308 Trevor Bomford — Language spoken in the Western Panjfib. [No. 4, 
(8) Definite Present. 
I am being, &c. 
hfindS 
1 st 
Pers. 
Sing. 
thinda. 
honde 
2nd 
»» 
thind#. 
c. _ 
honde 
3rd 
>» 
)5 
thinde. 
u xd> Ooj.it> 
honde hal 
1st 
5 J 
Plur. 
honde ho 
2nd 
hondin 
3rd 
»> 
The forms : 
for 1st, 2nd, 
3rd, 
Sing. 
together with 
that for 
Plural are of course only contractions of the participle "with the in¬ 
definite present, and this tense hardly deserves to reckon as a separate 
tense. In the Bahawulpur State, the d is frequently omitted, and we 
have honS, thlna>, &c. 
(9). Indefinite Past. 
I was, &c. 
Ts only the past participle in agreement, masculine or feminine, 
singular or plural, with the nominative, as :— 
b-(p or b 
badshah 
hoy a 
or 
thia, 
the 
king was. 
Or *3U> 
malika 
hoi 
or 
thii. 
the 
queen was. 
or uL^> ub^*» 
faqirl 
hoe 
or 
thie, 
the 
faqirs were. 
saheliS 
hoyi 
or 
this, 
the 
handmaids were. 
Personal Pronouns 
are either 
expressed, 
as t^> 
mat hoya, I was, 
or joined on as suffixes, as :— 
thium, I was 
thI6.se, we were 
Ex., ‘ Vatan kanS be vatan thiose,’ We became without a country 
from our country, i. e., we became strangers to our own country. 
Definite Past. 
(10). i was Root ha. 
1st 
pers. 
sing. 
ham 
I was 
2nd 
u 
5) 
u 
ha- 
thou wast 
3rd 
5 J 
55 
m. b, 
ha, 
he was 
» 
» 
55 
f. 
hal 
she was 
1st 
plur. 
hai 
we were 
2nd 
»» 
55 
hai 
you were 
3rd 
1> 
55 
hai 
they were. 
Some of these are very rare ; the first plural is usually pronounced 
as written, but the 3rd plural is pronounced lian. 
