1899.] G. A. Grierson— On Indeclinable Particles in Kcigmiri. 
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^3: ^ dyath a Tear av, or dyath a kan a av, lie 
he came a long time ago. 
Tcyoh, what ? «Pinr dyath a Jcyah , a great deal. 
fif<T hut 1 , how many ? frfcT dyatli a hut % a great many, 
So ^f*T dyatli a han l , for a long time. 
The usual word for ‘ if ’ is ay, but, with the Past Conditional 
(viii. ii. 33), ^3 hay may be used instead of *(3 ay, after the verb. 
Thus,— 
^53 harihe hay, if he had made. 
3fTT}*T ^3 harahan hay, if they had made ; 
harihe-s hay, if he had made it. 
With the same tense ‘ if not ’ is represented by 33 nay (34). Thus, 
33 harihe nay, if he had made it; 33 3jf3% rud nay peyihe, if 
rain had not fallen. 
These particles can also be attached to the subject of the verb (35)- 
Thus, ^3 3ffc% sah-ay harihe, if he had made; f33^3 3iT^T3 tim-hay 
harahan, if they had made : «g33 3»fr% su-nay harihe, if he had not made, 
33 bo-y hhyamaha, if I had eaten. 
