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A Grammar of the OhhattisgarM dialect. 
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PART III. THE VERB. 
Chapter VIII. 
Introductory. 
91. There are two numbers, — Singular and Plural. 
92. There are three persons, first, second, and third. 
93. There is no distinction of gender. 
94. In the present tense of the defective auxiliary verb in the 
future tense indicative of all verbs, and in tenses derived from them, 
the polite and the vulgar use different forms for each person. These 
will be made clear in tho paradigms. 
95. Every verb has a root, from which every other form is derived. 
The root may be found by taking tho infinitive in «T and discarding that 
letter. The remainder is the root. Thus ‘ to move,’ Root 
‘ move ’ or it may be found by taking tho third singular present con- 
junctive, and discarding the termination Thus ‘ (If) he move,’ 
Root The 2nd singular Imperative is always the same as the root. 
96. There are two auxiliary verbs in use;— (1) the Defective 
auxiliary verb, (2) the Complete auxiliary verb. 
The Defective auxiliary verb uses up two roots in its conjuga- 
tion, viz., v/ 4? ‘be,’ and the VZ ‘remain.’ 
The Complete auxiliary verb is formed from the */ ^"i ‘ become,’ 
and is conjugated regularly throughout ; oxcept that its preterite is 
irregular. Its preterite is never used as an auxiliary, but only as a verb 
substantive. 
CHAPTER IX, 
Formation of Moods and Tenses. 
97. There are three moods, the Indicative, the Conjunctive or 
Conditional, and the Imperative. 
The moods have the following tenses : 
Indicative, — Preterite. 
Future. 
Present Definite. 
Imperfect. 
Future Durative. 
