1877.] R. B. Sliaw —On the Shighni (GlialcJiali) Dialect. 
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SUDHJ (am), 
&c. 
Peeeect Tense. 
stjehj-it (am), 
&c. 
Pltjpeeeect Tense. 
CONDITIONAL MOOD. 
SUDHJ-inj vay-am, . 
&c. 
I have gone &c. 
&c. 
I had gone &c. 
&c. 
I may go or 
have gone &c. 
&c. 
CONJUGATION OP THE VERB ‘ TO BE’. 
(i.) Root form : yid ; (ii) Present form : yay ; (iii) Past form : 
YOD ; (iv) Perf. form : yttdhj. 
Verbal Subst. Nom. and Acc. YiT>-ao 
&c. 
INDICATIVE MOOD. 
Peesent Futuee Tense. 
s. 
1. 
yay -am 
[yast (am) ] . 
2. 
YAY-e 
[yast (at)~\ 
&C. 
3. 
ye'd 
[yast (e)~\ 
PI. 
1. 
tax- am 
i — i 
EH 
m 
i H | 
2. 
yay -id 
[yast (et)~\ 
3. 
yay- in 
i — i 
's' 
EH 
m 
< 
Past Tense. 
yod (am) ... I was 
&c. 
Peeeect Tense. 
YUDHJ (am) . I have been 
&c. 
Plttpeeeect Tense. 
yudhj-it (am) . I had been 
&c. 
CONDITIONAL MOOD. 
yttdhj-inj vay-am .. I may be or 
&c. have been. 
In the Past Tenses the pronominal termination of the 3rd person 
singular (e or i) is often used separately like those of the other persons, 
unlike the rule in Wakhi and Sarikoli. 
E. g. idis i child = thus he did. 
idis am child = thus I did. 
