1890.] A Grammar of the Chhattisgarhi dialect. 23 
Singular. 
Plural. 
Person. 
Polite. 
Vulgar. 
Polite. 
Vulgar. 
1 
* 
7a? 
or 
7ft or 7ft*r 
2 
7t 
Tt 
71? 
3 
or t 
7ft 
Tff 
When the root ends in a vowel, these terminations are liable to 
slight changes. 
100. The Present Conjunctive (Conditional) is formed by add- 
ing the following terminations to the root. 
Person. 
Singular. 
Plural. 
1 
fit 
2 
■SB*! 
*rt 
3 
When the root ends in a vowel, the of and is sometimes 
elided. 
101. The Preterite Conjunctive (Conditional) is formed by add- 
ing the terminations of the Preterite Indicative to the Present Partici- 
ple. 
102. The Present Imperative is the same as the Present Con- 
junctive, except that the termination '3f*J is dropped in the second person 
singular. 
The Honorific Imperative is formed by adding t to. the root. 
B. Periphrastic Tenses. 
103. The Definite Present is formed by adding the persons of the 
Present tense of the Defective Auxiliary Verb, to the Present Parti- 
ciple ; thus,— *T UR?r-%T, or (vulgar) ‘ I am moving.’ 
With negative particles, irrogular forms like *ft stt 5n<T-v 1 he is 
not going,’ ft «n»T-'«»r 1 1 am not going,’ occur. 
104. The Imperfect Indicative is formed by adding the persons 
of the Preterite tense of the Defective Auxiliary Verb to the Present 
Participle; thus, 1 1 was moving.’ 
