170 B. B. Shaw— On the Ghalchah Languages. (Wakhi). [No. 2, 



TALES FEOM FORBES'S PERSIAN GRAMMAR PUT INTO 



WAKHf. 



Aflatiin-an porstei ki ghafch sal da kishti 

 Plato (abl.) asked that many years in ship 

 at gokhtei da darya chiz 'ajaib at 



(thou)* madest in sea what wonder (thou) 



? ajab hem (ha~yem) tu ki sa darya-an 



wonder 



1. I' khalg sa 

 one person from 

 tu darya safar 

 wert sea voyage 

 windei. Khattei 

 sawest ? He said 



this 



yikah-in saht am 



(to) shore (abl.) safe (I) 

 2. V diwana 

 a ' beggar 

 chaldei, Sa khun 

 asked for. From house 



iei. 



arrived, 

 da i' bai darwaza 



to a rich man's door 



dost-an jawab wazdei ki 



inside (abl.) answer came that 



was that from sea (abl.) 



ragdei i ? chiz 



went one thing 



kond da khun nast 



woman in house is not. 



am na-chilgattiw 

 (I) had not asked for 



ragdei. Hawa shundr 

 went. Air hot 



l ? shtik-khak-kiizg tan 



Diwana khattei : chot khoch am chilgattiw, kond 

 Beggar said : piece bread (1) had asked for, woman 

 ki azi jawab am gottei. 

 that such answer (I) have got. 



3. I 5 hakim har wakt da kabristan rachanar-tu khii reimal da khii 

 a doctor whenever to graveyard used to go his scarf to his 



sar da khii rui zwainar-tu ; khalgisht porstei ki : yao sabab ehiz ko ? 

 head to his face used to wrap ; people (pi.) asked that : its reason what ? 

 khattei : yem kabristan khalgiv-an khajal watsam yao jinib ki sa zii 

 he said : this graveyard people from ashamed I am because that from 



daru-an mard ki. 



my medicine they have died. 



4. I 5 rwar i' mir khii potr mashan da shikar 

 one day a king own son with to hunting 



wittei. Mir da khii potr-an khii bot-a da 



became. King with his son his cloak to one jest-maker's back 



lakartei. Mir khandei khattei : Eh shtik-khak-kiizg da tao i' khur viir 



put. King smiled said : Oh jester to thee one donkey's load 



ap-ktimiit. Khattei: Balki bu' khur viir. 



there is. He said : Yea two donkeys' load, 



5. I 9 put-dam-ar khattei : ehalgi ki ti dam rast 

 one crook-back to (they) said : desirest thou that thy back straight 



wast ya digar khalgav dam ti dam rang put-dam 



should become or other people's back thy back like crook-backed 



wast ? Khattei : chalgam ki digar khalgav dam put-dam wast 

 should become ? He said : I desire that other people's back crooked should become 



seem to be mere contractions of the fuller form astam, asti, &c, which is also sometimes 

 used as a termination (or auxiliary verb) to the Perfect Tense (See Forbes, § 48. o). 

 But as the whole of the constant element {ast) of this latter form has disappeared in 

 the contracted form am 9 t, &c., it is evident that nothing can be left in the form am, i } 

 &c., but relics of the pronouns. 



* The English of the separable pronouns is put in brackets, 



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