1890.] 
A Grammar of the Chhattisgarhi dialect. 
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Demonstrative Pronouns. 
82. The proximate Demonstrative Pronoun v, sometimes spelt § 
‘ this ’ and the Remote Demonstrative Pronoun Vt ‘ he,’ ‘ she ’ ‘ it,’ 
‘ that,’ are declined exactly like the personal pronouns. 
The principal forms are as follows : 
Singular 
^ X -f X 
X 
XWX 
T*J, XV -T* 
’T-fliT or ^ JTSI 
r Direct 
< Oblique 
h Genitive 
! r Direct 
Simple Oblique 
v (lenitive 
Periphrastic 
The accusative frequently drops its postposition thus V 1 see 
this,’ instead of v <rt ; ^sff * see that,’ instead of ^Tt-ert VR. 
In the genitive case singular, the forms V JR ’3ft-«R are sometimes 
used. So also, in the genitive case plural, the forms and * 3 ^ ^ are 
sometimes used. 
Instead of and and '3»r are sometimes used. 
It is unnecessary to decline these in full. 
W\, VT-Tt 
*f[ 
^-wx 
The Correlative Pronouns. 
83. These include the Relative Pronoun S[ ‘ who,’ and its Correla- 
tive % ‘he (who).’ They are declined exactly like tho Demonstrative 
pronouns, except that the nominative has three pairs of forms, founded 
on the three sets, 5r, sfpr and ong«f, and it, rf and respectively. 
The principal parts are as follows : 
Singular 
"Direct 
Oblique 
Genitive 
Plural < 
( Direct 
Simple \ Oblique 
(. Genitive 
Periphrastic 
si, ; sfw, sf:VT-^T ; 
or 5T^35f, 
"5f[Vf or 3T~3*I 
fsisr, 
sr-fl^r, ^ftsf-nvr, «vr 
or faTnJ-n*! 
W. ; rfisr, 
; or 
ft=3Sr, rT35f ^x 
ffw or rf^Sf 
fh*f, 
fd 5 ? 
fa's 
?t «*r, <ftsr-«sT, 
rT3«f-r}»T, or 
The accusative frequently drops the postposition ; thus %’S 
‘ (He) whom yon see ’ ; <3 <T «PfT^ ‘ show that about which 
you speak.’ 
In the genitive case singular and plural *R is sometimes substituted 
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