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(4) Final ^ is omitted in the 3rd person, Past and Pluperfect 
Tenses, in verbs ; thus for for for 
(5) Short words with in the first syllable, sometimes insert ^ 
(less frequently ^ ) after the in pronunciation—thus for 
“ to-day ” ; for ^T?l “ rudder ” ; for “ before 
(6) In words of several syllables, especially those borrowed from 
Persian and Arabic, the accent is thrown back as far as possible, and the 
following syllables are lightened ; thus (Arab. “ charge 
becomes “a haola ” (a tenure in which the tenant receives 
“ charge ” of a tract of jungle to be reclaimed) ; ^il«^T^l (Arab. AjiU) 
“connexion” becomes 
Declension of Nouns. 
The declension of nouns does not differ materially from ordinary 
Bengali, allowance being made for the changes due to corruption, thus 
the t^?I1 of the Instrumental is corrupted to f^. The chief peculiarities 
are these—the Nominative often ends in <i); the Ablative is formed with 
“ from ” ; and the Locative often drops the ‘i) of the termination 
“ ” so that it ends in t, as for ‘s^TC?rC'® “ on the bank.” The abl, 
is added in nouns to the word itself, but in pronouns to the genitive 
case. 
A sort of double case is sometimes met with, thus (gen. and 
loc. cases) “at a sister’s [bari].” I have also heard i?tt5?rT?r ^C15 “by the 
force (lit., this) of the wind ” ; but this expression seems to be merely an 
instance of the common use of the pronominal form 1% “ this ” (“ what- 
do-you-call-it ”) to denote something that one cannot name at the 
moment. 
Sing. 
Sing. 
N. or a son. 
N. a tank. 
Ac. 
Ac. 
I. 
I. 
D. 
D. 
Ab. 
Ab. 
G. 
G. 
L. 
L. 
V. vQ ^ 
