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“ Something ” and “ anything ” is also expressed by citan : 
Amd citand Idand ? Have you anything ? {lit* of thee, thine 
anything is) ? 
18. List of names of relatives. 
There is also in Asur the curious method of combining the pro- 
nomen jpossessivum with the names of parents, children and relatives 
in general. As the Asur duJcmd is rathei’ rich in these names, a list 
of the principal is given below ; — 
Irjd 
dpuirj 
my 
father. 
3? 
hdldrj 
n 
grand-father. 
53 
hunirj 
55 
elder brother. 
35 
dair) 
55 
elder sister. 
55 
gungumirj 
55 
father’s brother. 
35 
hdlonirj 
55 
father’s sister. 
55 
hoponirj 
55 
son. 
53 
hudi'Q 
55 
grand-son. 
teTgamirj 
55 
son-in-law. 
55 
huhirj 
55 
brother-in-law. 
55 
erjdi'Q 
55 
mother. 
55 
jiajj 
55 
grand-mother. 
55 
hoyor} 
55 
younger brother. 
55 
hokkdnirj 
5 > 
younger sister. 
55 
hilirj 
55 
mother’s brother. 
55 
d aimir) 
55 
mother’s sister. 
55 
tegotirj 
55 
daughter. 
55 
katirj 
55 
grand-danghter. 
55 
kuriirj 
55 
daughter-in-law. 
55 
iyadirj 
55 
sister-in-law. 
Chapter V. On the Verb. 
19. On tense characteristics. 
The Asm* duTcmd has strictly speaking only 4 tenses : the present, 
the imperfect, the past or perfect, and the future. 
The present tense active and neuter voice add tana or d to the root : 
nyeltand, I am seeing ; druptand, I am sitting ; Idan-d (idand), I am 
being ; and yand and tadd for the indefinite : botoyand, it is hot ; rahaij 
yand, it is cold ; sentadd, I go ; jomtadd, I eat. 
The imperfect of transitive verbs adds to the root Idid, Udid, Id; 
that of intransitive verbs adds lend and yand : senlend, I was going ; 
dnholend, I was remaining ; dukmdlidid, was speaking ; ovdldid, was 
giving. 
