320 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVIII, 
§ 61. apna. 
Genitive—apan—mase. dir. 
This pronoun is used to express (a) saga (b) reflexive 
sense ; or (9 the lst and 2nd persons togethe 
(a) J may be combined with any noun or pronoun to 
express aes e.g. Ram apna ban ka calé gayé, Dasarath ka 
rowai ka ghar chairi gaye—Ram himself went away to the 
jungle but left Dasarath at home to weep; tum apna calé 
gayeu—you yourself went away ; ham apna rupaya corayen au 
tum ka cort lagayen—I myself stole the money and attributed 
the theft to you 
bits regret and rebuked himself very much; tum apna 
sahat' rahen tum sé kuchu nai kahen—I went on putting up 
with troubles but never said anything to you 
(c) This pronoun expresses the speaker and the person 
spoken to together, when used absolutely, oe apna s° kaun 
matlab-—what have we (you and I) to do wit 
e genitive ie is declined like nage adjectives 
denotes the sense of ‘own’ when used with a noun or pronoun 
and of ‘ our’ (yours “end mine) when used absolutely, e.g. 
Gopal apan' gaiya béci daris'—Gopal sold away his (own) cow; 
tum apan birwa katau hamar kahe katat' hau—cut your own 
tree, why do you cut mine; apan bakera kaha gawa—where is 
our goat gone ? 
_ § 62. There are no honorific pronouns like Hin. ap or 
Bih. rauwa. _ When honour or sd ag is to be shown to any 
Emphatic Forms. 
§ 63. Some pronouns form the emphatics irregularly as 
shown below :— 
inclusive. definitive. 
mai, mahi maha mahée 
ham hamahi hamahé 
tua tohit tohé 
tum tumahu tumahé 
wi, wahu, wa, wah wahau wahatr 
wut waht wahe 
un or unh unaha unaheé 
yu, yahu, ya, yah yahau yahar 



