1880.] 



PREPOSITIONS. 



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perhaps 

 why? 



altogether, certainly, doubtless 



thus 



how ? 



in this way 



in that way 



every way 



in what way ? 



never 



navva??, kaizara 

 pharche 



mundo, be-shalc 

 hanchho, hachho 

 chachho ? choii ? 

 e-ranga, e-r'ga 

 am-anga, ar'ga 

 harranga 

 thaHranga 



heclii-na, 'china, mundo na 



PREPOSITIONS. 



There are few prepositions, properly speaking, in Balochi, as most of 

 the particles so used follow the noun and would be more correctly called 

 postpositions. 



The following are prepositions proper and precede the noun which is 

 governed in the oblique form (ablative or locative) . 



go with, together with, in company with 



gwar with, near, in possession of 



pha on, for, among 



maw, man in, into 



daw into, to, up to 



azh, ash, shi from, than 



avr on, into 



From the above, some prepositional phrases are formed, of whicli the 

 first member precedes, and the last follows the governed noun. 



go — gon in company with 



go — phajya together 



azh — siwa except 



azli — darra without 



pha — randa on the track of 



azh — phalavva away, from 



azh — phac?//a behind 



The postpositions do not put the noun governed in an oblique tense 

 in the singular. The force is often that of the genitive, which has no 

 distinct form in the singular, but as might be expected the genitive plural 

 is often used. Pronouns also take the genitive in the singular. 



