338 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVIU, 
§ 143. ha Ae (but), e.g. wut hat taw amir 
lékin dét' koi ka ék paiu nat—he is rich but does not give even 
a pie to any body ae Feith he is rich he does not, ete. 
144. Subordinative—ki (that), e.g. ham ka wit batars* 
ki tumharé cori hoi gai—he told me that a theft had occurred 
at yours ; wii kahis' ki ham jaldt lautth—he said that he would 
return scon; #7 ma (so that, in order that), e.g. wa dawai khai 
lihis' 71 ma  catkai nik hor jai—he took medicine in order that 
he might recover secon ; 76 (if, whether t), €.g. 46 mai sdwau tau 
mareu—beat me if J sleep; ma@nau or janau (as if), e.g. tum 
rati ka ais halla macayeu janau daka para hodi—you raised such 
an alarm at night as if a dacoity had taken place. 
Note.—All reported speech is direct and is introduced by 
ki, e.g. gopal hari s° batais' ki sankata tumhar tabka corai lihis'— 
Gopal told Hari that Sankata had stolen his mangoes. 
The beginning of the oblique construction may, however, 
be seen in such sentences as gopal mahi sé kahis' ki tum hamar 
iabka corayeu—(Hari meets Sankata and says) Gopal told me 
that you stole my mangoes. 
APPENDIX (a). 
GULGULAWALI KaTHA. 
ék raja rahai au mahtari rahai au dulhin rahai. mahtari 
roju chappan parkal k° bhojan banawai au apna khai au apne 
larika ko khawawai. dulhin khatir ék befhari k' roti sekai adhi 
roti au lonu sabéré déiau adhisafi jha koa wuimare gussa ke roti 
deharia mo dari déi au lonu gagari mo nai awai. aisai karti 
kart! bara barsai gudari gai. tabék din barha gulgula kihin’. 
gulgula jhapi ke dhari dihin' au apna disai cali gai. jat! beria 
bahu s¢ kahi gai ki: ‘‘dulhin' aisi dékhé raheu.” bahia fale 
wui lautai talé tini gulgula nikari libis', khais‘ nai dhari ai. 
talé biirha ai gai kulla ulla kai kai apan arhiya dékhin' jaitau 
kahin': “dulhin ka 1 ma k® gulgula tum lihé hau.” dulbin 
boli: “ham bua ham nal lihen hai ka malum bilaiya lai gai 
hoi gai rahai wui war.’ tau bilaiya kahis': ‘‘rahu tui tui ka 
mai tini pani | s° na dhdi dét tau mai kahe ki. tui Jihé au mai 
ka cori fe 
tahi kai jab sijh bhai tab rani apan' khatiya bichain' dia 
bari ke dharini. jab raja k° kacehari s¢ lautai mo dér ékhin’ 
tau kahin': “lao talé soi léi.’’ ya kahi kai sOwai * iagl. 
bilaiya ka kihisi, koi ki pagia uthai lai au unki khatiya p? 
dhari dihis! koi ki tarwari lai kaihuai dhar dihis' au koi k* juta 
uthai lai so palka ke nicé dharis' ai. atta saman dhari kai 
bilaiya apna cali gai 
raja jab kacehari s° ayé dékhai ka koi ke juta dharé koi k’ 
tarwari koi ki pagia. raja man ma afijadé ki koi mardu rani 
tir awa hai tau dicin' tarwari ki tka maddariba. tau diy® 
