§§110-111.] 



THE AUXILIARY VERBS. 



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§ 110. The verb personal is irregular in many respects, dilFerent parts 

 being derived from three different roots, of which the infinitives are 

 or are supposed to be. 



1. WW cliJiab, to be. 



2. f?f^^ tJdhah, to stand (?) 



3. XTfW rahah, to remain. 



It is also defective, only the present and imperfect forms existing. A past 

 participle is also borrowed from the irregular verb %T'JW hoeb^ to be. 



ClIAPTEB VIII. 



THE AUXILIARY VERB. 

 chhab <^c., to be (not used in tliis form.) 

 § 111. Present Tense. 



"Iam"&c. 



FoBM I. 



Used loheti no special respect is attributed to tlie object. 

 Masculine. 



«. Honorific. 



1st. P. '^H, or '^JTilT ift or hanird sahh clilu,'-^'' 1 



am, or we are. 



2nd P. ^T"tT, or ^rrti 5rH ^ aha , or alia' sabh cliht,^'^ you 



are. 



3rd P. or ^ o, or o sabh chhath', he is, or 



they are. 



(1) Optional forms of # are f^k cJiMai, and 1%^,^ cliUaik. The 

 forms fpf% cliJiiau, f%^T^ chhiauh and Tw^^ chliiali, are also used, but 

 only in the first person. 



