566 A Grammar of the Cashmeeree Language. 



To a Girl. 

 Hatai koori, Oh daughter! 



[No. 151. 



Answers to Address. 



To a superior, . 



To an equal, . 

 To an inferior, 



J Kya haz, what ? your honor ! 

 \ Kya sah, what? sir! 



Kya ba, what ? brother ! 



Kyiho, what? 



Friendly Enquiries. 



Khair chhoo shuren, ta batsan Is (all) well? were children and 



ausu khair, . . . . . . family well ? 



Wara paatin chhuwa, guzran Are you getting on in a good 



karan ? way ? 



Answer and Rejoinder. 



Shukar khuda talas kun, ., Thanks be to God ! 



Tse h ti ausoo khair, . . . . Was it well with you too? 



Shuren tuhinden, . . . . Are your children well ? 



Chhwa khair gar, . . . . Was your wife well ? 



Waiiny ausoo khair malista maji 1 A f ,, , .. „. 



chawoo khair, . . . . . . / re your father and mother wel1 ? 



Answer. 



Thanks be to God ! 

 Question. 



What are you doing, and how get- 



Shukar hamdilla, 



Kya choo karan ta krawan, 



ting on ? 



Answer. 



Wara paatin chhi h wuzran karan, We are getting on in good fashion. 

 Duha panun wara paaten, chhi h We are passing our days after a 

 kadan, .. .. .. good fashion. 



How long is it since you left 

 Cashmeer ? 

 Who was Governor at that time ? 



Which is the best and shortest 

 road for a traveller like me ? 



Are the people there civil to 

 strangers ? 



Is living there cheap, and can 

 a house be got for hire and is a 

 passport from the Sikh Govern- 

 ment necessary? 



Kaitua kal chhuw goemut to- 

 hi chhawa kasheer trawmuty. 



Zat sa moas manz kusaus ha- 

 kim. 



Nuh musafarsindi khatara kus 

 wat chhe h jan ta lath. 



Look tatikk musafaray gezat 

 chha karan. 



Anajuk sroejar chhw tate-bei 

 garu kirai paatin eeya athi bei 

 sikanhindi sarkaruk talakcha 

 chhwa zaroor. 



