talibtjit 

 had desirei 



176 E. B. Shaw— On the GfialcJicth Languages. (Safikoii). [No. 2 



TALES FROM FORBES'S GRAMMAR PUT INTO SARIKOLI', 



1. I khalg az Aflatun pdrst ki : Hiich sal ar-kima at 



a person from Plato asked that : Many years to ship (thou) 



viid, darya saf ar at chaug ; ar darya tsez tamash& at wand ? 



wast sea yoyage (thou) madest to sea what strange things (thou) sawest ? 

 Levd ko : 'Ajab yii viid az darya pa mi kash am faribt 

 Eeplied that strange this was from sea to this shore (I) arrived. 



2. I gadai bai pa darwaza siit i ehizi talibt. 

 a beggar rich man's to door went a thing (something) desired 



Chid az dariin jawab yat ko khanzoh pa ched niest. Gadai levd 

 House from inside answer came that lady at home is not. 

 ko: I kond khpik am talibtjit a-khanzdh am na 



that: a piece of bread (I) had desired (ace.) lady (I) not 



ko dos jawab am YUg. 

 that such answer (I) obtained. 



3« I habib har-wa|t pa kabristan set-ar viid, 



a (certain) doctor whenever to grave -yard was-going own 



ehadir kh' ar-kal kb' ar-pets parwid-ar-viid. Mardum porst ko : 



scarf own to head own to face used-to-wrap. Men asked that; 



Mi sabab tsez ? Levd ko : Az mi kabristan-enj murdha, kha- 



Of this reason what ? He said that from this grave-yard (adj.) corpses ashanv 



pal som, wi ivon choi mu av dawa-av khiigj maugj. 



ed I am (I go) because whoever my (they) medicines have eaten have died. 



4r. I math i padkhah s-hahzada katti ghieu nakhtiig ; Kher jiirm 



one day a king prince with hunting went out air hot 



siit. Padkhah at shahzada khii V lei maskharah ehii 



became. King and prince own (they) cloaks jester's on 



lachaug. Padkhah sbiind levd : Eh maskharah ! tii inder i sher 



placed. King smiled said: Oh jester thee on an 'ass's 



yost. Maskharah levd ko : Badki dha sher wez. 



is. Jester said that: Yes two ass's loads. 



5. Khalg i duk-ar av levd ko ■; Talab-a ko 



People a crook-back to (they) said that : Desirest thou that thy 



dom khez tsa-saod, yu judu khalg dom tii rang cherd tsa- 



back straight should-become, or other people's backs thy like crooked should 



saod ? Levd ko : Talab-am ko judu khalg dom duk tsa- 



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



saod, wi-ivon wi tsem katti a-mu weinin, waz a-wif 



become, because (so that) those eyes with (ace.) me they see, I (ace.) them 

 tsa weinam. 

 may see, 



sevd 

 back 



wez 

 load 



tii 



