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The termination of the dative case is not qrt ko but % ne. 



The termination of the ablative is ^ te or % VTC % ke dhore te : 



1 in,' as in Urdu, is 3f men : 'on' is ft pe, not par as in Urdu. 

 The accusative takes the form either of the nominative or of 



the dative. 



Note (1). The fact that accusative and agent case may 

 both end in ^ ne gives rise to considerable confusion. Both 

 the subject and the object of the verb may have the same 

 termination in the same sentence, e.g. : 



I beat the Sahib. 



Manne sahib ne marya. 



Ordinarily the difficulty is avoided by using the nomina- 

 tive form of the accusative when the verb is transitive and of 

 such a tense as to require its subject to be in the agent case, 

 and the dative form of the accusative when the verb is in 

 transitive or of such a tense of a transitive verb that it has 

 its subject in the nominative case; for example, 



Main sahib ne marya 



The Sahib beat me. 



or 



Chhora sahib ne pakarya 



The Sahib seized the boy. 



Manne polis pakar ke le gayi. ) me off. 



The Police arrested and took 



or 



wt* * <fr#* ft wft 



) 



Ghhore ne polis le gayi. j 



The ami 

 ing sentence : 



The Police took the boy off. 



* Sf<T * if ?n*f TfT * *fa * *T fwm ^'WT je main sanp ne 



na marta to main sanp 

 If I had not killed 



me. 



(2) Dhore is the equivalent of the Urdu pas , e.g. , 



. , 'in the child's possession, 



chhore ke dhore 



_With me. 



mere dhore 



