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T. Gr. Bailey— Notes on the Sasi Dialect. 
The Panjabi passive form is also found. Kahida hai = akhida hai = 
it is said. When the root of a verb is prefixed to another verb, the root 
usually adds —i, e.g., marl jatta = marjata, kuli nliodaggra (criminal) = 
Panj. karchad§>ga = I shall finish off. 
Adverbs, call for little notice. 
ethi = Panj. iththe, here ; othi = 5ththe, there ; kare = kiththe, where ? 
jare = jiththe, where; ida==istarah, thus; eth8 = ithth8, hence; otho = 
otlitho, thence; eth8 tikar = ithth8 tikar, thus far; nff = udhar, thither; 
bhalak = bhajke, to-morrow. 
Bhi = phir, then, a second time, is very characteristic of Sasi. It 
is so constantly used and is so gutturally enunciated that Panjabis 
sneeringly employ ‘bill bln karna ’ or ‘bhi bhi re re karna ’ to signify 
the talking of a S^si, thus they will say “what were you doing among 
those who say ‘bhi bhi re re ? ’ ” meaning “What business had you 
among the Slsis ? ” 
aije = hsS, yes; iwwiyo or iwke = now, quickly. 
Prepositions, generally as in Panjabi. 
ghara ge agge = ghar de agge, before the house. 
The Urdu se, from, is th8; but when se is used in comparison of 
adjectives, &c., it becomes saththa in SUsi, e.g., sari saththa bhaira = 
sab se kliarab. 
Interjections. 
The most noticeable is ‘ duliai re!' or criminally ‘duhangire!’ 
to express surprise or horror. The common word for sal am is dua hoti 
(du‘a hoti). 
Criminal Variation. 
This is a thought out and deliberate attempt of surpassing interest 
to disguise the ordinary dialect. S^sis call it Farsi, Persian, and many 
really believe that it is connected with Persian. Of course this is 
erroneous. One of the chief difficulties in deciphering (so to speak) 
the Slsi dialect is the existence of these two varieties side by side. 
The criminal variety is marked by two distinct features, (1) a number 
of words not found in the other, (2) a series of semi-systematic changes 
of already existing words. These changes vary, the same word being 
sometimes changed, sometimes unchanged, sometimes changed in one 
way, sometimes changed in another. 
Subjoined is a list of the principal changes, 
s changed to d, nab = sab (sahib) ; nat = sat, seven, 
s ,, nh, nbara = sara, all. 
