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*** * UV 0 1 ** ^ - (5* L^X jt j L^l to }) I^kib - Sj ClA J 
' ^ " 9 / 9 r- 
xx q - ^sy jl? w ^ ' Lf ° jy jy* ^ **> *> ) x jy y 5 j cfyk up x yt h 
$y *3 y g ° L?y Lf^’ y yb ^ *** ^ u?° ^yu ^ x$ >j> *$ ^ x a? 
- i^o y ^^3 lX XX x^ X ~ jj X <*5 *XXJ # <*** ^ 
- ^ y 
jjisut^k &zmj !a # <>y m &*.& y x x <i * 4, x **y y ~ y" y <**& 
, * * * ,, 
y sf ,j iW j y 10 y y^-o to ,^sui» y aii i^ <j y ‘^?j~'° < ~~^b fj$ y *x 
- r ? 9 
iLvo jo ijAas. !o ^suii ^(3 - y^. I^j <y <a1) &s*. y ~ jf 1 |? 2 <to ^<3 
" ^ < y' ' v ' 9 
yy ^ - ,? y <u»y *> ^ y <&*& - *« <*=*■ *> ^?x ^ 
Jflb yja) y* y^o 8; “ ^ <**& ^ |^3 dt^ASk <ia. j <iA'*^.3 <0 ^^5 *y 
^ ^ y, 2 ^ ^ 
i^y u .^-* k ^*oU »y ^ c_jy. y y ko y^ i ^i sy yisvy&k - ^**s <*j 9 - *a y 
y y " y x ^ £>«*• ^^4 ” L^y ^ q! " sf 
“O <*ik 8 j 8 t>^ y o^ 1 2 3 ^ (_^yy ^v * y* 53 “ y^ ^ ^ >> 
" . "* 9 s , ? y 
- uf c/ a> y Lf^ ^y Lf"*^ ^ r/ ^ 
„** f p 
~ y y° cr^ j a " Lsfe jy y 
a* ju b jii ^ b ^ y y? y ; - y^j y , j yy ' v 5 ^ b ^ 
•• *♦ *• -^ ** 
9 ^ / -* / i 
b y ;y> Lf^ J?d “ ^ y ^j'y - yb " J ju> *> 1 ^?;^J - Lf ^ ^ Lf^ “ "b 
9 " - t ' 
jm ^ - yy ^ uy yk ^ j* l^x J" { ~^' x *tfx xu x y? ** A ■ 
" 9 ' * - ^ ’* ^ . 
(iMib 1^) L^‘ A ’^'° Ji? ^ <J\) f *& 5 iX^ x ^ ® b ypy* < **^ 1 ~ f*y ^ 
a3 L^*° __£'° jy^X < **^ > ® ^ b S(3^<o |(3 <t»k y <*3 y^ 0 “Li* ^ys? JJ 5 
9 ' 
L> &b ^ p J^j) -J<\) Xy u U to. yi; <*^A (_/“vb ;yy X - ^ > uf^ vbb^ 
9 s 9 f ^ y ■'’ / / 
*jijy L/f^ <>aa*o ^.i) iJj x % y ~ I j Xr 6 ^A"° ^ ^ ^ ^b * cf 1 ^ 
1 In possessive pronouns of the ist and 2nd persons, the Orakzai and Afridi dialects as a rule drop the initial 
* and ^jh, or, occasionally, substitute e.g. L-L = 1/c^ or l/o ^ ^11^ — or & f 
2 i A corruption of *<& . 
3 = j^J j : the addition of final ^ to the 3rd pers. plur. masc. past is very common colloquially. 
