328 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVIII, 
gayeti—I went to the village and mai gawai gawa rahati—I was 
gone to the village. 
Note.—The English Past Perf. (e.g. I had gone) requires 
s 
comparison with another past verb, but here it is not neces- 
§ 86. Future Perfect Indicative. 
dékhé hoithau dékhen hoiba or dékhé hoiba 
dékhé hothai or dékhis' hoithai dékhé hoihau 
atkhis' hor dékhin' hothait 
This tense refers to an action which will be necessarily 
completed by some particular time in the future, e.g. jab tum 
hamka bolawai aihau tab ham roti khai lihé hoiba—I shall have 
dined when you come tocall me It may, however, sometimes 
denote a possible but uncertain action of the past, e.g. (kalhi 
ka iumi kurst par baithé.rahau) ha baithe hoiba—(was it you 
who sat on this chair yesterday ? ) yes, | may have sat on it. 
§ 87, Present Perfect Conjunctive. 
dékhé hoi dékhe hot or dékhen hoi 
dékhé hoi or dékhis' hoi dékhé hou 
dékhis' hoi dékhin' hoi 
This tense refers to a conditional action, completed in the 
past or the future, e.g. 76 ham ya kitab chuyé hot tau marau—beat 
me if I have touched this book, or 76 ham ya kitab chuyé ho 
sate oo” me if you ever find that I have touched this 
ook. 
§ 88. Past Perfect Conjunctive. 
dékhé hotit dékhé hoten or dékhen hoten 
dékhé hot’, dékhis' hot’  dé&khé hotiu 
dékhis* hot* dékhin' hott 
This tense refers to a conditional completed action in the 
past which did not occur, e.g. jo mai chuttin ma sabai kilabar 
par hi daré hotit tau aju cain karti hotii—if 1 had finished 
reading all the books during the vacations, I should have been 
enjoying this day. 
Infinitival Forms. 
§ 89. The infinitive has two cases—direct and oblique. 
The dir., e.g. dékhab—to see (ghar ki dasa dekhab ka rowab hai— 
to see the condition of the house is to weep; khab ka pet" bha- 
rab hai—it is not eating but filling the belly). The obl., e.g. 4 
thai (yu larika dékhai sunai ma nik hai—this boy is said to 
good, lit. this boy is good in seeing and hearing, abhat pans bar- 
eed ma — din aur baki hat—there are still some days before 
‘ains). 
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