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PRONOUKS. 



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The compound forms imar and aramar (for i-mard and a«-mard) are 

 frequently used in the sense of personal pronouns and are applied even to 

 animals and inanimate objects. 



3. Pronominal suffixes. 



These are frequently employed with the verb when the regular pro- 

 nouns are not expressed. Those of the 3rd person, i " he" and isit " they" 

 are most frequently employed, the distinction between the singular and plural 

 forms not being carefully observed. (For examples, see under the verb.) 

 The suffix im, is also sometimes used in the 3rd person as khu^7;a_5'7iant;i;i 

 *' they did." The 1st person has also a suffix uw, which is not so frequently 

 used. With this suffix the verb takes a peculiar form, a euphonic t being 

 inserted to strengthen the weak final nasal of the 1st person singular or 

 plural, as khushtha^7«anta« or khushthay7mzitTO " I or we killed." 



III. — Kelative PEONoiiisrs. 

 The word ki performs most of the duties of a relative pronoun, as in 

 Persian, and often merely has the meaning of a relative particle, being 

 indeclinable, so that the meaning is not complete without the use of other 

 pronouns ; e. g,, 



E mard hameshere ki eshiya bira^7«a ma giptha^7iure, this is the man 



whose brother we have taken. 



The following relative phrases are used : 



har khas ki , whoever 



bar ki ) , , 



> whatever 

 har chi ki j 



aw ki who, whoever, whatever 



p cr 



bar khas ki khaMt, every one who comes 

 har ki thau gushe, whatever you say 



aw ki khiii' chi karfTiira, whatsoever thing comes from God. 



IV. — Reflectives. 

 WaifA, self. 

 Singular. 



Nom. wa^7« self 



Gen. wa#7ii own, one's own 



Dat. ) 



Acc. 



wa^7/ar self 



Plural. 



Nom. wa^7/ii« selves 



Gen. wa<7iiani 

 Dat. 



Dat. I 

 Acc. ) 



own 



wa/7ia«rcl selves 



