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The Heaesat Futuee-Peesent Tense. 
1. QELar-imish-man “ I am understood to be about doing.” 
2. QELar-imish-san “ tbou art understood to be about doing.” 
3. QELdr-imisk “ be is understood to be about doing,” &c. 
(<?.) with the Peefect Paeticiple— 
The Heaesat Peefect Tense. 
1. QELip-imish (or’ misb) -man “ I am understood to have done.” 
2. QELz}?-imisk-san “ thou art understood to have done.” 
3. QEL2ji9-imisk “ he is understood to have done,” &c. 
(d). with the Indefinite Paeticiple— 
The Heaesat Past Tense. 
1. qel y imisk-man “ I am understood to havo done (at some 
time or other).” 
2. QELy^«ft-imish-san “ thou art understood to have done.” 
3. QELy&^m-imish “ he is understood to have done,” &c. 
VII. The auxiliary dur has a similar form ; 
The Afxiliaet (duemisii) makes 
(a.) with the Peesent Paeticiple— 
The Heaesat Compound Peesent Tense. 
1. QEL«-durmish-man # “ I am understood to be doing (continuously 
understood to do.)” 
2. QEL«-durmish-san “thou art understood to be doing.” 
3. QEL«-durmisk “ he is understood to be doing” &c. 
(b). with the Peefect Paeticiple— 
The Heaesat Compound Peefect Tense. 
1. QEL«)?-durmish-man “ I am (continuously) understood to Lave 
done.” 
2. QEL^^-durmish-san “ thou art understood to have done.” 
3. QELzp-durmisk “ he is understood to have done” &c. 
It must be understood that although the first person of these tenses 
is given for the form’s sake, yet it is of rare occurrence, the 2nd and 3rd 
persons being more often used ; for a man is generally not in much uncer¬ 
tainty about facts connected with himself, and does not depeijd on hearsay 
for information regarding them. 
VIII. We next have the Auxiliary Indefinite Participle ilcan or ikin. 
* Example from the “ Tazkiratu-’l-Bughra” : But-khana-ni ita-durmish —“ Ho is 
building an idol-temple [I behove,]” or “ He is understood to be building. 
