5G 
11. B. Shaw —Stray Arians in Tibet. 
[No. I, 
TRANSLATION OF STORIES FROM FORBES’ 
PERSIAN GRAMMAR. 
1.* Ek-i kozalo Afratun-re: “La bariri nawi-za ( ? ra) 
one (Instr.) had-asked Plato (Loc.) many years skip in (Loc.) 
betalo ; to sara-za (? ra) lab safar t’ka. To sara 
(thou) hast-sat thou (Instr.) sea in (Loc.) much voyage madest. Thou (Ins.) sea 
-za (P ra) ‘ajaib zok pasha?” Afratun-i rajau: “mon salamat-gi 
in (Loc.) wonders what sawest ? Plato (Instr.) said: I 
sara-zo katos cbupe-re, ain mi pashas ‘ajaib. 
sea from came-out shore to this I (Instr.) saw wonderful. 
2. Ek pacjirek gau grestok-o darr-re di zek 
a beggar went farmer’s door to (?) something 
in-safety 
mangau 
demanded 
Ara-no jawab kati: Gor-re che'i niish. Paqir-i 
Inside from answer came-out (f.) : House (Loc.) woman is not. Beggar (Instr.) 
rajau: mi tiki torik mangalos mi chei ne mangas, 
said: I (Instr.) bread piece had-demanded I (Instr.) (the) woman not demanded, 
mon-re a jawab lados.f 
me to this (f.) answer arrived. 
4. Ek hakim dezgao bozalo mazar-tang-ra; tomo pasho muka-re 
a doctor daily used-to-go grave-yard-to his own shawl face to 
palieta bozalo. Zako-za kozie: Ani-sei zok sabab hani ? 
having-wrapped used-to-go. People (Instr.) asked: this of what reason is (f.) ? 
Hakim-i rajau: Ani mazar-tang-o miio-re mon sharmanda 
Doctor (Instr.) said: This (f.) grave-yard (Gen.) dead (Loc.) I ashamed 
hanos: rnion rabati keta miie. 
am: my medicine having-eaten (they) died. 
8. Ek manuzo-re bwaro krum lado. Ek dostek (mubarak) 
bubarek 
a man to big work (office) arrived. A friend congratulation 
t’hiono alo. Se-si kozau: Tu koi bilo, ki alo ? So dost 
in-order-to-make came. That (one) asked: Thou who art, why earnest ? His friend 
* The numbers are those of the stories in the order given in Forbes’ Persian 
Grammar. 
f Here the verb seems to he governed by the person of the Locative or Dative as 
in other cases it is by that of the Instrumentative. Normally one would think this 
mon-re d jawab lado or mon d jawab - 
ought to he 
me to this answer reached (3rd pers.) I this answer received (1st pers.) 
