1886.] F. E. Pargiter —Notes on the Chittagong Dialect. 71 
Verb “ to eat. 
Prest. 
1 . 
2. •4frs?r 
3. or <rT5: 
Past. 
or ( ) 
<ntc? 
The verb “ to go ” has an irregular participle “ having 
gone,” which is often added to other verbs, to render them more forci¬ 
ble, thus “ I went away ” ; (iTfS “ give.” 
The Intrrogative. 
A phrase is rendered interrogative by placing after the verb, 
expressed or understood, for the present tense, and (sometimes JjT ) 
for all the other tenses—thus “ are you going ?” C9f^1 “ did 
you go ?” “ will you go ?” g ? “ is it not a char 
The hTEGATivE. 
The negative is expressed by 5T, which is placed before the verb, 
thus—^ “ I shall not give.” ^ ^itg “ do not go.” ^ 
“ he has not come.” With the verb ^ is often blended into one 
word, thus—ST becomes “ it was not.” But the imperative use 
of Jb remains the same as in ordinary Bengali, thus—^tg Jb “ go.” 
Adverbs. 
Adverbs of place are formed from the pronominal bases by affixing 
(1) —thus where ? ” or (2) 5^1, or (corruption 
of ?)—thus ttl, and “here.” 
Adverbs of direction are formed from the same bases by affixing 
or (corruption of ?) thus—“hither;” “thither;” 
C^Tf^ “whither?” 
Adverbs of time are formed by adding the word ) or its 
corrupted form to the pronouns, thus—“ then.” 
Vocabulary. 
T append a vocabulary of words peculiar to Chittagong. Out of a 
large number I noted down, I have struck out all that were to be found 
in Bengali Dictionaries, and those that remain are either peculiar, or 
are used in peculiar senses. A considerable number of the words, how¬ 
ever, are not confined to Chittagong, but may bo met with in hioakhali, 
Bakarganj, and other districts of Eastern Bengal. 
* Char = a sandbank in a riyer. 
