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hikurd sadom nyeleme, look after their horse. 
hukurd meromku kill hahlidiae, their goats were destroyed by 
the tiger. 
nukir) hor rent kuri horkirj okoci re, where are the wives of 
those two men ? 
15. Eelative pronouns. 
There appear to be no relative pronouns. The Asnr simply relates 
the facts as they occurred and does not care to combine them in any 
way ; thus the sentence : The man died who came yesterday, he will 
simply render by relating first that the man came and then that he 
died : Hbr vedyand hum godyond, lit. man came, that died. 
1 6. Interrogative pronouns. 
These are okoe who, which, what ; 
oko which, what ; 
citan which, what ; also okin, how. 
The declination is regular : 
okoe rd, rent ; okoe tl ; okoe re ; 
okoe vedlend, who came ? 
Okoe te vejuyand, where did you come from ? 
okoe nyelkedd, who saw it ? 
am citan koeynnd, what do you want ? 
These pronouns are used also of course as pronominal adjectives, 
in which case they retain their form : okoe kurl vejuyand ? What 
woman was coming ? Kuni oko ord re dohotand ? In which house is he 
staying ? Okin sapipd ? How far will it be ? 
When the question is put to somebody, whether he should like to do 
such and such a thing, ci kd is generally added to the question ; e.g., 
Will you buy this ? Nid tilaiyd ci kd ? Is there water and fuel at your 
village ? Amd vatu re da'd idand ci kd ? ci kd meaning “ or not.” 
Where we however would use in a sentence “ or not ” it is expressed 
in Asur by ci kond or kunid, e.g., Will you obey my order or not ? 
Irjd dukmd sdriyd ci kond ? Do you know (can you speak) Hindi 
or not ? Am Sadan dukmd ddrid ci kond ? 
17. Indefinite pronouns. 
For the indefinite pronouns “ anyone ” and “ anything ” the de- 
monstrative pronouns okoe and oko are used, besides oko for “ any ” and 
“ some ” ; 
Ord re okoe idand ? Is there anybody at home ? 
Okd held hejome, come at any time. 
Okd okd held kul hejud, sometimes the tiger comes. 
