ait (9 —b3 for aks! bs. 
Prepositions are used incorrectly, as $LhJ) eo as “ There is 
-a break in the clouds,” where @® is incorrectly used for ee 
Words are used redundantly, as ‘= 9% ox be= sl Lo “ He did 
not come”; —slél 34 wy for Cpyl@! Wy In the expression Aid 
2258 “ His appearance was a little appearance,” that is, “ he was 
mean in appearance,” the use of the diminutive is perhaps an 
idiom, and not a grammatical peculiarity. 
ai din indi 
I, THE LADY’S INUENDO. 
‘I'here was once a traveller who travelled from country to coun- 
ived at a certain city and 
‘no near the mosque saw him and 
h 
1 me. ‘Faith,! 
and what you are, and whence Aceg ath co Fo ma Shackh.”? The 
L Lit. “ By Goa!” ; ; 
‘ ramaut, “a professor.” Shaikh 18 properly a title 
: Shaikh; in Haz 
given to the descendants of Abi Bakr. 
