1895.] Trevor Bomford — Language spoken in the Western Pahjab. 313 
But khara in W. Panjabi is still used as a participle, and parts of 
the verb are still to be heard, as 
‘ Kerhe velhe kharia,’ 1 What a time I am standing. 
‘ Hik pase kharo,’ Stand on one side. 
Note 2. In connection with these two forms of the present, Burton 
gives what he calls a present indefinite feminine (which 
however seems more connected with the potential), viz ., 
1st 
Sing, akhanifs 
1st 
Plur. 
akhaniyS. 
2nd 
„ akhanie 
2nd 
55 
akhaniyano. 
3rd 
,, akhanie 
3rd 
55 
akhaniyS. 
This is pronounced to be Panjabi by some authorities. 
7. The Past (called by some the Aorist). 
This is merely the past participle in agreement with the nomina¬ 
tive, as— 
Ijf JU 
iho gum an 
aya, this thought 
came 
*■£»[ 
eh dalil 
ayl, ,, idea 
d 1 
faqirS 
aye, the faqirs 
sabeliS 
aya, the handmaids ,, 
When a pronoun is the Nominative it is either expressed as— 
Ijf mai aya, I came 
^j| uLw| assS aye, we came 
is attached as a suffix, as— 
1st pers. 
sing. *j| 
ay am or ay us 
I came 
2nd „ 
ayo 
thou earnest 
3rd „ 
ayus 
he came 
1st „ 
plur. <2L 
ayose 
we came 
2nd ,, 
ayove 
you came 
3rd „ 
y> 
ay 8 li§ 
they came 
Other examples are, saggiam, I am able ; piam, I fell; rilius, he 
remained ; nikathose, we came out ; giove, you went. 
8. The Imperfect. 
I was coming. 
'This is compounded of the Present Participle and the Past of the 
Verb Substantive, as 
anda ham (or haus), I was coming. 
1 Kharis is feminine for kliayi ha. 
