48 THE ORMURI OR BARGISTA LANGUAGE. [§98. 



sir (kawan al ha, he is a good youth. 

 ho bar al haluk ha, this load is light. 

 dun al bu cigl, smoke is rising. 



ta al derly dost thou possess {dranak, to possess) an uncle (ta) ? 

 gak" dl bez"n, cook flesh (a noun of multitude). 

 hon dal dl sraw''m, how many may I give to thee (dal) ? 



The origin of these two particles is unknown to me. The fact that they cannot 

 be used with any definite noun leads us to compare them with the Persian ya-e-wahdat, 

 which is derived from the Av. aeva-, one. If this derivation is accepted, we are 

 tempted to connect the plural particle dl with Av. dva, O. dyo, two; but it must be 

 confessed that all this is pure guesswork. It may be mentioned that Kurd, has a 

 series of determinative postpositive articles, a, e, i, regarding the origin and use of 

 which scholars are not agreed (GIP. I, ii, 274). 



§ 98. Prepositions and Postpositions. — These have been dealt with in §§ 58-60. 

 § 99. Conjunctions. — We may mention : — 



wa, and. 

 ga, also. 

 bi, moreover. 

 ya, or. 

 xo, but, 

 ka, that, if. 



None of these require special notice. 



§ 100. Interjections call for no particular notice. 



§ loi. An Ormuri Foi,ktai,e. 



(From Ghulam Muhammad Khan's Grammar). 

 Sultan Mahmud i-s" lawanai likl ywek-in ka, ' i-h" likl-t bU zll sa?' 



Sultan Mahmud one madman to said that, ' what for-thy .. heart becomes ? ' 

 Hal-a ywek-in ka, ' ta-ckawan wrai i-mundyal likl-mm-al bu zll sa.' 



To-him-he said that, ' of-young sheep fat-tail for-my-for-it .. heart becomes.' 

 Sultan i-s" sarai likl pa-haml dak ka, ' syi mtllal-l al §fawal.' 



The Sultan one man to with-eyes made that, ' a radish-to-him even give-ye.' 

 Ka mulal-l al w'lk, a-lawanai bu a-mulal-a x^^^^y ^^ 



When a-radish-to-him . . brought, the-madman . . the-radish-he was-eating, and 



sar-a bu x^'^^^^y^^, wa x<^^^"^^ ^^ ddk-in. Sultan Mahmudd-al 



head-he . . was-shaking, and laughters-he . . was-making. Sultan Mahmud- to-him 



ywek-in ka, ' ai lawanai-a, kl bU x«w.?' A-lawanai-l ywek-in 



said that, ' O madman, why . . laughest-thou ? ' The-madman-to-him said 



ka, ' az bit ta-p" par' x«w"w, ka kase tU badsah syok-e, i-mundyal inar al 



that, 'I .. of -this for laugh, that since thou king becamest, fat-tail in even 



^war nak handzyok ha.' 



fat not remained is.' 



Grammatical Notes. — i-s" lawanai, locative governed by the postposition likl^ 



