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for sfiT ; thus ; it-Sfi, <fi, instead of #l ^T. 
f?P5 sst, &c. 
Instead of and fH 5 ?, fsjsr and ffr^T are sometimes used. 
It is not necessary to decline these pronouns in full. 
Interrogative Pronouns. 
84. The Masculine and Feminine Interrogative Pronoun 
3ft»T or is declined like the Correlatives. The only difference is 
that there is no direct form % as might he expected, and that there is 
an additional singular oblique form <RT. 
Principal Parts. 
or «fravf, 
/ Direct 
J Oblique 
' Genitivf 
Oblique 3ST«T, 3P3*T or 3iT 
Genitive 5RT 
Singular 
The genitive singular is also 3T3«r-^ or qn sr 
To signify ‘ which of many,’ this pronoun is frequently repeated, 
and is then thus declined in the plural. 
Norn, qnsr qftiT (-%X) ; (y^K) ; 
sRt*T ; or sRHif or ^T3*r-??»r. 
Acc. *ritt ^T3sr-^T,-^rr ; 
qft*r ®Ri»r w-3SV^rr ; jr^vt !Rg»r-n«r-<RT,-'srr ; 
^T-^IT 3rt-^T ; or 5RT-?Rr ^fT-SST. 
And so on : when the obliquo form qsr is used, the postposition is 
repeated aftor each member of the compound, while with other forms, 
it is only used after the second member. 
85. The Neuter Interrogative Pronoun m ‘ what,’ is one of the 
few survivals of the neuter gender in the dialect. 
It has an oblique form ^iT^, but in other respects is declined in the 
singular regularly like a substantive, thus, — 
Nom. SB? ; Aco. sfiT%-3lT,-*rr ; Instr, and so on. 
Sometimes <RT is used instead of ; thus, ^fiT ^r.-^T, 3rr-^f, and so 
on. 
The plural is formed by doubling the pronoun ; thus — 
Nom. srt*RT; Acc. *RT% ^TT ; Instr. and so on. 
