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§ 72. Future Indicative. 
dekhthat dekhiba or dékhib 
dekhihat dekhihau 
dékhi dekhihat 
This tense simply refers to a future action, e.g. ham mithai 
khaiba —we shall eat sweetmeats. As compared with this, the 
Fut. Imperf. Indic. refers to an action which will be in the 
process of being acted (jab tum aihau tab ham parhati hoib 
—when you come, I shall be reading, i.e. you will find me 
reading) and the Fut. Perf. Indic. refers to an action which 
will have been completed (e.g. jab tum athau tab ham parhe hoiba 
—when you come, I will have finished reading). The simple 
Fut. Indic., however, refers (in the case of ‘continuous’ roots) 
to an action which will begin (eg. jab tum aihau tab ham 
parhiba—when you come, I shall read, i.e. I shall begin reading 
after your arrival). 
§ 73. Present Conjunctive. 
This tense has exactly the same forms as_ the Pres. 
Indic. (§ 70 above). It is used in conditional clauses (jo mat 
tum ka dhokha dé tau kaheu—blame me if I deceive you) or 
in clauses denoting purpose (e.g. wui aist batai kihin' ki ham 
hua s* bhagi jai—he spoke in such a manner in order that I 
should go away from there). A clause with this tense (as 
also every other conjunctive tense) is also preceded by some 
such word as 6 (if). jab (when), ki (that), j2 ma@ (so that). 
8 compared with the Pres. Imperf. Conj. (e.g. jo mat 
dekhat' how tau mai ka mareu—beat me if I am looking) and 
Pres. Perf. Conj. (e.g. j6 mai dekhe hoi tau marau—beat me if 
I have looked) this tense denotes only simple and indefinite 
conjunctive sense, e.g. jo mai dékhati tau mareu—if I look, beat — 
me, i.e. beat me even if I begin looking whether I am in the state 
of looking (Pres. Tmperf. Conj.) or I have finished looking 
(Pres. Perf. Corj.) 
§ 74. Past Conjunctive. 
dekhatia dekhaten or dekhit' 
dékhat' dekhatiu 
dékhat' dekhatt 

