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H. Fran eke — A collection of Ladakhi Proverbs. 
[No. 2, 
16. (a) 
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(6) yar’nyin log’ste man’ne drob’ mi bab’, 
gun’yinlog’ste man’ne drang’ mi bab’. 
(c) Unless the summer-day returns, beat will not come down. 
Unless the winter-day returns, cold will not come down. 
, (d) Everything will come at the proper season. 
(e) Mannas, a gerund of man^io be not, used in the sense of 
unless, besides, etc., yarnyin, gunnyin, see spidnyin in 1. 
17. (a) 
(b) thsanstod’la konchog’la so’va tab’rgos 
thsanskyil’la nyid’log rgos. 
thsan smad’la jig’stenni las’la sam’ba tang’ rgos. 
(c) In the first part of the night you must pray to Grod. 
In the middle of the night you must sleep. 
In the last part of the night you must think of the work 
of this world. 
(e) For 5ora instead of solva, see 4 (e). In dgos, must, the d 
is turned into r, rg is pronounced like ch in Loch, lake. 
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(b) sha va ri’dags ri’na drul’va mig’gi gyan’, 
sman thsar’mo shrang’na drul’va id’kyi gyan’. 
(c) The deer Shava walking in the hills is the delight of the 
eye, a fine girl walking in the street is the delight of 
the heart. 
(e) Notice the classical Participle in va in drulva. In proper 
Ladakhi the ending khan would be used. 
19. (a) 
(b) Stag’na sho’res Mash’roi sho’rela threl’dug. 
(c) The harelipped man of Stagna [a village] laughs at the 
harelip of Mashro. 
