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from home at eight ; tum ais kam kartiu ki ham ka hui s° + tarkak 
ka mauka mil jat'—you should have acted in such a manner that 
I should have oe time to — from there. et w ith 
process of talking—to Ram I would have done like that) and 
Past Perf. Conj. (e. . 96 tum apnai ais kam kihé hotiu tau ka na 
bant'i—if you yourself had acted in such a way—i.e. finished 
acting—would all have not been well ?) this tense refers not to 
completion or incompletion of = action but simply infers that 
it did not take place in the past 
§ 75. Imperative. 
This tense has the same forms as the Pres. Indic. except 
in 2nd sg. where it has dékhu for dékhai. The subject in the 
case of the 2nd pers. is generally understood while in other 
cases it is generally expressed, e.g. karu—do (sg.), karau—do 
(pl.), mai karati—let me do, wi karai—let him do. The forms 
of this tense are distinguished from those of the Pres. Indic. 
and Conj., by an emphatic intonation of the voice. Similarly 
questions are distinguished both Se the Imperative and other 
ea, e.g. mat karati—shall I do 
(2) Periphrastic Tenses. 
§ 76. These are formed by aoe (a) the Imperf. 
Part. and (b) the Perf. Part. with the various tenses of the 
auxiliary. The auxiliary is, however, “ibteiad with much less 
emphasis than the principal verb, e.g. in mai jat' hai—I go, 
haw is uttered very indistinctly so much so that it seems some- 
times to be absent. 
(a) Tenses with Imperf. Part. 
§ 77. Compared with the Simple and Perfect tenses, these © 
lay special emphasis on the continuity and incompletion is an 
action present, past or future. They are five as shown belo 
§ 78. Present Impertect Indicative. 
sg. pl. masc. x5 fem. 
aed dékhit' 
Ist pers. dékhat' hat { aekhat ik hereto hon 
2nd dekhati hai —- dékhat' hau = dekhatt hau 
3rd puck dékhat' hai dekhat' hat = dekhati hai 
This tense refers to an action which is taking — in the 
present and has displaced the Pres. Indic., eg. mai jal’ haai— 
