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or sabhns; or sabhne 
or sabhnae 
Correlative Pronominal Adjectives. 
a. Those expressing quantity are formed by adding ‘la’ to the 
root as, itla, this much ; utla, that much ; jitla, as much ; titla> 
so much; kitla, (or kitta), how much ? 
Ex. ‘ Jitle lok u ktl cuta, title cange thie,’ As many people as 
touched him, so many were healed. 
b. Those expressing size add ‘ da ’ as, eda, this size; jeda, as big 
keda, how big ? 
c. Those expressing quality or kind add ‘ h§ ’ or more fully jiha 
or jiliS; as, ijihi, of this kind ; ujihs, of that kind ; jejiha, of 
which kind; kijihfs, of what kind; ihojihi, of this very kind. 
d. Those expressing direction add de or do to the root; as ede, this 
way; ude, that way ; kede, which way ? ; jed£, in which way; 
edo from this way; udo, from that way; jedo, from which 
way ; kedo, from which way ? 
N. B. — The ‘o’ in these latter forms is the ablative ending ‘a” 
/ — > 
or o 
THE VERB. 
The Verb Substantive. 
This in W. Panjabi has two forms, viz., ‘ ho wan ’ and ‘ thiwan,’ to 
be. Of these the latter is a Sindh! form, and is hardly known in true 
Panjabi. Towards Multan it is almost more common than the other, 
but is rarer towards the North though occasionally heard in the 
Hazara. 
(i) 
howan 
Infinitive . 
to be or become 
(2) Present Participle. 
honda, &c.,* being or becoming 
(3) Past Participle. 
hoya, &c., been or become 
(4) Conjunctive Particles. 
ho kar 
ho karahf being 
tLy* ho ke 
thiwan. 
1^*3 thinda, &c. 
thia, &c. 
(a) 
thi kar 
■ thi karahf. 
thi ke. 
Note. The ending ‘ karahf ’ is very common towards Dera 
Ghazi Khan, but is not so common elsewhere. 
