4 Grammar of the Pashtoo or Afghdnee Language. [Jan. 



An Afgh&n is immediately discovered by another by the correct- 

 ness with which he distinguishes between a masculine and feminine 

 noun. 



Declension of a Noun Masculine. 

 Singular. 

 Nominative as, a horse 

 Genitive da as, of a horse 



Accusative &1 , A , 

 Dative .... | as ta, ahorse 



Ablative la as, from a horse 



Plural 

 asan, horses 

 da asano, of horses 



asanoo ta, horses 



la asanoo, from horses 



Declension of a Noun Feminine, ending in a Vowel 



Singular. Plural 



Nominative aspa, a mare aspe, mares 



Genitive da aspa, of a mare da aspo, of mares 



Accusative & 1 

 Dative . . f as P eta ' a mare aspota, mares 



Ablative la aspe, from a mare la aspo, from mares 



Examples of forming the Feminine from the Masculine Noun.. 



Masculine, Feminine. 



spe, dog spai, a bitch 



Mar, a donkey Mara, a she-ass 



buz, a he-goat buza, a she-goat 



gid, a fat-tailed ram gida, a female sheep 



orard, nephew orera, niece 



tara, uncle tarala, aunt 



Declension of a Compound Noun. 



Singula?'. 

 Nominative gha, sadai, a good man 

 Genitive da, gha, sade, of a good man 

 Ace. & Dat. gha. sade ta, a good man 

 Ablative la^Aasade, from a good man 



Plural, 

 gha. sadee, good men 

 da^a sadee, of good men 

 gha, sadota, good men 

 \agha. sadee, from good men 



Declension of the 1st Personal Pronoun. 



Nom, za, I muj, we 



Gen. zma, mine. zmuj, ours 



Ace. & Dat. mala, me. mujla, us 



Abl. la ma, from me. la muj', from us 



