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( 5 ) 
Imperative. 
Come. 
Sing, f a 
Plur. jf ao 
( 6 ) 
Potential. 
May come. 
Sing. 1. 
awa Plur. 1. 
or .or awtl 
„ 2. 
awi ,, 2. 
a wo 
„ 3. ^,1 
awe „ 3. 
awin 
Note. —this is often used as — 
(a) Indefinite Present. 
‘ Halka bhanda balitL kharake ,’ An empty vessel makes a great 
noise. 
(b) Potential. 
‘ Pawe har kal, thamkawe kai,’ Every woman wears anklets ; 
some can make them tinkle. 
( c ) Conditional. 
‘ Je zalim howe,’ If lie be a tyrant. 
7. Present Definite. 
I am coming. 
This has two forms — 
(a.) Compounded of the Present Participle and the Indefinite 
Present of the substantive verb, 
as cA l**if anda hi. 
( b .) Compounded in same way, but with the components contracted 
into one word. 
1st 
Sing. 
ul^f 
ands = anda h§. 
2nd 
>> 
and§ = and& h§. 
3rd 
n 
ande = anda he. 
1st 
Plur. 
ande hai (not contracted) 
2nd 
>> 
**sr 
andiyo = ande ho. 
3rd 
>5 
andin = ande hin. 
Some students consider the latter form more indefinite. 
Note. — Just as the present participle in this latter case contracts 
with the auxiliary verb to form a tense—so do adjectives, as 
4 Jat te phat badha cange.’ Cange = canga he. 
A Jat, like a wound, is best when bound, 
and adjectives are also contracted with the past-tense. Thus in ‘ The 
Four Fools ’ we have,— 
Kharam and kharus for khara ham and kha^a haus, I was stand¬ 
ing. 
