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1st Plur. 
Nisse 
Present. Past.. 
Nahe Nahse 
Nisse 
the Bar, Nissfi is used 
2nd Plur. 
Nivve 
Naha 
Nehe Nahe 
Nlse 
Nissg 
Nihe 
as a Nominative, Nim- 
hn as an Agent. 
3rd Plur. 
Nivhe 
Ninhe 
Nahi Nahin 
Nihye 
Ninne 
or Nivve 
Notes. — I expect the common Negative nahi originally represented 
the Negative, with a 3rd Pers. Plur. affix either Nominative or Dative. 
The form Nimhi is peculiar. When it is used direct as a Nomina¬ 
tive, it is almost the rule to express the pronoun, as well, in its Nomina¬ 
tive form (see examples). This is either for emphasis or because the 
people are forgetting that the pronoun is expressed in the “ m, ” 
though they have so far remembered it, that they never use this form 
except with the 1st Pers. Sing. 
Its origin is uncertain, but can be accounted for if the ordinary 
form nahi did represent n inhe. Then nimhe might be resolved into 
na m ihe. 
Not I them do know. 
Nimbi janda. 
The only ones in common use round Multan are those for 1st Sing, 
and 1st and 2nd Plur. and to them our examples will be confined. 
a. They are used with a Nominative Sense. Thus— 
1st Sing. 
Mai nimhi janda, I do not know. 
Nisi karenda, I am not doing anything. 
Kujh ‘arz nimhe kar sagda. I can make no excuse. 
1st Plur. 
Kam nisse karende, We are not doing any work. 
2nd Plur. 
Nive (or Nivhe) jande, Do you not know. 
b. They are used as Agents. 
1st Sing. 
Mai insan di bu nimbi singhl, By me a man was not so 
much as smelt. 
Hik nimhi ditta ghat, One short was not given by me. 
1st Plur. 
Nisse sunia, Not by us was it heard. 
Ass§ koi nisse ditha, By us none was seen. 
Saza nisse ditti, Punishment has not by us been given. 
