270 It. B. Shaw —A Grammar of the Language [No. 3, 
SCHEME OF THE TURKI 
Tenses of the 
Root : 
Q,el 
Tenses of the Pre¬ 
sent Participle : 
Q,ELa 
Tenses of the Contin- 
uative Participle. 
Q,ELar 
1. With the Perso¬ 
nal Pronouns. 
The Simple Present 
Tense. 
QELa-maw, &c., = I 
do, &c. 
The Future-Present 
Tense. 
Q,ELar -man, &c., = I 
am about doing, &c. 
2. With the Posses¬ 
sive Affixes. 
Imperative. 
Qel -ing (2nd person) 
= do thou. 
3. With the Auxili¬ 
ary dur-man. 
Compound Future 
Present Tense. 
QELa -dur-man, &c. = 
I am about doing. 
4. With the Auxili¬ 
ary bolar-man. 
5. With the Auxili¬ 
ary id-im. 
Definite Past Tense. 
Cpsi.- d-im, &c., = I 
did. 
• 
Habitual or Imperfect 
Tense. 
(fi&iAx-id-im, &c., = I 
was doing (used to do). 
6. With the Auxili¬ 
ary imish-man. 
Hearsay Present 
Tense. 
(pELdi-imish-man, &c., 
= I am understood 
to do. 
Hearsay Future-Present 
Tense. 
QmAr-imish-man, &c., 
= I am understood 
to be about doing. 
7. With the Auxili¬ 
ary dur-mish- 
man. 
Hearsay Compound 
Present Tense. 
QlELa,-durmish-man , 
= I am understood 
to be doing. 
8. With the Auxili¬ 
ary ikan-man. 
Future-Present Indefi¬ 
nite Tense. 
OtfiAx-iJcan-man, &c., = 
I may be about do¬ 
ing. 
9. With the Auxili¬ 
ary irsa’m. 
. 
Future-Present Poten¬ 
tial. 
Q^iAx-irsa’m, &c., = I 
might be about doing. 
10. With the Auxi¬ 
liary bolsa'm. 
