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THE TEEB. 



[§§ 104—109. 



of the intransitive verb, corresponds to tlie Honorific non-lionorific of the 

 transitive and similarly the non-honorific, to the double non-honorific. Besides 

 the above distinction there are some important diff'erences of conjugation 

 between the transitive and intransitive verb, which -will be noted further on. 



§ 104. I shall commence by describing the formation of the transitive 

 verb, as being the fuller of the two, and shall then proceed to note the points 

 in which the intransitive verb differs from it. 



§ 105. The infinitive of the verb ends in ah, or orm eh, and the con- • 

 jugational base or root of the verb may be found by cutting off this ah, or 



eh, from the infinitive. Thus delcliah is the infinitive mood, and means 

 "to see." Cutting off'^^ ah we obtain ^'a; delili, which is the root. 



§ 106. By adding, the termination ait to the root we obtain the 

 present participle. Example, ^#cr delcliait, "seeing ". 



§ 107. By adding the termination al to the root we obtain the 

 past participle. Example, 'fifcT dekhal, " seen". 



§ 108. From these four forms, the root, the present participle, and the 

 past participle, all the tenses of a verb are formed, viz. — 



Four from the root, 



1. The Prospective Conditional or Simple Present. 

 2; The Future. . 



3. The Imperative, and 



4. The Retrospective Conditional. 



Two from the present participle, 



1, The Present (Periphrastic), and 



2. The Imperfect. 



Three from the past participle, 



1. The Past. 



2. The Perfect. 



3. The Pluperfect. 



Note that in the High Hindi the Retrospective Conditional is said to be 

 formed fi-om the Present Participle. In Maithili it is apparently formed 

 from the root but the point is very doubtful. 



§ 109. Before proceeding further, it is necessary to learn the conjuga- 

 tion of the vei'b personal, which is as follows. 



