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Verbal Nouns. 
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The 
CONJUGATION 
OF THE 
ACTIVE VERB. 
Verbal Nouns. 
The Infinitive. This is formed by adding <g«T un, tm®, or ^r 
* 
an u to the root. It is an abstract noun. Its formation is fully described 
in the chapter on Primary Suffixes. See Nos. 16, 17, 18 ( ante Vol. lxvii, 
pp. 202 and ff.) Examples are karun , karun u , and karan w , 
to make, making (ix. ii. 2, 3). 
karun , belongs to the first declension, and the other two to 
the second. All are masculine. They are declined as follows. 
Singular. Nom. karun . 
Acc. karanas. 
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Ag. ^K5T«T karanan. 
Obi. <fp(*r karan a . 
Plural. Nom. karan. 
Acc. 3Pjrf«T karanan. 
Ag. ^ karanan. 
Obi. karanau. 
The various cases are used as gerunds. Thus, Dat. farj 
N J 
karanas kyut u , for making. The oblique form in ^[fa am, is specially 
used to indicate intention (ix. i. 18). Thus, *TTfa parani 
gaishan chuli , he is going to read ; T*rfa JTfa ranani gauv , he went to 
cook; *§|fa Jlfa kheni gatshi , he will go to eat. 
Roots ending in vowels form the Infinitive only in an u (ix. i. 
21, 24). Thus, from far khz, eat, kh yan u : from fa ci, drink, ^5f 
'i . , 4 
cyan ®. This applies only to the nominative singular. Thus, Acc. 
Sing., khyanas. As usual, fa ni, take; fa di, give: and fa yi, 
J. i. 4 
, i 
karun u or ^fT*T karan u . 
Not used. 
3\Tfa karW. 
x ** 
3Pfa karani. 
karW. 
Not used. 
Not used. 
Not used. 
