1876,] K. B. Shaw— On the Ghalchah Languages. (Wakhi). 157 



The Verbs which have their Infinitives in g or in an or in or their 

 Perfects in g are conjugated in a precisely similar manner, regard being had 

 to their typical forms (those of the Infinitive, Present, Past, and Perfect, 

 which are given in the Vocabulary under each). 



Ex. (I.) Kshu-in « to hear" ; Tcshiiin-ar am tu " I was hearing 5 ' ; hshu- 

 in-Jciizg " a hearer", &c. 



(ii.) Pres. Jcshui-am « I hear' 9 Jk%hm " hear (thou)", &q. 



(iii.) Past. kshon-am " I heard" ; JcsJion-i "thou heardst" &c. 



(iv.) Perf. Jcsheng" heard"; Jcsheng am " I have heard" .; Jcshengtiw 

 am "I had heard" ; Jcsheng humiam "if I had heard; Jcsheng -ung 

 " who has heard" or "is heard." 



So also (i) wing " to see" ; wing-ar am tu " I was seeing" &c. 



The Negative is formed by prefixing ma to the Imperative (or to other 

 tenses when used in an Optative sense), and na to all other tenses. 



The Interrogative is formed by affixing a to the verb. See SarikolL 



The Numerals are as follows : 



iv or i one 



bui or bu two 



trui three 



tsahilr four 



pdnz five 



shddh six 



hub seven 



hat , . , eight 



nau nine 



dhas , ten 



dhas iv... . . , . eleven 



wist ....*♦.*.. twenty 



si . thirty 



chil .......... , forty 



panjd fifty 



altmish (Turki) sixty 



8fc. 



sad a hundred 



hazier , . a thousand 



a half = chot or choti 

 One and a half = iv u chot 



Numeral Adjectives. 



Add the syllable ao to the ordinary numerals : e. g. iv-ao = first, bui-ao 

 = second, &c. 



