1877.] G. A. Grierson— Notes on the Ranggur Dialect. 198 
Pronoun. 
Place. 
Time. 
Manner. 
Quantity. 
Determinative. 
this 
hither 
now 
thus 
this much 
t, ^T, 
*TT, W, 
^frl, 
here 
^T^y 
V^T, %- 
TtVKy , 
^T*T, 
^ffj ^ff. 
Demonstrative. 
that 
thither 
then 
in that way 
that much 
m, fifa, rrtfH 
there 
^rf, rf<T, %fT ? 
Relative. 
loho 
whither 
ivhen 
how 
ho to much 
*TT, VTX, 
and 
where 
^rf, ^ffT. 
Interrogative. 
who ? 
whither ? 
when ? 
how ? 
how much ? 
and 
where ? 
^FtT, 
^Tcri^T, 
3TrT. 
Verbal Forms. 
Prefatory. As will be seen the main scheme of the Rangpuri con¬ 
jugation is founded on that of classical Bangali. To bring this out more 
clearly, I shall give the two paradigms in parallel columns. As usual in 
local dialects, the so called non-honorific or, in reality, singular form, is 
preferred to the honorific plural form usually found in the books. 
In book-Bangali there are few irregular verbs. The two commonest 
examples are to go, and to be. The former has its past parti¬ 
ciple frr^T and instead of and and the latter has its Im¬ 
perfect tense instead of The regular forms are, however, 
sometimes used in poetry, and I have remarked that the peasantry of Bard- 
